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

My father said about money: 'You have to have some. But you don't have to have all of it. Just be honest with yourself.'

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.

There has to be some self-denial.

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

Today, you've got a decision to make. You're gonna get better or you're gonna get worse, but you're not gonna stay the same. Which will it be?

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.