Good players can take coaching; great players can take coaching and learn.
I do not want players who do not have a keen desire to win and do not play hard and aggressively to accomplish that objective.
A Coach must never forget that he is a leader and not merely a person with authority.
What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player.
The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.
I think the teaching profession contributes more to the future of our society than any other single profession.
The athlete who says that something can’t be done should never interrupt the one who’s doing it.
Next to love, balance is the most important thing.
I think you have to be what you are. Don’t try to be somebody else. You have to be yourself at all times.
I’d rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent.
Earn the right to be proud and confident.
Material possessions, winning scores, and great reputations are meaningless in the eyes of the Lord, because He knows what we really are and that is all that matters.
If we fail to adapt, we fail to move forward.
When people ask me now if I miss coaching UCLA basketball games, the national championships, the attention, the trophies, and everything that goes with them, I tell them this: I miss the practices.
Ability is a poor man’s wealth.
An effective leader allows exceptions to the rule for exceptional results or when circumstance demands.
Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights.
Some of my greatest pleasures have come from finding ways to overcome obstacles.
I continually stress to my players that all I expect from them at practice and in the games is their maximum effort.
Every day was a good day at UCLA.