Never try to be better than someone else. Learn from others, and try to be the best you can be. Success is the by-product of that preparation.

Before success comes patience... when we add to our accomplishments the element of hard work over a long period of time, we'll place a far greater value on the outcome. When we are patient, we'll have a greater appreciation of our success.

Ability may get you to the top, nut it takes chracter to keep you there - mental, moral, and physical.

I also wanted my basketball players to know that I really cared about them. Forget basketball; as a person, I cared, I cared about their family.

If we fail to adapt, we fail to move forward.

If you do enough small things right, big things can happen

We're not all equal as far as intelligence is concerned. We're not equal as far as size. We're not all equal as far as appearance. We do not all have the same opportunities. We're not born in the same environments, but we're all absolutely equal in having the opportunity to make the most of what we have and not comparing or worrying about what others have.