If you are going to be a champion, you must be willing to pay a greater price.
Losing is easy. It's not enjoyable, but it's easy.
Remember, 'Rome was not built in a day.' Instant success is never possible. Competence results only from sustained, consistent, self-disciplined effort over an extended period of time.
Play against the Game, not your opponent.
Morale and attitude are the fundamentals to success.
You can motivate players better with kind words than you can with a whip.