A Dominican monk, Father Henri Didon, used it as a watchword for his pupils in sports at Arcueil College in Paris. Baron Pierre De Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympics, made it the Olympic Games ideal adopted at the Antwerp Games in 1920. I never mentioned winning to my players. I mentioned constantly that all I wanted them to do was the best they could. If they're good enough, the score will be to their liking; if they're not, it won't be but that's nothing to hang their head about. Sometimes the other fellow is just better than you are.

Make sure that team members know they are working with you, not for you.

Never try to be better than someone else. Learn from others.

If a player's not doing the things he should, put him on the bench. He'll come around.

I am not as good as I ought to be. I am not as good as I want to be. I am not as good as I'm going to be. But I am thankful that I am better than I used to be.

You can’t do anything about yesterday, and the only way to improve tomorrow is by what you do right now.

The best way to improve your team is to improve yourself.