I had to take care of my family. That was my No. 1 goal.

Dreams do come true.

I always talk about my dad because he was a coach, and I became a coach.

In my formative years, when I was a little kid, I'd get out of elementary school, and because my mother worked as a nurse, I'd have to find a way to get a ride to the high school and watch my dad's team practice.

My father had four jobs every summer. He taught driver's education. He sold World Book Encyclopedias. He sold life insurance. He worked the tobacco market. From the time I was really, really small, I went with him. Obviously, I didn't get paid.

One of the first things people think of when they think of Native Americans is reservations. We didn't have any idea what that was. We were just young kids growing up in normal blue-collar America.

Karen is as good a coach's wife as I've ever been around, and she's better than most. She loves basketball and has a great understanding of my responsibilities, my possession.

Indiana basketball is bigger than one person.

I've had kind of a nondescript college career.

I'm 50 years old and been a college coach for 23 years, but after 12 years, no matter where you are, there are ups and downs.

Tough teams win when the shots are not going.

Coaching is competitively addictive. It just gets in your blood, especially if you win.

I was not real good at anything. I was just OK at everything.

One of the things I enjoy most about what I do is I can give my father joy.

Teams that just play on one side of the floor are going to struggle against defenses that load up on that side.

You don't want to get stuck playing 40 minutes a game with your small lineup.

The most overrated thing is that you're a good defensive team because of your coaching. No. You're a good defensive team because you care and because it's important to you.

Sometimes Kellen calls me 'Coach.' Sometimes he calls me 'Pops.'

All I wanted to do is coach in the NBA. I didn't want anything to do with college basketball.

With federal recognition, the Lumbee Tribe would become a full player in Indian country, no longer second class Indians in the eyes of the federal government. As such, we would employ our substantial skills and abilities to help correct problems faced by Indian country and make significant contributions.

The tobacco markets I worked in were segregated. If you went to the bathroom, there was 'White,' there was 'Colored,' and there was 'Other.' I grew up in that.

Racism was a big part of our community. I'm not going to revisit history, and I'm not going to call out those communities, but the communities we grew up around, we were treated like second- or third-class citizens.

When I first got to Oklahoma, it was really a blessing that coach Sutton was at Oklahoma State. He made me a better coach.

Leaving Oklahoma for Illinois is not the no-brainer some think it is.