The average American is for the underdog, but only on the condition that he has a chance to win.

Of all the agonies in life, that which is most poignant and harrowing--that which for the time annihilates reason, and leaves our whole organization one lacerated, mangled heart--is the conviction that we have been deceived where we placed all the trust of love.

It is better to be killed than frightened to death.

Discipline means protection from one's own wanton interest.

Discipline is like cabbage. We may not care for it ourselves, but feel sure it would be good for somebody else.

You can be an ordinary athlete by getting away with less than your best. But if you want to be a great, you have to give it all you've got-your everything.

By the age of twenty, any young man should know whether or not he is to be a specialist and just where his tastes lie. By postponing the question we have set on immaturity a premium which controls most American personality to its deathbed.