Teach them the quiet words of kindness, to live beyond themselves. Urge them toward excellence, drive them toward gentleness, pull them deep into yourself, pull them upward toward manhood, but softly like an angel arranging clouds. Let your spirit move through them softly.

... the wing of a fly is proof enough of the existence of God for me.

The mind is an intricate mechanism that can be run on the fuels of both victory and defeatism.

There is no teacher more discriminating or transforming than loss.

Through sports a coach can offer a boy a secret way to sneak up on the mystery that is manhood.

I was the only person in the world who thought it was a military duty to appear to be in a good mood.

Like everything else, love's not worth much without some action to back it up.