You can't always be the most talented person in the room. But you can be the most competitive

I have a love-hate relationship with losing. I hate how it makes me feel, which is basically sick. But I love what it brings out.

A competitor continually sets new goals. He feels the need to keep raising the bar. If the fist goal is to make the team, and he achieves it, he immediately resets the goal to: I want to be a starter.

I think you can challenge people, but you don't want to break people down. But you've got to sometimes just pull them aside and say, you know, you're OK but you could be better.

Nine-tenths of discipline is having the patience to do things right.

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

Coaches who start listening to fans often wind up sitting next to them.