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

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

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?

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

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.

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

High school coaches sometimes are better coaches than I am.

John Wooden's books are great.

I read books by other coaches all the time.

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

You cannot please everybody. You keep marching forward.

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

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.

Malik Monk is special. Special.

My job is to protect my guys.

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

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.

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.

There are no boys in this game.

Obviously, I'm not chasing the NBA.

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

I don't even have a computer.

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?

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