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.

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

Discipline of others isn't punishment. You discipline to help, to improve, to correct, to prevent, not to punish, humiliate, or retaliate.

You've never heard of them- and you never will .

We may not be the best conditioned team in the country, but our players think they are.

Success is a personal matter - only you as an individual can tell if you did everything within your power to give your best effort

If you spend too much time learning the 'tricks' of the trade, you may not learn the trade. There are no shortcuts. If you're working on finding a short cut, the easy way, you're not working hard enough on the fundamentals. You may get away with it for a spell, but there is no substitute for the basics. And the first basic is good, old fashioned hard work.