When I was growing up, there weren't any Little Leagues in the city. Parents worked all the time. They didn't have time to take their kids out to play baseball and football.

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.

Confidence shared is better than confidence only in yourself.

Leaders show respect for people by giving them time.

Leaders have to give time for relationships. But more demands will be placed on their time as they become more successful. So if a person's success is based on developing relationships, then they have to continually find new ways of getting it done

To me, teamwork is the beauty of our sport, where you have five acting as one. You become selfless.

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