She taught me that it's OK to let down your guard and allow your players to get to know you. They don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.

There are some coaches who believe you just let the best players get all the points they can and stop everybody else. Others limit the best player and make other people beat you. For us, we want to guard everybody. But we really want to make sure that we make it hard or at least difficult for that player to continually make the plays.

I think with the players who have been here, regardless of whether they've been in that No. 1 position, that's what we're always trying to be -- the best team.

We cannot afford to let our guard down,

If you do your homework, if you go after players that you want, it's OK.

Winning is fun... Sure. But winning is not the point. Wanting to win is the point. Not giving up is the point. Never letting up is the point. Never being satisfied with what you've done is the point.