We Can't Have Two Standards, One Set

I Have Always Tried To Teach My Players To Be Fighters. When I Say That, I Don't Mean Put Up Your Dukes And Get In A Fistfight Over Something. I'm Talking About Facing Adversity In Your Life. There Is Not A Person Alive Who Isn't Going To Have Some Awfully Bad Days In Their Lives. I Tell My Players That What I Mean By Fighting Is When Your House Burns Down, And Your Wife Runs Off With The Drummer, And You've Lost Your Job And All The Odds Are Against You. What Are You Going To Do? Most People Just Lay Down And Quit. Well, I Want My People To Fight Back.

Don't Ever Give Up On Ability. Don't Give Up On A Player Who Has It.

In My Lifetime, I May Have Put Too Much Emphasis On Winning, Because Here I Am An Old Man And The Only Fun I've Had Is Winning, And That's Ridiculous.

No Coach Has Ever Won A Game By What He Knows; It's What His Players Know That Counts.

Everybody's Got Pretty Good Players Now, More Players Than There've Ever Been. If You Play Poorly, You're Going To Get Beat.