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I've argued for a long time here... that I think that one of the things that is absolutely killing parity is the individual maximum salary.
I think it's important to remain true to myself, but ultimately the Miami Heat and what it stands for is part of me. It's part of my fabric.
It's not how good you can play when you play good. It's how good you play when you play bad and we can play as bad as anyone in the country.
If you look at the terrorist attacks around the world, they're in places where there is no security - a club or a movie theater or wherever.
The thing is, I'm a sports junkie.Everybody knows that. I could watch any of this stuff - track and field... anything - and really enjoy it.
I want to thank the Big Blue nation for your warming and hospitality. You all have made us feel like we've been in the Commonwealth forever.
When I was at Oklahoma, I always felt like I had to control the game because we didn't have great scorers. So, I had to figure a way to win.
Players know how to dribble, shoot and pass. The challenge is to teach them why they should do it a certain way, and when they should do it.
It's a reality we have to understand. (O'Neal) has to be more diligent. We have to be more diligent protecting him. We need him in the game.
Responsibility equals accountability equals ownership. And a sense of ownership is the most powerful weapon a team or organization can have.
I want to keep coaching as long as I can. I love teaching and working with student athletes and I love being at the University of Tennessee.
Basketball is a sport that involves the subtle interweaving of players at full speed to the point where they are thinking and moving as one.
You have to be able to psychologically help your players, support-wise, be in touch with them, so I think managing people is very important.
Many, many times, the kids with the less talent become the better athletes because they're more dedicated to achieving their full potential.
That's what the great teams do. That's where, if you're a good shooter, become a great one. If you're a good ballhandler, become a great one.
I know the Virginia players are smart because you need a 1500 SAT to get in. I have to drop bread crumbs to get our players to and from class
I've had two owners - Jim Dolan and Les Alexander in Houston. Both were terrific. They wanted to win badly and gave you the resources to win.
To me, it doesn't matter who's out there: NBA basketball is great - if teams are putting out their best players and they're competing to win.
The triangle itself is just an offense based on freedom of the ball to go to different places, everybody feeling involved. It's a good thing.
Coaches are basically schizophrenic. We are pessimistic to the press and among fellow coaches, but to our team, we are the eternal optimists.
You can make all the excuses you want, but if you're not mentally tough and you're not prepared to play every night, you're not going to win.
A guy who gives you less than what he has to give is, one, telling you what he thinks of you, and two, telling you what he thinks of himself.
When you coach Russ Smith, you have a nervous breakdown on every possession. He's not from a different country. He's from a different planet.
If I ever feel a sense of anxiety, it's usually over things that I have some control over, or I'm anxious about me making the right decision.
Everybody likes each other until things get tough. Then you will find out what kind of team you have, and I understand that as much as anyone.
I look back and see what life could have been if I hadn't applied myself in basketball, and I'm really thankful for every experience I've had.
I think the only thing to consider is do you want to try to coach in the NBA and for me it never was an issue. I never really had that desire.
Scott Skiles was a master tactician - they're all masters, but he is elite. He knew how to manipulate his team from an X's-and-O's standpoint.
We got almost the entire team coming back; we only had two seniors last year. We plan not just on making it back, but on taking the next step.
I think that a lot of people would perceive my style as being intimidating. And although I don't want to intimidate kids, I am very demanding.
Every person has a different view of another person's image. That's all perception. The character of a man, the integrity, that's who you are.
One of my greatest regrets in coaching is the Butler Final Four runs, because if I would have been a seasoned coach, I think we would have won.
I tried to listen to way too many voices in my first stint as a head coach. The second time around, I know what I want and how I want to do it.
I've done a lot of the NBA programs in the Philippines and other places in South Florida. But I've always wanted to be a part of BWB in Africa.
We'll run a lot of multiple sets - pro set, twin set, the box set, ... We'll run a lot of option plays and pass the ball more than in the past.
It's always an honor to be ranked high, but whatever is said about you, you take it and then take a realistic look at yourself and who you are.
It's a reality here. We're a team that at this time of the season, with teams trying to get to the playoffs, it's going to be difficult to win.
No one feels strong when she examines her own weakness. But in facing weakness, you learn how much there is in you, and you find real strength.
I think, look, you have to be aware of the language, and you have to be aware a little bit of your own biases if you're going to overcome them.
Going into a game against Lew Alcindor [later Kareem Abdul-Jabbar] is like going into a knife fight and finding there's no blade in your handle.
I learned at an early stage that the most important thing I could do for my players was to give them the tools necessary to beat their opponent.
I don't think patient would be the first word that anybody that knows me would describe me as. But I think that's anybody in competitive sports.
When you work in the pharmaceutical industry you realize that there's a lot out of people's control, and there's ways that people can be helped.
If you recruit a kid, and you're promising him the world, how in the world are you going to coach him in that short a period of time to do that?
There are certain people I do want to absolutely dislike me. And I want them to paint me as their enemy. Because I want nothing to do with them.
I will be here and be around, watching over you. You can bet on that. I'll find a way to get some peanuts and take some beer and tell some lies.
In the closing seconds of every game, I want the ball in my hands for the last shot - not in anybody else's, not in anybody else's in the world.
Regard your team as a family. Give the same attention to the bottom guy as you do the top guy. You have a responsibility to all of your players.
The most we can hope for is to create the best possible conditions for success, then let go of the outcome. The ride is a lot more fun that way.
If universities want to save a little money, they ought to make some cutbacks in administration and in faculty people who teach one class a week.