I don't discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I'm not interested in philosophy classes.

The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.

I think everyone should go to college and get a degree and then spend six months as a bartender and six months as a cabdriver. Then they would really be educated.

Help one kid at a time. He'll maybe go back and help a few more.

The nicest thing about coaching is that one day you feel like you can play handball against a curb, and on other days you feel like you can fly to the moon.

Hate your next-door neighbor, but don't forget to say grace.

I belong to my beloved, and my beloved is mine.

Go in close, and when you think you are too close, go in closer.

My rule was I wouldn't recruit a kid if he had grass in front of his house. That's not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk.

Life is what you allow yourself not to see.

A team should be an extension of a coach's personality. My teams are arrogant and obnoxious.

Mean people suck

The greatest obstacle to human liberty is that the vast majority of people do not wish to be free.

The ego is never satisfied. So, if you're not satisfied with what you have right now, consider what is driving you.

Girls are the future mothers of our society, and it is important that we focus on their well-being.

I'll tell 'ya how to stay young: Hang around with older people.

Consciousness is nature's nightmare.

In my experience an appreciative letter from a fellow writer means a lot.

I'm happy with what I've done but it's a challenge to try to win more.

We have seen that intellect and achievement are far from perfectly correlated.

Optimism is cowardice.