Life is what you allow yourself not to see.
There’s no one who’s dropped on top of the mountain. You’ve got to work your way to the top.
All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
I don’t discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I’m not interested in philosophy classes.
When a guy takes off his coat, he’s not going to fight. When a guy takes off his wristwatch, watch out!
Our guys took Shop and Advanced Shop. Shop is when you make a chair. Advanced Shop is when you paint it.
God didn’t miss any of us.
I just can’t recruit where there’s grass around. You gotta have a concrete lawn before I feel comfortable enough to go in and talk to you parents.
The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
That’s it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
Don’t be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
You measure a player from the head up.
Winning is only important in war and surgery.
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.
I’m an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.
Make your life exciting. Do what you have to do as long as you don’t hurt people.
Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
Can’t win without talent, you know.
If you’re straight with your players, they’ll be straight with you.