We play with enthusiasm and recklessness. We aren't afraid to lose. If we win, great; but win or lose, it is the competition that gives us pleasure.

Right now I'm trying to figure out what I'm gonna do, 'cause I don't want to sit around on my backside all day. If I'm gonna do that I'll be a newspaper reporter.

Everybody likes to win. It sure beats the devil out of losing.

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.

My name, I have spent my whole life trying to make that name mean something. And now it's gone.

Connfidence, excellence becomes a reality.

Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good.