My parents didn't really understand too much about sport. At that time, we were in a Polish community in the inner city of Chicago, and I was the youngest of a bunch of cousins. Polish families are real big, with cousins and aunts and uncles.

You start developing a championship attitude by, first of all, telling kids that they are really good and that they have the potential to become better.

My ambition in high school was to be a high school coach and teacher, and that's still what I do: teach.

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.

I think leadership is never singular. In a good organization, it's plural.

Defense is one man guarding the ball and four others helping him

The team that trusts-their leader and each other-is more likely to be successful.