There's a misconception about teamwork. Teamwork is the ability to have different thoughts about things; it's the ability to argue and stand up and say loud and strong what you feel. But in the end, it's also the ability to adjust to what is the best for the team.

A vital team characteristic is the ability to overcome adversity. Any team acquires experience and endurance as it learns to fight back. This in turn builds the kind of character which seldom crumbles at a time of crisis or testing.

There is only a half step difference between the champions and those who finish on the bottom. And much of that half step is mental.

The secret to winning is constant, consistent management.

I'd rather have a second-best decision diligently pursued than a first-best decision lackadaisically pursued.

Coaching is making men do what they don't want, so they can become what they want to be

...even after you've just won the Super Bowl -- especially after you've just won the Super Bowl -- there's always next year. If Winning isn't everything; it's the only thing, then the only thing is nothing -- emptiness, the nightmare of life without ultimate meaning.