"When you have the smaller guards - whether it be 6 feet, 6-2, 6-1, or under - they're the most energetic, and they set the pace, whether it be shoot-around, practice, and in the game."
"The game changes when you play good defense and don't come up with the ball."
"It doesn't matter how tall you are. You have to carve out space and hold your ground."
"Jay Wright is class personified. He wins with class, loses with dignity when he does, which is not often."
"I always have a need to win."
"I belong to the Flatbush Avenue Fishing Club."
"Obviously, cancer has affected my life, mostly everyone in the world in some level."
"One thing that we can do for each other is support each other. At one point or another, we all go through trials and tribulations, so giving your time is one way to help."
"I feel good about the four years I coached at St. John's. It's a special place to me. My kids go there. I met my wife there."
"I am forever grateful to St. John's for giving me the opportunity to hear Carnesecca Arena and Madison Square Garden roar again for college basketball and especially for our players."
"The past four years at St. John's University have been one of the most thrilling and challenging points of my career."
"I'm the only idiot the that decided to coach in my family."
"I don't come in and break TVs when we lose."
"I don't really differentiate from big-time college basketball to any other kind of basketball. It's basketball. It's fundamentals and defense and shooting - they're all the same."
"I will always support St. John's University in keeping our basketball tradition alive!"
"I'm proud to call the Bay Area my home."
"I think it's really important to have a vision of teamwork, team play, and unselfishness."
"I think Isaiah Thomas has been a really nice player for the Kings."
"If you're going to preach dedication, work ethic, teamwork, unselfishness, and being part of a team to accomplish a common goal, you have to live it - you can't just talk about it."
"The people I've been around who've been successful - be it players, executives, coaches - there's no substitute for a hard day's work."
"When you're a general manager, you don't get to see every single player, so you have to rely on your scouts."
"The basketball experience that I have, you can use in different areas, but coaching itself, you have to go out there and learn on the fly."
"To me, you have to take your schedule and just take things one game at a time."
"Spreading the wealth and giving other assistant coaches their due is critical."
"I poked Kenny Walker in the eye by accident. Every time I saw him, I used to apologize to him when I saw him in the NBA."
