The Boy Scouts of America stands for a set of principles. These principles have a lot of staying power. The values you learn as a Scout are like a compass. They can help you find your way through difficult and sometimes unchartered terrain. The principles of Scouting give you a sense of what's important. I feel I owe the Boy Scouts a great deal, both personally and professionally.

Leadership is not something that is done to people, like fixing your teeth. Leadership is unlocking people's potential to become better.

The taste of defeat has a richness of experience all its own.

When the playing is over, one can sense that one's youth has been spent playing a game, and now both the game and youth are gone.

A good coach must celebrate in private. He cannot gloat to the press after a victory or criticize heavily after defeat... His game is of such motivation and strategy that only a few people understand his craft.

Leaders should be collaborative, modest, and generous

Sports is a metaphor for overcoming obstacles and achieving against great odds. Athletes, in times of difficulty, can be important role models.