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When 'Sports Illustrated' came out with their 50 most fashionable people in sport, that fact that I wasn't on that list is a travesty.
Of all the great moments at Butler, I still remember the losses most vividly. I don't know why. I guess that's kind of what drives you.
Whenever you are coaching, you are trying to get the most balanced team that you can: balance between defense, offense, and rebounding.
A coach coaches. That's what he does. That's what he's good at. He's not managing people. He manages his players, but that's different.
I'm not a fan of the NCAA. I don't think they make decisions for the kids. They make decisions for bureaucracy and for their structure.
I tweet, Facebook, website, but guess what? Do I look at any response? Have I ever looked at a response? I wouldn't know how to get in.
I learned quickly in the NBA that you keep one eye open at all times and one ear closed. You can't react to everything you hear or see.
My mom gave me unconditional support and unfailing love. You can't get any better than that. That's why I've never been afraid to lose.
If you yell at a kid and he gets mad at you, you've lost him. If you yell at a kid and he gets mad at himself, then you have something.
In basketball - as in life - true joy comes from being fully present in each and every moment, not just when things are going your way.
They talk about the economy this year. Hey, my hairline is in recession, my waistline is in inflation. Altogether, I'm in a depression.
I have been in a unique position to hear from players and staff members about the issues they and their families have had to encounter.
If the NBA were on channel 5 and a bunch of frogs making love were on channel 4, I'd watch the frogs, even if they were coming in fuzzy.
We painted a beautiful picture, but we just didn't finish it. Finishing is the difference between a beautiful picture and a masterpiece.
The only way young players learn how to get better is by playing or get the experience is by playing and getting out there and doing it.
We've watched 'Beauty and the Beast' at least 30 to 35 times, 'Moana,' 'Despicable Me' - '1,' '2' and '3' - all of these multiple times.
I want to stay alive. Yeah, I want to stay alive. I think that's the main thing. If there's a chance I can live longer, I want to do it.
All you try to do in any system you incorporate is put players in their areas of strength and try to hide and minimize their weaknesses.
Any coach out there that wants to lose, you make sure they put raisins in the breakfast oatmeal. You'll go down, don't worry about that.
My dad always had this little sign on his desk: 'The bigger your head is, the easier your shoes are to fill'. He really drilled that in.
I can't stand a ballplayer who plays in fear. Anybody who has a good shot has got to take it and keep taking it. So he misses...so what?
When you describe passion at any age, passion is derived from everything, from the people you work with to enjoying the last four years.
You learn from playing against the best players and the best teams, and we're going to keep fighting and figuring out ways to beat them.
By taking a business-like approach, the student-athletes and their parents will be in control of the outcome and that's how it should be.
Defense is all about helping. No one can guard a good dribbler, You have to walk kids through how to help and then how to help the helper
One thing I'd like to do better personally is decompress. Obviously when things don't go your way, you'll be thinking of it all the time.
I don't have the five positions anymore. It may be as simple as three positions now, where you're either a ball-handler, a wing or a big.
Basketball is a beautiful game and it's afforded all of us in this profession so many things. To give back any time we can is gratifying.
You better educate yourself. You don't stand in the front of the line unless you're up there because you know everything that's involved.
In order to grow, you must accept new responsibilities, no matter how uncertain you may feel or how unprepared you are to deal with them.
There are some concrete ways to create a winning attitude. But nothing beats practicing it. When you prepare to win, belief comes easily.
I got to work for some great administrators at great institutions, and I had an opportunity to coach great players. Iowa is no different.
When you have Jessica Davenport in the middle, with some very, very good shooters around her and a good point guard, they have the pieces
You can do one of two things: You can humble yourself or life will humble you. I think it's a lot easier to find a way to humble yourself.
A primary goal of teaching anything is the advantage that learning gives to people over their competitors who haven't been as well taught.
There is a lot of difference at McDonald's between the guy in the back making the fries and the manager up front who is running the place.
I've seen Canada grow on so many different levels when it comes to basketball. The women's game is huge, so why not have a WNBA team here?
I'm not one to blow smoke at my players. They kicked our butts on the offensive boards. And it's not just because the ball came their way.
You develop a team to achieve what one person cannot accomplish alone. All of us alone are weaker, by far, than if all of us are together.
A basketball team is like the five fingers on your hand. If you can get them all together, you have a fist. That's how I want you to play.
It's funny what happens when you become a grandparent. You start to act all goofy and do things you never thought you'd do. It's terrific.
In the absence of feedback, people will fill in the blanks with a negative. They will assume you don’t care about them or don’t like them.
Sometimes expanding your game isn't better. Sometimes shrinking your game is a little bit better and really get to the things you do well.
If I came in to recruit your son, I would tell you, your wife, and your son, that I will be the most demanding coach your son can play for.
What the hell is a Republican? What the hell is a Democrat? I don't care. I've always urged people to make sure you vote for the right guy.
Every decent person feels the pain of the African-American community, but I also don't want to pretend like I know the exact distinct pain.
The presidents of colleges have to have some courage to step forward. You can't limit alcohol in college sports, you have to get rid of it.
The invention of basketball was not an accident. It was developed to meet a need. Those boys simply would not play 'Drop the Handkerchief.'
College, our job is to get guys to get better. Work hard, get better and be in position so when your time comes you get to play in the NBA.
The one thing that young coaches should do is if there is an NBA team in your area, get to training camp and see the coaching that goes on.