No building is better than its structural foundation, and no man (woman) is better than his (her) mental foundation. When I prepared my original Success Pyramid years ago, I put industriousness and enthusiasm as the two cornerstones with LOYALTY right in the middle of the pyramid - Loyalty to yourself and to all those dependent upon you.

When you are through learning you are through.

I don't believe in looking back. If you make a decision that you think is the proper one at a time, then that's the correct decision.

Mix idealism with realism and add hard work. This will often bring much more than you could ever hope for.

It's important to keep trying to do what you think is right no matter how hard it is or how often you fail. Never stop trying

My bench never heard me mention winning. My whole emphasis was for each one of my players to try to learn to execute the fundamentals to the best of their ability. Not to try to be better than somebody else, but to learn from others, and never cease trying to be the best they could be; that's what I emphasized more than anything else.

Never be thrown off stride in how you behave or what you believe in because of outside events.