The following are some thoughts from Bill Russell and Bill Walton that were taken from the Double Pump Coaches Clinic in 2007. 

• Never give a scholarship to a person who you wouldn’t want to come to your house.
• Everything starts with personal integrity.
• The guys around your team; teammates, have to be good for your team to have the success they are capable of achieving.
• Coaches need to let players be part owners of that team so they feel how important the outcome is; like a coach feels in the outcome of a big game or a great practice. 
• Coaches will do as much as they can get away with, just like players.
• John Wooden rarely talked about winning and losing.  He talked about doing everything the right way.
• Red understood leadership and how to get the most out of his guys.  He was a teacher first and foremost.
• Bill Russell feels that if you break the opponents game down too much, you can over analyze.  Don’t over analyze.
• The best players play with their heart and mind.
• The problems with players have always been out there.  It just depends on which type of players you want to coach.