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" Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability. "

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" Somebody asked me - you know, how come it took you so long to win a national championship? And I said, 'I'm a slow learner; but you notice when I learn something, I have it down pretty good.' "

" I don't think I was a fine game coach. I'm trying to be honest. I think I was a good practice coach. "

" I seldom was ever off my seat on the bench during the game. "

" Defense is a definite part of the game, and a great part of defense is learning to play it without fouling. "

" Friendship is two-sided. It isn't a friend just because someone's doing something nice for you. That's a nice person. There's friendship when you do for each other. It's like marriage - it's two-sided. "

" I don't believe in praying to win. "

" I'm not afraid to die. "

" If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over? "

" I worry that business leaders are more interested in material gain than they are in having the patience to build up a strong organization, and a strong organization starts with caring for their people. "

" It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen. "

" I'd be satisfied just coaching in high school. I turned down a number of colleges when I was teaching in South Bend, Indiana, before I went into the service. I honestly believe that if I hadn't enlisted in the service, I would never have left high school teaching. I'm sure I would have never left. "

" If I am through learning, I am through. "

" Material possessions, winning scores, and great reputations are meaningless in the eyes of the Lord, because He knows what we really are and that is all that matters. "

" Be true to yourself. Make each day a masterpiece. Help others. Drink deeply from good books. Make friendship a fine art. Build a shelter against a rainy day. "

" We can have no progress without change, whether it be basketball or anything else. "

" Failure is never fatal. But failure to change can and might be. "

" Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best of which you are capable. "

" Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights. "

" I'm no wizard, and I don't like being thought of in that light at all. I think of a wizard as being some sort of magician or something, doing something on the sly or something, and I don't want to be thought of in that way. "

" Never lie, never cheat, never steal. "

" If a player's not doing the things he should, put him on the bench. He'll come around. "

" Just try to be the best you can be; never cease trying to be the best you can be. That's in your power. "

" Don't let making a living prevent you from making a life. "

" You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one. "

" Be more concerned with your character than your reputation. "

" Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books - especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day. "

" I've been blessed in so many ways. "

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

" In the end, it's about the teaching, and what I always loved about coaching was the practices. Not the games, not the tournaments, not the alumni stuff. But teaching the players during practice was what coaching was all about to me. "

" I'd rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent. "