Be quick without hurrying.

Being yourself; not acting. You therefore can function near your own level of competence. Satisfy you own expectations rather than those of others.

If we magnified blessings as much as we magnify disappointments, we would all be much happier.

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.

The most important key to achieving great success is to decide upon your goal and launch, get started, take action, move.

You can always do more than you think you can.

People ask me if I'd permit fancy things, like dunks. Well, if they did dunk, it was with no fancy flair. No behind-the-back dribbles or passes unless necessary. If it was for show, you were on the bench.