Set higher standards for your own performance than anyone else around you, and your only competition will be with yourself

The bone's 6 inches out of his leg and all he's yelling is, 'Win the game, win the game.' I've not seen that in my life. Pretty special young man. I don't think we could have gathered ourselves - I know I couldn't have - if Kevin didn't say over and over again, 'Just go win the game,' I don't think we could have gone in the locker room with a loss after seeing that. We had to gather ourselves. We couldn't lose this game for him. We just couldn't.

Working hard is not always fun - that's why it is called work.

True motivation is not getting people to play to their potential. It's getting people to play beyond their potential

The more you lose, the more positive you have to become. When you're winning, you can ride players harder because their self-esteem is high. If you are losing and you try to be tough, you're asking for dissension.

A lot of people always use the term, 'I'm so blessed.' Most of it they believe is true.

Learning what not to do is sometimes more important than learning what to do.