The player who puts the ball through the hoop has ten hands.

Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.

Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.

It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.

An effective leader develops the ability to correctly identify the pertinent detail or details - incidentals in a market, industry or sport that might create an incremental advantage.

Promise to wear a cheerful appearance at all times and give every person you meet a smile.

What it comes down to, I believe, is that mentoring often involves telling people what they need to hear, rather than what they want to hear. When you are able to be humbly honest with someone about a situation with which you have personal experience-even if you risk angering or hurting that person-you are offering the most valuable gift of all.