Think and then act. Never act and then alibi.

You must be sure that you give back something that's beneficial to the game. Any of the teaching you do must be for the benefit of the men who play.

We are not going to play them; they are going to play us.

Treat each player as your own son/daughter if you can...the parents have invested in you.

Everyone should want to excel in life. You should never take the desire to excel away from the human race.

Unless you plan to out-rebound and out-shoot everyone you play, then you better learn to handle the ball.

I'm not against taking shots, but I am against taking bad shots.

Don't let a week go by without conferences with each player, you can't teach it all on the floor.

Love is deepest driving passion of a purposeful life.

When you're a stand-up, you play in front of 600 people, and it's all about timing. I could never do stand-up comedy; it would be way too hard for me.

Touch each object as if tomorrow you would never be able to feel anything again.

I don't want to be a Michael Moore-style artist, which is not to disparage Michael Moore. But he seems rather unsuccessful at winning people over who don't already agree with him.

I want to be contributing and working with people that I like and love, and this was the perfect combination.

If my day, week, or year is going badly, I need not ask of each negative episode or situation whether it has racial overtones.

Lovers to-day and for all time Preserve the meaning of my rhyme: Love is not kindly nor yet grim But does to you as you to him.

We have this day restored the Sovereign to Whom all men ought to be obedient. He reigns in heaven and from the rising to the setting of the sun, let His kingdom come.

Keep your ears open, your eyes open, grab everything you can, react, and learn!

It is from the level of calamities, not that of every-day life, that we learn impressive and useful lessons.