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| Introduction | |
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| Who takes from whom? | |
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| The nature of a coach | |
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| Pick your general | |
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| The only difference | |
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| What turns me on | |
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| Behaving wisely | |
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| How we learn | |
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| The only objective standard | |
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| Never say never | |
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| The coach's job | |
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| Knowing what to coach | |
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| The kind of coach I am | |
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| What to emphasize | |
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| Make sure they are all listening | |
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| I can teach a guy basics | |
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| The truth about fast players | |
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| Teaching versus coaching | |
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| What to be good at | |
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| What I look for in a player | |
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| Modus operandi | |
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| A body with no talent | |
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| You cannot hide on the court | |
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| Overcoming certain obstacles | |
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| Emulate the great | |
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| The three basics | |
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| Dribbling | |
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| Pass to play | |
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| Two kinds of elitism | |
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| Just shoot it | |
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| The simple layup | |
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| You never tire of making shots | |
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| From close in | |
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| Shooting confidence | |
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| Compensation for poor shooting | |
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| A limit to what you can teach | |
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| Before you give up ... | |
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| What losing requires | |
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| Whom does the player get mad at? | |
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| Motivating players | |
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| What it takes to be extraordinary | |
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| Satisfaction | |
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| Sometimes you can, sometimes you can't | |
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| Play to win | |
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| Character | |
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| Core toughness | |
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| Growing up with courage | |
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| South Bethlehem | |
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| What is genuine and what is not | |
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| Greed | |
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| Team concept redefined | |
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| Necessity is the mother of invention | |
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| The socioeconomics of basketball | |
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| When I played | |
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| Lafayette | |
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| On being 5' 6 3/4" tall | |
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| Coaching taller players | |
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| Coaching at reading | |
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| Why practice? | |
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| Defense is the heart of the game | |
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| Zone versus man-to-man | |
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| Defensive fundamentals | |
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| Defending the pivot | |
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| Legs don't lie | |
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| Stern discipline | |
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| Don't think it's a drill | |
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| What is the value of a drill? | |
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| Punctuality | |
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| Locker room habits | |
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| Drinking and basketball | |
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| Autographs | |
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| Relationship between athletics and life | |
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| The challenge of coaching at Princeton | |
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| Just do it | |
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| Fundamentally unsound | |
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| What I found at Princeton | |
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| Communing to win | |
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| Playing intelligently | |
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| No such thing as an Ivy League player | |
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| Competing against a friend | |
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| Do not come to Princeton to be famous | |
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| Praise exposed | |
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| Every day, a new day | |
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| If you insist on less, you get it | |
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| Speed wins the race | |
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| Lesson number one on offense | |
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| Get a good shot | |
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| Closing the talent gap | |
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| Play without the ball (and the coach) | |
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| Cut with credibility | |
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| Back-door | |
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| Our offense simplified | |
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| Who is doing it? | |
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| Good reading habits | |
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| Pay attention | |
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| Bounce passes on the back-door | |
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| Slower fast break | |
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| Small, slow shooters | |
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| The three-point shot | |
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| Driving is a knack | |
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| Knack for rebounding | |
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| Who gets the rebound? | |
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| Where's the nearest railroad? | |
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| Hands don't change | |
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| Solving a press | |
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| Inbounds passes | |
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| Jump balls | |
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| Cerebral basketball | |
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| Make a zone run | |
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| One gym versus another | |
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| Turn on the fans | |
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| Princeton-Penn | |
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| The real stars at Princeton | |
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| Winning | |
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| Pick | |
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| Pivoting | |
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| Fakes are like lies | |
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| Preseason stuff | |
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| Conditioning | |
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| Weight-training | |
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| "And two's" | |
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| In the NCAAs | |
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| A coach's heart | |
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| Home court | |
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| Stay off your legs? | |
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| Team camaraderie | |
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| A bad win | |
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| Nothing else but luck | |
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| Rough on refs | |
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| Care how you play | |
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| Fame | |
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| Learn any offense in thirty minutes | |
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| What can youngsters learn? | |
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| A good high school coach | |
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| Coaching high school versus college | |
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| The rat race | |
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| Burglars get into homes, too | |
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| Three-car-garage guys | |
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| Can he pass? | |
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| Character shows | |
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| Lightbulbs | |
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| Look beyond talent | |
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| The campus tour | |
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| Don't worry about tuition | |
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| Admissions | |
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| Yes for the shot clock | |
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| Our toughest opponents | |
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| You against yourself | |
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| Heart | |
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| The coach's role | |
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| Playing catch-up | |
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| Use your assets | |
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| Sixth man | |
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| Blowout against North Carolina | |
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| Avoid the ups and downs | |
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| Mop-up time | |
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| Character witness | |
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| Are you worthy? | |
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| Jetting in, jetting out | |
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| NBA draft | |
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| They don't show up, but you see them | |
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| Year-end review | |
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| Not enough creative coaching | |
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| How I get along with parents | |
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| Religious question | |
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| Competition is not bad | |
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| Do what you are doing | |
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| Prideful | |
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| College sports are not exempt | |
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| Coaching my way | |
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| Coaching all-stars | |
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| Spanish pessimism | |
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| Anonymity at Princeton | |
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| "The poor guy" | |
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| Style versus substance | |
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| What I value | |
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| What kids really need | |
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| All I ever wanted | |
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| No middle ground | |
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| The toughest coach | |
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| Fame and the worms | |
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| A hundred grand and nothing | |
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| How players have changed | |
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| Premature retirement | |
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| Five hundred and twenty-five wins | |
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| The final question | |
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| Twenty-five little things to remember | |