Doug Collins Basketball Quotations

Don't ever have a rule that you won't enforce with your best player.

As I look back on the day I signed my professional contract in 1973, I've never gone to sleep wondering if I could pay the bills or take care of my family. That's what basketball has done for me. It's given me the greatest of thrills from high school to college to the Olympics to coaching to broadcasting.

The great thing about basketball is you work as hard as you can to individually get better so that your team can win

Work as hard as you can to become as good an individual player as you can to help your team win

When your teammate looks you in the eye and holds you accountable, that's the greatest kind of leadership there is

I was taught by teachers, and if it's one thing I have it's a basketball mind and I try to pass it on and pay it forward.

Any time Detroit scores more than 100 points and holds the other team below 100 points they almost always win.

Michael is a genius as a basketball player. What he went through physically last year makes him more aware of what he has to do. ... He knows we can?t do the same thing this year.