If you get tough mentally, you can get tough physically and overcome fatigue.

To have long term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way.

All of us have at least one great voice deep inside. People are products of their environment. A lucky few are born into situations in which positive messages abound. Others grow up hearing messages of fear and failure, which they must block out so the positive can be heard. But the positive and courageous voice will always emerge, somewhere, sometime, for all of us. Listen for it, and your breakthroughs will come.

We sometimes need adversity to fathom our true depths.

Public life is regarded as the crown of a career, and to young men it is the worthiest ambition. Politics is still the greatest and the most honorable adventure.

Being ready isn't enough; you have to be prepared for a promotion or any other significant change.

Giving yourself permission to lose guarantees a loss.