I'm at the stage of my career when it's not only about winning and developing players, it's about having fun. That's a void in your life right now, but it's something you're going to have here.

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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...

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,...

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...

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....

If I didn't have a recruiting engagement, I was going to be here. I did...

If I didn't have a recruiting engagement, I was going to be here. I did...

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.

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...

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.

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...

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.

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 excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value

The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value

The moral sense is the first excellence of well-organized man.

The moral sense is the first excellence of well-organized man.

Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is...

Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is...

Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because...

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because...

No man ever reached to excellence in any one art or profession without having passed...

No man ever reached to excellence in any one art or profession without having passed...

Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude.

Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude.