"It is a chance to represent the United States at this elite level of basketball. I am honored to be chosen and look forward to the opportunity to develop this team that will represent our great country in its own sport, both on and off the court."

"[But the Hall of Fame coach refused Friday to comment any further.] That has not been finalized yet, obviously because we haven't had a press conference or whatever, ... I've been in serious discussions, but it's not ready for an official announcement."

"When my two freshmen are playing like that, it brings everybody together. They were playing with such enthusiasm. They have such good game personalities, that when they allow themselves to show it, we're just better."

"We got in foul trouble and we had to massage those last four minutes of the first half. A lot of times, I'd let them go back in, but with (how) the pace of the game was going today, we couldn't chance starting the second half with either one of those guys in foul trouble."

"For me, this is the ultimate honor in coaching,"

"If football was a drug, I would have died from overdose."

"I have made really some significant deals because I play golf."

"Golf is typical capitalist lunacy."

"Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended."

"I wanted to be a hockey player. Where I grew up, the basketball courts were rarely used. I was terrible in school and actually said, 'I'm going to be a hockey player.'"

"One player's selfish attitude can poison a locker room and make it hard, if not impossible, to establish team work"

"You should sub a player out when you see a player not going full-speed or playing selfish basketball."

"I would never recruit a player who yells at his teammates, disrespected his high school coach, or scores 33 points a game and his team goes 10-10."

"Over coaching is the worst thing you can do to a player."

"The key statistic is still to get to the foul line."

"Everyone on the bench stands for the man coming out of the game."

"Any old coach will say the game was meant for finesse. It's a beautiful game, especially on television."

"There is a lot of basketball beyond our control, but a player should never let anyone try harder than he does"

"Always have your players go and pick-up the guy who draws the charge."

"Basketball, more than any other sport, is a team game...about the thousands of small, unselfish acts, the sacrifices on the part of the players that result in team building."

"The coach's job is to be part servant in helping each player reach his goals within the team concept."

"I wasn't as critical during games as I was at practice. Players needed confidence during games more than criticism."

"Basketball is a beautiful game when the five players on the court play with one heartbeat."

"I enjoy basketball. I enjoy coaching basketball. It's the out-of-season stuff I didn't handle well."