A good banker isn't careless with pennies; a good leader isn't sloppy about details.

You never fail if you know in your heart that you did the best of which you are capable. I did my best. That is all I could do. Are you going to make mistakes? Of course. But it is not failure if you make the full effort.

I do not want players who do not have a keen desire to win and do not play hard and aggressively to accomplish that objective.

Confidence - Poise and confidence are not possible unless you have prepared correctly. Failing to prepare is preparing to fail. Poise and confidence are a natural result of proper preparation.

Failure is not the crime. Low aim is.

I never met a person from whom I did not learn something.

Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.