I often think about the class differences involved in "jobs" vs. "careers."

Writing headlines is a specialty - there are outstanding writers who will tell you they couldn't write a headline to save their lives.

Consistent motivation usually comes from a consuming desire to be able to perform at your best under pressure, namely, the pressure produced by tough competition. If a player needed me to light a fire under him by turning the other team into a demon, he was lacking something I couldn't give him.

I caution against beginning or ending a quotation with ellipses

There is a weird phenomenon where technology seems to be getting dumber in some ways as it gets smarter.

By instinct we-leaders-want to run hard all the time; by intellect we know this is not possible. Reconciling those two positions in the context of leadership is an ongoing challenge.

Champions behave like champions before they are champions