“Discipline is the only sure way I know to convince people to believe in themselves”

I’m interested to see where a combination of faith and science will take me.

Value those colleagues who tell you the truth, not just what you want to hear.

There is nothing wrong with having competitive instincts. They are survival instincts.

It’s my experience that people rise to the level of their own expectations and of the competition they seek out.

I’ve always put great emphasis on the academics and getting your degree. It’s important because basketball is short term. The long term is what are you gonna do after college and after you no longer can bounce the ball.

Make Winning an Attitude.

To me, teamwork is a lot like being part of a family. It comes with obligations, entanglements, headaches, and quarrels. But the rewards are worth the cost.

Sometimes you learn more from losing than winning. Losing forces you to reexamine.

Class is more important than a game.

I think helped our players in terms of being able to fight through some adversity along the way.

Coaches who start listening to fans often wind up sitting next to them.

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

Winners are not born, they are self-made.

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.

She taught me that it’s ok to let down your guard and allow your players to get to know you. They don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.

You can’t have any quit in you if you want to be successful.

No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he means

Be the reason someone believes in the goodness of people.

If you want to be successful, it’s just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing.

Hope isn’t about pretending that dark times don’t exist, its all about believing that darkness will not forever.

What we wish, we readily believe, and what we ourselves think, we imagine others think also.

I don’t believe in soulmates. I believe that life pulls you towards people who blend, with different shades of you, as you evolve.

The more you believe in yourself, the happier you feel after.  

Notice patterns & believe them.