I let ballplayers yell back at me because I wasn't trying to prove I'm boss. I know I'm boss.
The people who know basketball, their elevators don't go to the top.
We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
If winning weren't important nobody would keep score.
Butch, you come from DeWitt Clinton. There are five thousand brothers in that school. You're the best there. You've been all-city two years in a row. How bad can you be? You come with me and we'll make nice music.
Make your life exciting. Do what you have to do as long as you don't hurt people.
If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
Don't be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
If a player leaves Marquette and doesn't have some of my blood in him, then I don't think I've done a good job.