You're only as good as your values.

And maybe I'm a little smarter now than I was before for all the stupid things I've done.

You don't have enough talent to win on talent alone.

When you pull on that jersey, you represent yourself and your teammates, and the name on the front is a hell of a lot more important than the one on the back. Get that through your head!

You win with people, not with talent. So the quality of the people is very important in building your team. I always looked for people with a solid value system. Then I recruited kids from a cross-section of different personalities, talents and styles of play.

The name on the front is a hell of a lot more important than the one on the back.

You know, Willie Wonka said it best: we are the makers of dreams, the dreamers of dreams.