Brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls aren't there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to show us how badly we want things.

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.

It is not the things we do in life that we regret on our death bed. It is the things we do not.

The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.

No matter how bad things are, you can always make things worse.

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.

Take Time Out. It's not a real vacation if you're reading email or calling in for messages.