“Control everything within 18 feet.”

I believe that good defense embodies seven cardinal principle

Point the ball on all long shots.

But I’d rather be the most-hated winning coach in the country than the most-popular losing one.

There are no secrets in the game.

No easy baskets.

I know I have plenty of enemies.

If they don’t let me coach, they might as well take me to the Lexington cemetery.

If a Coach is determined to stay in the coaching profession.

He who controlleth the backboard, controlleth the game.

Force your opponent into low percentage shots.

Success is the best builder of character.

A sound system of play, and the ability to instill in the boys a desire to win.

Reduce the number of your opponent’s shots;

This much is true, no coach has a monopoly on the knowledge of basketball.

We’re never as good as we think we are, nor as bad as we think we are.

Your defense will save you on the nights that your offense isn’t working.

Television is 15 hour days. Movies are 18 hour days. And it’s 18 hours of doing not a thing.

I worked the circus, carnival, I had my own medicine show, I worked 18 years of radio.

When I was 15 I became a full-time singer in a band. At 18 I made my first record.

I would never let her! But then, if she wants to, what can I do? But definitely not until she’s 18 years old.

I was speaking to Ridley Scott the other day and he makes a film every 18 months. He’s amazing really.

I didn’t lose my virginity until I was 18 The first time was a nightmare. Who shows you how to use a condom?

The trade magazine and all was banned in my house. The first time I read a film magazine was when I was 18.

Sometimes it’s very hard to turn off my brain especially when I have an eighteen hour day. I try to stop working by 10 or 11pm but you know sometimes there is nothing I can do about it.