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One of the most important things about leadership is that you have to have the kind of humility that will allow you to be coached.

To have long term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way.

I'm from the school that great performers and great leaders create more great leaders. Give people other experiences, other responsibilities. Have them join organizations within the company and outside the company.

I had a coach that was not a great player, but he taught with kids and juniors so that by the time he was 50 he was great. He helped me make the top 5 in the world and yet he wasn't a great player himself.

I think what coaching is all about, is taking players and analyzing there ability, put them in a position where they can excel within the framework of the team winning. And I hope that I've done that in my 33 years as a head coach.

My whole life has been learning to lead, from my parents, to my education, to the experience I had in the private sector, to helping run the Olympics, and then of course helping guide a state.

I have an incredible amount of basketball knowledge, and I think a lot of that is derived from having a Hall of Fame college basketball coach who was very knowledgeable of the game and I had a great high school coach who was also very knowledgeable.

To be successful in coaching you have to treat your team like a family. The leader needs backing from everyone.

I always felt if you were going to be successful, make sure you get good people. You win with great players. Coaches don't win games. Players win games.