One of the greatest motivating factors is the pat on the back, although with some individuals, you have to make the pat a little lower or a little harder.

Today is the only day. Yesterday is gone.

No building is better than its structural foundation, and no man (woman) is better than his (her) mental foundation. When I prepared my original Success Pyramid years ago, I put industriousness and enthusiasm as the two cornerstones with LOYALTY right in the middle of the pyramid - Loyalty to yourself and to all those dependent upon you.

Most people think of poise as calm, self-assured dignity; but I call it “just being you”.

Once you become a good person, then you have a chance of becoming a good basketball player.

The courageous struggle for a noble cause should be considered success itself.

You never fail if you know in your heart that you did the best of which you are capable. I did my best. That is all I could do. Are you going to make mistakes? Of course. But it is not failure if you make the full effort.