Even though he lived on the beach in college, he didn't have a tan. Now that's a serious player!

Sometimes you wake up in the morning and wish your parents had never met.

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 once said coaching a first-year team was a religious experience. You do a lot of praying - but most of the time the answer is NO.

There's nothing I like better than a good book discussion with someone who can hold up his end of the argument.

The Mighty King is the God of all grace.

I do not say that I could never be persuaded to sacrifice my reputation to passion- only that it would take a great deal.

Am I willing to go to Mars? Yes, but I'm not willing to spend nine months getting there, then wait 18 more months until the planets align to come home.

It is doubtful whether anyone who has travelled widely has found anywhere in the world regions more ugly than in the human face.

You are what you are. Find a way to live with it.

History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself.

Tomorrow is not a promise, but a chance.

Humility is an ornament which attracts Krishna's heart. Beginning of all knowledge comes from humility.

It takes a lot of energy to dull the soul and not hear its voice