In the recovery world, it's a higher power that helps you. You have to turn your life over to something greater. Anytime I tried to control my life, I had screwed it up.

Forget about what happened in the past. The past is the past. Who cares? Time heals things.

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.

I'd like to teach my players how to play and not just run plays.

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.

You practice, you prepare, just go out, and let it flow. Just go play ball. You have to go out there and play loose and play free.

Spreading the wealth and giving other assistant coaches their due is critical.

Life is not perfect.

I'm a Warrior. That's who I am.

Live your life the right way, and the blessing will come.

I've got nothing but gratitude for everyone who ever helped me.

The thing about the NBA, if you have a weakness, they are going to expose it on the first day of practice. You have to get rid of your weaknesses, and your strengths have to be as sharp as anything.

I think it's really important to have a vision of teamwork, team play, and unselfishness.

I'm not one of those one-man-gang type of players. I'm a guy who has to rely on his teammates, to play within the team structure.

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 very first time I went to Madison Square Garden, I went to see the circus.

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.

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 Isaiah Thomas has been a really nice player for the Kings.

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.

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.

My family's been coming to my games since I was in grade school.

I don't envy these kids these days. Between Instagram and Twitter... the easiest thing is just take your phone off the hook, and you're good.

What you do is build your team around your core. Some teams have one main guy - not many, but some do - and you build around that. If you have a bunch of good players, that's another way to go about it - through depth, teamwork, defense, and fundamentals.

I think everyone would like to have that one guy who gets triple-teamed, and he throws it to an open guy, but there aren't many of those guys around.

If you don't get better, staying the same is probably not good enough.

I would say this: no matter what style you play, at some point, the team that beats you, people are going to say, 'I guess your style doesn't work.'

New York - to me, it's the greatest city in the world, and it's got the most genuine people.

I grew up a Met fan.

I don't know if people understand - losing is tough.

I like to take the floor apart mentally. I like to visualize an opponent going for you.

Basketball's fun; it really is. Because I've done it all my life.

I liked living with my brothers. It was cozy.

It's important to have an imagination.

An opportunity to help a team to a championship would be very appealing.