“Rebounding wins championships, you need to emphasize it and work with kids on it.”

If I was renowned as as tough coach, I also wanted to be a caring one

I haven’t ever really had a goal to break that record or catch John Wooden.

Teamwork is what makes common people capable of uncommon results.

You can’t pick and choose the days that you feel like being responsible. It’s not something that disappears when you’re tired.

I mean, we’re always trying to evaluate and tweak things and get better.

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.

Success is a project that’s always under construction.

Success is all a matter of perspective. It depends on where you start from, and where you want to end up.

We do not win championships with girls. We win with competitors.

Sit up straight, listen and participate.

The person, the student, the athlete, all are considered equal.

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

The greatest strength any human being an have is to recognize his or her own weaknesses. When you identify your weaknesses, you can begin to remedy them – or at least figure out how to work around them.

I just think they were just a team that really enjoyed the process and allowed our coaching staff to enjoy the process.

Change equals self improvement. Push yourself to places you haven’t been before.

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

Just like life, a true champion in sports is one that comes back stronger from a setback.

I was lucky to get good coaches and infrastructure that I needed. To become a champion, it is not just a few months’ practice: it takes years to make a champion.

You can win all the tournaments you want, but the majors are what you’re remembered for. It’s how you’re measured as a champion in our sport. The majors are where it’s at.

There are sometimes easier games and others harder, but the Champions League always requires enormous concentration.

A champion team needs only a small window of opportunity to stage a fightback, something I had learnt over the years.

Champions don’t give up when things get hard; they keep trying.  

What America demands in her black champions is a brilliant, powerful body and a dull, bestial mind.

Champions never complain, they are too busy getting better.