Now you've been in the playoffs once, you know what it tastes like, you know what it feels like. You know, going through the season when Coach is preaching physicality, how hard you gotta play, how you gotta take care of the ball, why he's saying that. Because all that comes into play in playoff basketball.

We were poor and lived modestly, but we always had food on the table.

Black, white and brown people have to work together to find new answers. The only way we can stop the systemic problems that people of color have faced all our lives is through honesty and transparency.

The unwritten rule in college basketball is the black assistant goes and gets the black players. Don't worry about the X's and O's. Just recruit.

I'm ready to roll 24/7.

When I first became a head coach, even back in Minnesota, I'm going to go with the known and leave the unknown alone.

To go from the middle to the top is one of the most difficult things you can do in sports.

When it comes to playoff time, the game slows down, the offense slows down and you've got to be able to get stops.

I understand the outrage because it seems the list continues to grow: Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd. The injustices continue to mount and nothing seems to be changing.

I'm not a very materialistic person.