“I’ve never predicted anything. All I have ever said is, that we will do the very best we can.”

If you’re not careful, you can get a grossly over-inflated opinion about your popularity.

Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.

Practice structure determines success.

The biggest difficulty in getting to the top of the ladder is getting through the crowd at the bottom.

We should not have to push you to work hard, you should work hard because you want to be a great player.

When I first started coaching, one of the worst things that I think I heard was ‘It will be O.K.’ I would wonder, ‘How the hell is it going to be O.K.?’ The worst word in the English language is ‘hope.’

I’ve never felt my job was to win basketball games – rather, that the essence of my job as a coach was to do everything I could to give my players the background necessary to succeed in life.

I’m not sure sports writing is an art.

Basketball is a full court game, so every drill must be done full court.

As I’ve said, basketball has been, I think, a real cooperative venture. There have been a lot of people that have been involved in it: coaches, administrators – not recently – fans and nobody, nobody any more so than students over the years.

It has always been my thought that the most important single ingredient to success in athletics or life is discipline. I have many times felt that this word is the most ill-defined in all of our language.

I sit and wonder why no one uses the shot fake. The shot fake, when used correctly, can eliminate a defender

You are never going to be driven anywhere worthwhile, but you sure as hell drive yourself to a lot of great places. It is up to you to drive yourself there.

I tell you what really fries my ass. When somebody gets on me for the way I look. Fat. Overweight. Well, I may be overweight. But I’m sure not fat.

To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation

Why talk now when so many things have been said without ever giving me a chance to talk?

I quit because I didnt feel like the Detroit Lions had a chance to win. It just killed my enjoyment of the game.

The oars game me power but also taught me humility.

My desire to exit the game is greater than my desire to remain in it. I have searched my heart through and through and feel comfortable with this decision.

I don’t see any point in playing the game if you don’t win, do you?

We had already beaten them 4-0 and 7-0 earlier this season, so we knew we were in for a really tough game today.

I love bowl games. I really do. I like it more than the kids do. I grew up a poor kid in western Pennsylvania, and I went to Nebraska because I saw them play in the Orange Bowl and I wanted to play in a bowl game. I cherish the memories.

If you’re going to play the game [politics] properly, you’d better know every rule.

Vigorous Scout games are the best form of physical education because most of them bring in moral education.