The NCAA is so mad at Kentucky theyre going to give Cleveland State another year of probation.

The secret is to have eight great players and four others who will cheer like crazy.

Yelling doesn't win ball games. It doesn't put any points on the scoreboard. And I don't think words win ball games all the time. Players do. Preparation does.

The more your players have to think on the basketball court, the slower their feet get.

I told them not to worry about it, since we were going to play indoors.

I'll watch the kids play, have a big steak with my friends, stay in a nice hotel, sign a lot of autographs, then go back to Vegas and tell my alumni how tough recruiting is.

During the scrimmage, Tarkanian paced the sideline with his hands in his pockets while biting his nails.

Coaching has been my entire life.

When you can identify the insecurities inside the person that is hurting you then you can begin to heal. It isn't about you. It is about their past.

Sweet is war to those who have never experienced it.

The individual is the brain, not the heart.

It's a terrible thing when a person dies, whatever the circumstances. A hole opens up in the world, and we need to pay the proper respects. If we don't, the hole will never be filled in again.

The most important thing is how you program and how you choose your records. That really does sort out who is a good DJ and who is just playing records.

I do, have done and always will believe that I am very capable of performing and thriving at any level of the sport.

Laughing is good exercise. It's like jogging on the inside.

I stopped painting, not because I didn't like painting; the sensuality of it was fun. But I wasn't able to get to the point I wanted to.

There will always be good and bad in every community.

[...]you don’t have to be Sun freakin Tzu to know that real fighting isn’t about killing or even hurting the other guy, it’s about scaring him enough to call it a day.