If I didn't have a recruiting engagement, I was going to be here. I did everything possible to change the recruiting thing. I'm a very small part of this night, but I did want to be a part of it.

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Excellence is the unlimited ability to improve the quality of what you have to offer.

Excellence is the unlimited ability to improve the quality of what you have to offer.

I'm at the stage of my career when it's not only about winning and developing...

I'm at the stage of my career when it's not only about winning and developing...

Excellence is the unlimited ability to improve the quality of what you have to offer.

Excellence is the unlimited ability to improve the quality of what you have to offer.

The only way to get people to like working hard is to motivate them. Today,...

The only way to get people to like working hard is to motivate them. Today,...

After September 11, I don't think people really believe things like this are all that...

After September 11, I don't think people really believe things like this are all that...

Failure is good. It's fertilizer. Everything I've learned about coaching, I've learned from making mistakes.

Failure is good. It's fertilizer. Everything I've learned about coaching, I've learned from making mistakes.

Francisco Garcia could have been a high draft choice last year, probably in the 20s....

Francisco Garcia could have been a high draft choice last year, probably in the 20s....

I just don't deal with the negativity. I can't get involved in that side of...

I just don't deal with the negativity. I can't get involved in that side of...

I can say that hands down from being in this business 32 years; we're going...

I can say that hands down from being in this business 32 years; we're going...

He knew I enjoyed the relationships of college basketball. All along, he was the wise...

He knew I enjoyed the relationships of college basketball. All along, he was the wise...

I'd learned how much happiness money can bring you. Very little.

I'd learned how much happiness money can bring you. Very little.

It could happen to anyone when you get hired by a different president. There's a...

It could happen to anyone when you get hired by a different president. There's a...

The other guys just caught lightning in a bottle with a great game.

The other guys just caught lightning in a bottle with a great game.