I've always taken the approach that it's about the seed in the NCAA tournament.

If I have the choice between experience and talent, I'm taking talent every time.

I've had transfer students who have never seen the inside of their previous coach's house.

Every one of us in this country is based on you've gotta take care of yourself.

I want to thank all the assistants and staff who have worked for us over the years, as well as the people in the community who have added value to our lives.

We're not the only ones out there trying to get good players and trying to help kids.

If it's late in the game, then you have your five best free-throw shooters on the court.

If I'm up at 4 in the morning, it's because I'm just coming in.

The thing I can tell you about coaching is that we make decision and career moves when your nerves and emotions are still raw, right after the season. It's the worst profession for that.

Change does not come easy.

There are certain people I do want to absolutely dislike me. And I want them to paint me as their enemy. Because I want nothing to do with them.

In my mind, I've got the best job in the country.

All my best players have been really good guys, which means I can coach them.

So kids that have pro potential and want to take a loan so that their families don't have to deal with it, why can't you?

I don't even have a computer.

When you're up nine, you're supposed to win.

Obviously, I'm not chasing the NBA.

There are no boys in this game.

You're not gonna do what we do better than we do it. Even if you're doing what we do, you're not gonna do it better. I'm absolutely convinced of that.

I tweet, Facebook, website, but guess what? Do I look at any response? Have I ever looked at a response? I wouldn't know how to get in.

I don't read the papers; I don't listen to radio.

My job is to protect my guys.

Malik Monk is special. Special.

In most cases, in this sport, for guys to advance in this sport, you gotta fight. If you don't fight, you're not making it, because it's too competitive.

Keep things in perspective. It's never quite as good as it seems, it's never quite as bad as it seems.

You cannot please everybody. You keep marching forward.

He helped my career, helped me basketball-wise and every other way. I'm a big fan of Thibs.

I read books by other coaches all the time.

John Wooden's books are great.

High school coaches sometimes are better coaches than I am.

The opportunity to coach Kerry Kittles I wouldn't give up for anything.

We don't get every kid. We get the ones we are supposed to get. It just kind of plays out that way, and it always has.

I gotta be able to sleep at night knowing that I'm being honest.

We should not go to a baseball rule. If a kid goes to college and, after a year or two, wants to go to the NBA and is good enough - and he grew, he got bigger, he got more confidence - let him go. Why would you now force a kid to go two years?

The problem with the NCAA - it's slow-moving.

Kentucky is the best job in basketball coaching. Why would I leave?

I'm going to continue to see my friends who coach in the NBA and see my former players who play in the NBA. I'm going to continue to go to games.

I've always said I have more money than I can spend, than my children can spend.

My life, even as a college student, has all been through the NCAA, and I'm telling you there's so much good that comes out of it.

If you win the conference tournament, it doesn't mean anything.

LeBron and I are friends.

If you don't deserve to play, you won't play.

I never thought Marquis Teague would leave after a year.

If they want to go to college and then leave, let them leave when they want to leave. Why would we force a kid to stay? 'Well - it's good for the game?' It's about these kids and their families.

I was small, but I was also slow.

I was a very average-at-best player.

I majored in business/marketing because I was going to be a teacher and a high school basketball coach.

At times, we, as coaches, try to shove guys as square pegs into round holes and keep hammering away.

Our feet are planted in the real world, but we dance with angels and ghosts.

The best things happen in the dark.