Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have the time to do it over?
It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.
Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating…too often fathers neglect it because they get so caught up in making a living they forget to make a life.
Remember, results aren’t the criteria for success — it’s the effort made for achievement that is most important.
Good values are like a magnet, they attract good people.
Reputation is what others perceive you as being, and their opinion may be right or wrong. Character, however, is what you really are, and nobody knows that but you.
It is most difficult, in my mind, to separate any success, whether it bein your profession, your family, or as in my case, in basketball, fromreligion.
”Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights.
Be more concerned with character than reputation. Character is what you are, reputation is what people think you are.
There is a choice you have to make in everything you do. So keep in mind that in the end, the choice you make, makes you.
Seek opportunities to show you care. The smallest gestures often make the biggest difference.
I think the teaching profession contributes more to the future of our society than any other single profession.
If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?
Don’t be afraid to fail. The greatest failure of all is not to act when action is needed.
You can’t let praise or criticism get to you. It’s a weakness to get caught up in either one.
A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment.
You can’t let praise or criticism get to you. It’s a weakness to get caught up in either one.
Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of knowing you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.
I worry that business leaders are more interested in material gain than they are in having the patience to build up a strong organization, and a strong organization starts with caring for their people.
I think that in any group activity – whether it be business, sports, or family – there has to be leadership or it won’t be successful.
Don’t give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you.
The most important thing in the world is family and love.
I’m not going to say I was opposed to the Vietnam War. I’m going to say I’m opposed to war. But I’m also opposed to protests that deny other people their rights.
Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It’s courage that counts.
Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.
Failure is never fatal. But failure to change can and might be.
Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
Defense is a definite part of the game, and a great part of defense is learning to play it without fouling.
If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?
Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.
Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best of which you are capable.
Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.
Just do the best you can. No one can do more than that.
Be true to yourself. Make each day a masterpiece. Help others. Drink deeply from good books. Make friendship a fine art. Build a shelter against a rainy day.
I met Tiger Woods when he was younger. He’s amazing – obviously technically, but his mental approach, too. He’s really something.
Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
Material possessions, winning scores, and great reputations are meaningless in the eyes of the Lord, because He knows what we really are and that is all that matters.
I’d rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent.
If you’re not making mistakes, then you’re not doing anything. I’m positive that a doer makes mistakes.
There are many things that are essential to arriving at true peace of mind, and one of the most important is faith, which cannot be acquired without prayer.
Friendship is two-sided. It isn’t a friend just because someone’s doing something nice for you. That’s a nice person. There’s friendship when you do for each other. It’s like marriage – it’s two-sided.
There’s as much crookedness as you want to find. There was something Abraham Lincoln said – he’d rather trust and be disappointed than distrust and be miserable all the time. Maybe I trusted too much.
I think permitting the game to become too physical takes away a little bit of the beauty.
Don’t let making a living prevent you from making a life.
It’s the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.
Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who’ll argue with you.
All of life is peaks and valleys. Don’t let the peaks get too high and the valleys too low.
We can have no progress without change, whether it be basketball or anything else.