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Talent is God-given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

Great teamwork is the only way we create the breakthroughs that define our careers.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.

I was supposed to be grateful because I one was one of the first African Americans coaching. I was supposed to sit there and say, ‘Oh, thank you Mr. White Man for giving me a job.’ God made me human and equal. Now I’m supposed to be grateful because you’re treating me equal and treating me as a human being? No.

I think that’s the stage we’re at as a team where we all, not just me, not just my teammates, not just our new coaching staff, the front office, everybody in this organization must look in the mirror because we’ve constantly come up short.

Great effort springs naturally from great attitude.

Don’t try to imitate other coaches. Be your own person with your own style and do your own thing.

You better have great practices.

Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.

Always acknowledge hustle plays in practice.

Prepare for every game like you just lost your last game.

We put a premium on knowing what the other team does. Then we try to take them out of it.

I learned early that if I wanted to achieve anything in life, I’d have to do it myself. I learned that I had to be accountable.

Offensively, you do what you do best and you do it again and again. Defensively, you attack your opponent’s strength.

He who controlleth the backboard, controlleth the game.

Hold it more important to have the players’ confidence than their affection.

Your defense will save you on the nights that your offense isn’t working.

Regardless of what you do put in, every game boils down to doing the things you do best and doing them over and over again.

The mismatch is not what gets you beat. What gets you beat is giving up the uncontested, open shot.

Great shooters are one dribble guys.

They said you have to use your five best players but I found you win with the five who fit together the best.

You must have a passion to coach.

My players on defense must have a hand-up on every shot. If not, they run sprints.

To win the big games you must get to the Free Throw line, and then you must make them.

It’s not what you tell your players that counts. It’s what they hear.

Blocking out is everyday, every drill, all the time. We run sprints every time someone does not blockout.

The strength of my Princeton teams has always been attitude, intelligence and discipline.

Put the Team Before Yourself.

If you get tough mentally, you can get tough physically and overcome fatigue.

If you want to be in the game you better shoot 75% from the line.

Coaching is preparation.

The key to the fast break is every one running hard for their teammates.

Being a part of success is more important than being personally indispensable.