Losing a game is heartbreaking. Losing your sense of excellence or worth is a tragedy.

You have to perform at a consistently higher level than others. That's the mark of a true professional.

When a team outgrows individual performance and learns team confidence, excellence becomes a reality.

You need to play with supreme confidence, or else you'll lose again, and then losing becomes a habit.

The kids that were the victims ... I think we all ought to say a prayer for them.

A hard-fought, well-fought, hairline-close game is as classical in sports as tragedy is in the theater. Victory is contained within defeat, and defeat is contained within victory. That's the way it is in the best of games. What counts in sports is not the victory, but the magnificence of the struggle.

The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.