If the only reason I coached was to win basketball games, my life would be pretty shallow

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

I'm just Phil from Rossendale. And now people are screaming for me 'cause I make YouTube videos - it's just crazy!

The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.

In addition to an open heart and open mind, I also brought (to the small group Bible study) an open mouth.

Sometimes I think I could have got some better results if I had a different mentality; if I could have pushed hard and attacked. But then I would have had a good chance of making a mistake.

I really don't think we should dismiss a book because we feel messed about intellectually. Or emotionally. That's the writer's job!

There is not only an art, but an eloquence in it.

Not to innovate is the single largest reason for the decline of existing organizations. Not to know how to manage is the single largest reason for the failure of new ventures.

What was once easy became confused and hard, which brings us back to the mystic question, who is God?

People are getting smarter nowadays; they are letting lawyers, instead of their conscience, be their guide.

My dogs are crazy. They're always getting into some kind of trouble but then again, they're my most loyal friends.