Make no mistake, I always want to win, but I never fight with an opponent. My fight is within me it is the struggle to be the best I can be at whatever I do.

To win once you must have talent, but to win again you must have character.

We can give without loving, but we can't love without giving. In fact, love is nothing unless we give it to someone.

Ten strong horses could not pull an empty baby carriage if they worked independently of each other.

You never want to confuse activity with accomplishment.

In 1948, I began coaching basketball at UCLA. Each hour of practice we worked very hard. Each day we worked very hard. Each week we worked very hard. Each season we worked very hard. Four fourteen years we worked very hard and didn't win a national championship. However, a national championship was won in the fifteenth year. Another in the sixteenth. And eight more in the following ten years.

How you run the race - your planning, preparation, practice, and performance - counts for everything. Winning or losing is a by-product, and aftereffect, of that effort.