Losing strengthens you. It reveals your weaknesses so you can fix them

God doesn’t take things away to be cruel. He takes things away to make room for other things. He takes things away to lighten us. He takes things away so we can fly.

Here's how I'm going to beat you. I'm going to outwork you. That's it. That's all there is to it.

It is what it is. But, it will be what you make it.

You can't always be the most talented person in the room. But you can be the most competitive

Attitude is a choice. Think positive thoughts daily. Believe in yourself.

No one feels strong when she examines her own weakness. But in facing weakness, you learn how much there is in you, and you find real strength.

I won 1,098 games, and eight national championships, and coached in four different decades. But what I see are not the numbers. I see their faces.

Discipline helps you finish a job, and finishing is what separates excellent work from average work.

Offense sells tickets, defense wins games, rebounding wins championships.

Admit to and make yourself accountable for mistakes. How can you improve if you're never wrong?

I would rather live short and right then long and wrong.

You know your vote doesn't count, but you go through the motions, because it's been drummed into your head that you might be the one person who makes a difference.

A society has no chance of success if it's women are uneducated.

Time is bunk.

One must lose one's life to find it.

Rules with an iron fist, but sometimes in that fist is a rose.

I have a form of ESP that allows me to consistently pick losing lottery numbers, and generally make poor life choices.

Whether it's Vessaluis, or Nightray, there's no difference! I just want to be friends with you!

When I got to the Mavericks people were all giving me advice - change this, change that - and one thing that I didn't do was fire anybody.

Unhappy the general who comes on the field of battle with a system.