We're never as good as we think we are, nor as bad as we think we are.

He who controlleth the backboard, controlleth the game.

I wouldn't give one iota to make a trip from the cradle to the grave unless I could live in a competitive world.

I believe that good defense embodies seven cardinal principle: reduce the number of your opponent's shots force your opponent into low percentage shots control everything within 18 feet eliminate second shots no easy baskets point the ball on all long shots and prevent the ball from going into the pivot man.

Your defense will save you on the nights that your offense isn't working.

If they don't let me coach, they might as well take me to the Lexington cemetery.

I've always envied the kind of coach who could go completely out of his mind and nobody would know the difference.

Success is the best builder of character.

I know I have plenty of enemies, but I'd rather be the most-hated winning coach in the country than the most-popular losing one.