You're looking for players whose name on the front of the sweater is more important than the one on the back. I look for these players to play hard, to play smart and to represent their country.

Everything goes in cycles, to a degree.

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.

What is courage? Let me tell you what I think it is. An indefinable quality that makes a man put out that extra something, when it seems there is nothing else to give. I dare you to be better than you are. I dare you to be a thoroughbred.

You must have goals in your life, or otherwise be prepared to be used by those who do have them.

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

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