You may be better than the rest, but you are not a success until you have made the effort to become the best you can be.
I never met a person from whom I did not learn something.
Apply yourself everyday to just becoming a little bit better.
Decisions are more apt to be accepted when you’ve listened to suggestions first. I wanted them to see the reason behind what I asked of them, not to do things just because I said so.
When you improve a little each day, eventually big things occur.
Thou didst thy best, that is success.
We must be challenged to improve, and adversity is the challenger.
A leader’s most powerful ally is his or her own example.
First be the best and then be first.
Loyalty is very important when things get a little tough, as they often do when the challenge is great. Loyalty is a powerful force in producing one’s individual best and more so in producing a team’s best.
Profound responsibilities come with teaching and coaching. You can do so much good–or harm. It’s why I believe that next to parenting, teaching and coaching are the two most important professions in the world.
Discipline of others isn’t punishment. You discipline to help, to improve, to correct, to prevent, not to punish, humiliate, or retaliate.
The team is the star, never an individual player.
If there’s anything you could point out where I was a little different, it was the fact that I never mentioned winning.
We can have no progress without change, whether it be basketball or anything else.
How hard you work at correcting your faults reveals your character.
Although there is no progress without change, not all change is progress.
Confidence comes from being prepared.
Make sure that team members know they are working with you, not for you.
The man who is afraid to risk failure seldom has to face success.