“And prevent the ball from going into the pivot man.”

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.

Control everything within 18 feet.

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.

I would give them the ball and score points. I wouldn’t play them on defense. I would play them where they can get the ball and score points.

Shooting the ball is a part of the game. Everybody can shoot in their own way. Not everybody can make. But everybody can shoot.

One of the easiest shots in golf is chipping. It should be the easiest. It’s like throwing a ball or pitching pennies. It’s easy. And I struggle with that, and the struggle is all mental.

You have to have a catcher because if you don’t you’re likely to have a lot of passed balls.

I shoot the ball so well that sometimes you fall in love with it and think it’ll get you out of certain situations.

There is a place in the net where the keeper cannot reach the ball.

Everybody asks if putting is like shooting free throws. It has a very similar kind of mindset. And it’s just you, the ball, and the target.

I don’t know if he throws a spitball but he sure spits on the ball.