"An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise."

"If you get the talent you gotta use it and you better not lose it."

"Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study."

"He who believes in nobody knows that he himself is not to be trusted."

"The only correct actions are those that demand no explanation and no apology."

"Any coach needs talent. You start with talent. Without talent, we're all in the soup.

To a father, when a child dies, the future dies; to a child when a parent dies, the past dies."

"Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up."

"If you have some great potential players, there are two things: One, you help make them great. Two, you devise a method of play that is suitable to their talent."