A manager should stay as far away as possible from his players. I don’t know if I said ten words to Frank Robinson while he played for me.

Walking has been ridiculous in college basketball the past 15 years.

Before you can win a game, you have to not lose it.

Well, I think it’s pretty much established that I just didn’t have any interest in coaching in the pros.

Failures are expected by losers, ignored by winners.

How do you win? By getting average players to play good and good players to play great. That’s how you win.

Coaches are an integral part of any manager’s team, especially if they are good pinochle players.

And I would be the first to admit that probably, in a lot of press conferences over the time that I have been in coaching, indulging my own sense of humor at press conferences has...

A life of frustration is inevitable for any coach whose main enjoyment is winning.