“If your best players are taking a shortcut, they're going to have prob...” — B. J. Armstrong Quote

“If your best players are taking a shortcut, they're going to have problems holding everyone else accountable and responsible.”

“I'm from Detroit, but Chicago is a second home for me.”

“I played, but I never got a chance to see how the business worked. How the NBA offices and other teams worked. I learned that when I was an assistant General Manager for five years.”

“There are a whole host of psychological phenomenon humans have developed to protect ourselves from the sting of failure, from holding ourselves less accountable for our failures than we do other people, to letting our fear paralyze us and keep us from even trying.”

“I have asked people repeated follow-ups for a while and asked people uncomfortable questions for a while. I just try to hold people accountable.”

“A heart rate monitor is very important because every day is different. Sometimes you may have a ton of energy, and other days you may not, but you can hold yourself accountable for knowing how hard you're working by having a very specific goal to work toward.”