I've never cackled with laughter at a single line I've ever written. None of it has given me pleasure.

He was one of those rare men who are capable of being fully in love only once in their lives.

I’ve never had anyone’s approval, so I’ve learned to live without it.

Good coaching is good teaching and nothing else.

It is the secret life that sustains me now, and as I reach the top of that bridge I say it in a whisper, I say it as a prayer, as regret, and as praise. I can't tell you why I do it or what it means, but each night when I drive toward my southern home and my southern life, I whisper these words: 'Lowenstein, Lowenstein.

The great teachers fill you up with hope and shower you with a thousand reasons to embrace all aspects of life. I wanted to follow Mr. Monte around for the rest of my life, learning everything he wished to share of impart, but I didn't know how to ask.

Once you have traveled, the voyage never ends.