Make a decision! Failure to act is often the biggest failure of all.

Be quick but do not hurry.

Earlier in life, I put family in front of faith. I've fixed that. But I always tried to keep work fourth on the list. I was proud when [my wife] Nellie told an interviewer, 'I never could tell whether John had a good practice or a bad practice, because he never brought it home'

Nobody is a real loser-until they start blaming somebody else.

Since the most important responsibility of a coach in regard to the actual playing of the game is to teach his players properly and effectively to execute the various fundamentals of the game, he is first of all a teacher.

Too many people look on outscoring someone as winning, I never tried to get that across to my players.

You can always do more than you think you can.