Brick walls let us prove how badly we want our dream and they stop those who don't want it enough. Brick walls let us show our dedication.

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

until you got ice cream spilled on you, you’re not doing field work

It's a thrill to fulfill your own childhood dreams, but as you get older, you may find that enabling the dreams of others is even more fun.

I've always admired people who are over-prepared.

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.

A coach yells at the kid he thinks can improve but the coach will not yell at the kid who he/she knows won't.