There's a lot of talk these days about giving children self-esteem. It's not something you can give; it's something they have to build. Coach Graham worked in a no-coddling zone. Self-esteem? He knew there was really only one way to teach kids how to develop it: You give them something they can't do, they work hard until they find they can do it, and you just keep repeating the process.

I didn't know there was a dying-professor section at the bookstore.

You can't control the cards you're dealt, just how you play the hand.

When you're screwing up and nobody says anything to you anymore, that means they've given up on you.

Most people who have told a lie think they got away with it … when in fact, they didn’t

It's not helpful if we spend every day dreading tomorrow ~Jai

No matter how bad things are, you can always make things worse. At the same time, it is often within your power to make them better