I made a ridiculous statement when I first went to North Carolina State. I said I know basketball down there was like life or death. It was very wrong. It's more important.

The greatest gift you can give your children is to believe in them.

Nothing has ever been accomplished in any walk of life without enthusiasm, without motivation, and without perseverance.

I made a ridiculous statement when I first went to North Carolina State. I said I know basketball down there was like life or death. It was very wrong. It's more important.

To find the unlimited scope of human possibility, look within yourself.

If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that's a full day. That's a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you're going to have something special.

We win or the alumni bash in our teeth. (On the dental plan at NC State)