She taught me that it's ok to let down your guard and allow your players to get to know you. They don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.

Bringing together disparate personalities to form a team is like a jigsaw puzzle. You have to ask yourself: what is the whole picture here? We want to make sure our players all fit together properly and complement each other, so that we don't have a big piece, a little piece, an oblong piece, and a round piece. If personalities work against each other, as a team you'll find yourselves spinning your wheels.

Teamwork does not come naturally. Let's face it. We are born with certain inclinations, but sharing isn't one of them.

You're wondering what a bale of hay has to do with success. Well, there's a trick to loading hay. You have to use your knee. What you do is, you put your right knee behind it and half kick it up in the air. That way you get some lift on it. ... My point is, there are certain ways to make a hard job easier.

I didn't say a lot. I didn't throw anything. That's not my style. I did think about it though.

In order to grow, you must accept new responsibilities, no matter how uncertain you may feel or how unprepared you are to deal with them.

Losing strengthens you. It reveals your weaknesses so you can fix them