My rule was I wouldn't recruit a kid if he had grass in front of his house. That's not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk.
Life is what you allow yourself not to see.
Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
It's a profession in which, the longer you stay, the closer you are to being fired.
On how to make the game more exciting - Eliminate the referees, raise the basket four feet, double the size of the basketball, limit the height of the players to 5 feet 9 inches, bring back the centre jump, allow taxi drivers in for free and allow the players to carry guns.
A team should be an extension of a coach's personality. My teams are arrogant and obnoxious.
When a guy takes off his coat, he's not going to fight. When a guy takes off his wristwatch, watch out!
The nicest thing about coaching is that one day you feel like you can play handball against a curb, and on other days you feel like you can fly to the moon.
Don't call me son unless you're going to include me in your will. (When Adolph Rupp called him, "Son.")
You can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders' skirts.