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

“What to do with a mistake: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.”

“If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.”

“You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.”

“You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball.”

“Be strong in body, clean in mind, lofty in ideals.”

“The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot.”

“I've got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.”

“Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.”

“If you make every game a life and death proposition, you're going to have problems. For one thing, you'll be dead a lot.”

“You can't get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good.”

“If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes.”

“A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment.”

“What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player.”

“Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.”

“I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning and losing.”

“One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.”

“When I was young, I never wanted to leave the court until I got things exactly correct. My dream was to become a pro.”

“In all the research you do as a coach, studying other coaches and championship-type situations, you find that all those teams combined talent with great defense. You've got to stop other teams to win.”

“The secret is to have eight great players and four others who will cheer like crazy.”

“If you are afraid of failure, you don't deserve success.”

“One man cannot make a team.”

“If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.”

“Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.”

“There is no such thing as life in-between.”