Don't get discouraged: it is often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock. Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

We can give without loving, but we can't love without giving. In fact, love is nothing unless we give it to someone.

One of the greatest motivating things that a coach has is the bench. They all love to play, all of them. You sit them on the bench, and they come around pretty good.

I like to spend time in the past, with the things that have been important to me.

It is important for us to see that our mentors are human and therefore fallible; it makes our own shortcomings more tenable.

The coach must never forget that he is, first of all, a teacher. He must come (be present), see (diagnose), and conquer (correct). He must continuously be exploring for ways to improve himself in order that he may improve others and welcome every person and everything that maybe helpful to him.

Success is mine when I work my hardest to become my best, and I alone determine whether I do so.