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

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.

Change does not come easy.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

When your best players are really good guys, it's the best.

Let's not have a postseason tournament. Let's have a preseason tournament where you're guaranteed three games: we go somewhere, and all the fans come in, and we celebrate our league. We'll have great games to start the year, and we'll do it prior to the year.

I'd love to be coaching kids three or four years. You kidding me? That's what I used to do.

What I've always tried to do is undersell and overdeliver.

Every kid will tell you that they want you to be real, but that's until you keep it real with them. Then they don't want it real.

If you can get a second-round pick that makes it, it's unbelievable for that franchise, what you save and all the other things to build. You're always looking for guys like that.

They want it all - all As, all wins by 20, and want the highest GPA. Don't coach at Kentucky if you can't accept that.

In a normal season, the sixth man always seems to get the most minutes on my team.

I'm not a big proponent of the league tournament.

I have bobby pins everywhere.

I think part of the reason some coaches don't want to be involved with social media is that they expect to be able to do it at a certain level. A lot of them are like, 'I'm not going to do it if we can't hit 100,000 or 200,000 followers.' Well, you're not going to right away.

People want to see how we get teams to come together so quickly. They want to see how we get young guys to play so hard and so unselfish. I'm fine with that. I have no problem sharing that.