Opponents are working very hard to defeat us. Let's not do it for them by defeating ourselves from within.

The two hardest things to handle in life are failure and success.

Why can't we have patience and expect good things to take time?

I discovered early on that the player who learned the fundamentals of basketball is going to have a much better chance of succeeding and rising through the levels of competition than the player who was content to do things his own way. A player should be interested in learning why things are done a certain way. The reasons behind the teaching often go a long way to helping develop the skill.

If pursuing material things becomes your only goal, you will fail in so many ways. Besides, in time all material things go away.

Losing is only temporary and not encompassing. You must simply study it, learn from it, and try hard not to lose the same way again. Then you must have the self-control to forget about it.

There is no great fun, satisfaction, or joy derived from doing something that's easy.