Never Delegate. Always Empower.

I Didn't Miss Any Games, But Coach Knight Came Out And Spent Three Days With My Family In Chicago When My Dad Passed Away. I Came Back And Played And It Was Good Therapy For Me. Having A Basketball Family And A Coach Who Understood And Actually Became Like A Father Figure For That Time Was Comforting To Me, And I'm Sure That Will Be Comforting To Coleman.

Sometimes In A Defeat, You Can Set The Stage For Future Victory. I Wanted Them To Feel Good About What They Had Accomplished. Not To Like Losing, But To Like The Success That They Had.

One Of The Worst Things Anybody Can Do Is Assume. I Think Fools Assume. If People Have Really Got It Together, They Never Assume Anything. They Believe, They Work Hard, And They Prepare- But They Don't Assume.

Therefore, As A Player, As A Coach, Even Though We Might Have Lost In A Season Or Not Won A Championship, It Was Like A Self-fulfilling Prophecy That I'm Going To Win Some Time. I've Never Felt Myself A Loser.

My Ambition In High School Was To Be A High School Coach And Teacher, And That's Still What I Do: Teach.