Offense sells tickets, defense wins games, rebounding wins championships.
In the absence of feedback, people will fill in the blanks with a negative. They will assume you don’t care about them or don’t like them.
I think the most important thing I thought is, I thought about recruiting and what we need in recruiting.
If I'm not leading by example, then I'm not doing the right thing. And I want to always do the right thing.
I didn't say a lot. I didn't throw anything. That's not my style. I did think about it though.
I'm interested to see where a combination of faith and science will take me.
You can't pick and choose the days that you feel like being responsible. It's not something that disappears when you're tired.
The best way to handle responsibility is to break it down into smaller parts. Take care of one small thing at a time.
I haven't ever really had a goal to break that record or catch John Wooden.
Success is all a matter of perspective. It depends on where you start from, and where you want to end up.
Success is a project that's always under construction.
You spend more of the game preparing to win in the final seconds. And that is what separates winners from losers.
I have a love-hate relationship with losing. I hate how it makes me feel, which is basically sick. But I love what it brings out.
Here's how I'm going to beat you. I'm going to outwork you. That's it. That's all there is to it.
In order to grow, you must accept new responsibilities, no matter how uncertain you may feel or how unprepared you are to deal with them.
Attitude is a choice. What you think you can do, whether positive or negative, confident or scared, will most likely happen.
I just think they were just a team that really enjoyed the process and allowed our coaching staff to enjoy the process.
Nine-tenths of discipline is having the patience to do things right.
There is nothing wrong with having competitive instincts. They are survival instincts.
Rebounding wins championships, you need to emphasize it and work with kids on it.
I mean, we're always trying to evaluate and tweak things and get better.
I think helped our players in terms of being able to fight through some adversity along the way.
I think sometimes for me that sounds like almost being selfish. I am not about personal records.
It's harder to stay on top than it is to make the climb, Continue to seek new goals.
The willingness to experiment with change may be the most essential ingredient to success at anything.
Anyone can quit, but it takes a strong, committed person not to quit when times are tough.
Responsibility equals accountability equals ownership. And a sense of ownership is the most powerful weapon a team or organization can have.
Teamwork does not come naturally. Let's face it. We are born with certain inclinations, but sharing isn't one of them.
No one feels strong when she examines her own weakness. But in facing weakness, you learn how much there is in you, and you find real strength.
Sometimes you learn more from losing than winning. Losing forces you to reexamine.
I won 1,098 games, and eight national championships, and coached in four different decades. But what I see are not the numbers. I see their faces.
I want to keep coaching as long as I can. I love teaching and working with student athletes and I love being at the University of Tennessee.
It's my experience that people rise to the level of their own expectations and of the competition they seek out.
Value those colleagues who tell you the truth, not just what you want to hear.
Attitude is a choice. Think positive thoughts daily. Believe in yourself.
Change equals self improvement. Push yourself to places you haven't been before.
I learned so much from Sue about the Xs and Os of the game of basketball.
Discipline helps you finish a job, and finishing is what separates excellent work from average work.
Coaches who start listening to fans often wind up sitting next to them.
