I realized that if I was going to achieve anything in life I had to be aggressive. I had to get out there and go for it... I know fear is an obstacle for some people, but it's an illusion to me.

My father used to say that it's never too late to do anything you wanted to do. And he said, 'You never know what you can accomplish until you try.'

Don't be like me. Be better than me. That's the goal.

I make shoes for white suburban kids, not the poor black kids. That would be like opening a restaurant for people without stomachs.

A coach is someone that sees beyond your limits and guides you to greatness!

I'm a firm believer in goal setting. Step by step. I can't see any other way of accomplishing anything.

I smoked my first cigar in 1991, when we won the championship. Up to that point, I had never smoked a cigar, never smoked anything.