Actually, the Kentucky moment was better than winning the two National Championships, because it was the epitome of what I try to get from a team in a crisis situation.

A leader is someone who puts their people in position to be successful all the time

Champions play as they practice. Create a consistency of excellence in all your habits.

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.

You don't just be a team. You become a team. Through tough games you find that you need each other

Imagination has a great deal to do with winning.

If you win a National Championship, or you win two, people think you have not only seen the Holy Grail, but you've embraced it. Basically, I do what a lot of people do, but I've been able to win.

My hunger is not for success, it is for excellence. Because when you attain excellence, success just naturally follows.

The thing I loved the most - and still love the most about teaching - is that you can connect with an individual or a group, and see that individual or group exceed their limits.

I'm looking for players who make their teammates better. You do that with enthusiasm and passion.

Effective teamwork begins and ends with communication

A woman's perfume tells more about her than her handwriting.

I think with my hands. I design things to be touched-not for a museum. A piece is ready when it has the shape of something to cherish.

No one controls your destiny. Even at the very worst - there is always choice.

I live an idle burden to the ground.

I view my strongest competition as myself. You're always trying to top yourself, rather than worrying about what other people are doing.

I'd rather not have a moment when I'm known for my looks; being funny and interesting lasts longer.

The problem is I got a lot of brains but no polish.

Patience and love can do anything.

This is what I have come to know: Our past is never passed and there is no such thing as moving on. But there is this telling and there is such a thing as passing through.

The snow is sparkling like a million little suns.