Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven't done anything today.

Adversity is another way to measure the greatness of individuals. I never had a crisis that didn't make me stronger.

At age nine, I got a paper route. Sixty-six papers had to be delivered to sixty-six families every day. I also had to collect thirty cents a week from each customer. I owed the paper twenty cents per customer per week, and got to keep the rest. When I didn't collect, the balance came out of my profit. My average income was six dollars a week.

Don't ever ask a player to do something he doesn't have the ability to do. He'll just question your ability as a coach, not his as an athlete.

In life, be a participant, not a spectator.

I've never known anybody to achieve anything without overcoming adversity.