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I've had teams where we've had to get on a bus for 200 miles, play a game, and then drive 200 miles back.
Leaders should be reliable without being predictable. They should be consistent without being anticipated
When you first assemble a group, it's not a team right off the bat. It's only a collection of individuals
The person who has inspired me my whole life is my Mom, because she taught me commitment. She sacrificed.
Success is all a matter of perspective. It depends on where you start from, and where you want to end up.
I think the most important thing I thought is, I thought about recruiting and what we need in recruiting.
Approach the game with no preset agendas and you'll probably come away surprised at your overall efforts.
My accountant tells me I can't be a California resident anymore. I spend too much of my time in New York.
The most important thing in coaching is communication. It's not what you say as much as what they absorb.
Blocking out is everyday, every drill, all the time. We run sprints every time someone does not blockout.
Playing basketball with my teammates was a gift! We cant play any more but we live the memories each day!
College recruiting is a business and I would really tell parents and athletes, alike, to treat it as such.
Our teachers at the public school level are the most underpaid for the importance of their job in America.
Everyone should want to excel in life. You should never take the desire to excel away from the human race.
For order and a society to exist - and a basketball team is a society within itself - it needs discipline.
What our kids learn to do is fight. So when you watch a Devin Booker, you look at Tyler Ulis - they fight.
Our offensive philosophy is to simply find a way to get the ball into the hands of our team's best player.
In this business, a lot of coaches are running around thinking they're the reason their teams are winning.
Belief in yourself is what happens when you know you've done the thing things that entitle you to success.
Tomorrow gives a beck'ning hand-- I turn my face away; I'll not invite her to my home-- I only love Today.
Self-esteem is directly linked to deserving success. You must deserve victory to feel good about yourself.
The biggest thing I learned at Wisconsin was, it's all who you work for, not where you work or what level.
I've always felt that, you know, the Almighty has a lot of things to do other than help my basketball team.
We just got our ass beat by a much better team. It happens once in a while. Does every team win every game?
I always designed my practice plans the night before and then made tweaks a few hours before practice began
You have a choice to make when you're not playing. Either you're invested and a great teammate, or your not
A leader's job is to develop committed followers. Bad leaders destroy their followers' sense of commitment.
I don't know, but I stepped on a scale that gives fortunes and the card read Come back in 15 minutes alone.
I think coaches sometimes foul their own players out of game by benching them too long when in foul trouble
It's staggering how many players, even with the sums of money they make, don't do a great job of saving it.
There are a lot of young teams that all they are is young. That doesn't mean they have a chance to be good.
You've got to work your way into the NBA. Guys like Seth Curry, it took him a couple years in the G-League.
I set out very calculatedly to become known. The only thing I maybe miscalculated was how easy it would be.
The guy who started on third base and gets home and acts like he hit a homer - that guy doesn't impress me.
Scott Skiles is one of the best coaches in the NBA, someone I observe and learn from on a day-to-day basis.
I don't look at myself as a basketball coach. I look at myself as a leader who happens to coach basketball.
The reality is that the NBA was in worse shape in the '70s and early '80s. People have convenient memories.
Evaluate wins and losses objectively, focusing more on effort and execution than on the outcome of the game
If I'm not leading by example, then I'm not doing the right thing. And I want to always do the right thing.
Failure is good. It's fertilizer. Everything I've learned about coaching I've learned from making mistakes.
In all my years one thing has never changed; You win with serious, tough-minded players. That never changes
Shot fakes and ball fakes work. No one uses more than Wisconsin. It's amazing how many people don't use them
I sit and wonder why no one uses the shot fake. The shot fake, when used correctly, can eliminate a defender
I'll tell you one thing about Donald Trump: There will never be a Benghazi in a Donald Trump administration.
Complacency is the forerunner of mediocrity. You can never work too hard on attitudes, effort and technique.
'Play the right way' means play unselfishly, respect each other's achievements, play hard, fulfill your role
My one suggestion going forward is, any felony committed against a woman should be a full-season suspension.
Coaching people, people act differently, respond differently, hear things differently from different people.
I really don't like talking about money. All I can say is that the Good Lord must have wanted me to have it.
If you tell a teammate you're ready to play as tough as you're able to, you'd better go out there and do it.