Selfishness is the greatest challenge for a coach. Most players are more concerned with making themselves better than the team.

Winning takes talent; to repeat takes character.

The purpose is to help, to prevent, to correct, to improve, rather than to punish. Criticism is not meant to punish, but rather to correct something that is preventing better results. The only goal is improvement.

I really believe that happiness comes from things that cannot taken away from you.

Five years from now, you’re the same person except for the people you’ve met and the books you’ve read.

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.

You are not a failure until you start blaming others for your mistakes