Postponing action is only postponing achievement.

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.

After September 11, I don't think people really believe things like this are all that important.

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

Set higher standards for you own performance than anyone around you, and it won't matter whether you have a tough boss or an easy one. It won't matter whether the competition is pushing you hard, because you'll be competing with yourself.

Coaches are bridge builders. It's our job to build a bridge for our athletes to cross over.

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