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- Administrators are like pigs; don't wrestle with a pig because you both get dirty and the pig likes it.
- Your program must have an overriding purpose which is clearly visible and which teaches lessons beyond winning.
- When you watch the game, be a student of the game.
- The team is an extension of the coach.
- Players must do what you want them to do in pressure situations.
- When the legs go, the heart and the head follow quickly behind.
- The ability to rebound is in inverse proportion to the distance your house is from the nearest railroad tracks.
- Successful programs consist of people working hard, working together, while never worrying about who gets the credit.
- If it comes down to you or the program that decision was made long ago.
- Every day you teach attitude.
- To be a team, you must be a family.
- Shout praise and whisper criticism.
- Recognize and reward players who put the team first, not just the gifted ones.
- Discipline and demand without being demeaning.
- Simplify the game as much as possible. When you add, you must subtract.
- There is nothing more important than rebounding... don't just give it lip service.
- Shared suffering: one guy messes up and everyone runs. One guy does well and everyone benefits.
- Players who are late say that their time is more important than the team.
- It is not what you teach, but what you emphasize.
- Parents would rather have their son get all-state than his team win the state championship.
- Put your two best players away from the ball and bring it back to them.
- Good shooters take the shots; best shooters take most of the shots.
- Only run special plays for special players; find plays that fit your players.
- You build your program from the ideas of great coaches.
- Play off your great player... great teams have a go-to player and they play off of him.
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