Players' attention spans get less and less as they progress.

When I went to high school, an all-boys' school, a Catholic school, I tried out for football, and I didn't make it. It was the first time, athletically, that I was knocked down.

Courage gives a leader the ability to stand straight and not sway, no matter which way the wind blows.

Embrace the hell out of personal responsibility.

Pete Newell told me 'get as much information and learn as much about the game as you can, but use your own personality to teach it.'

During critical periods, a leader is not allowed to feel sorry for himself, to be down, to be angry, or to be weak. Leaders must beat back these emotions

Whatever a leader does now sets up what he does later. And there's always a later.