Once we had become locked in on a schedule, he (Coach Denny Green) often created a disruption (artificial adversity) to that schedule just to see how guys would respond.

When things get difficult it can be easy to complain. How you respond makes all the difference

Pain prompts us to change behavior that is destructive to ourselves or to others. Pain can be a highly effective instructor.

You never know what's going to happen. My mother was an English teacher. If someone had told her that I was going to write a book, she would never have believed that. So you can never say never.

We only wanted to pay significant sums to keep truly special players.

If we have trouble hearing Him, He will faithfully work in our lives until we are pointed in the direction He wants us to go.

Hard work and togetherness. They go hand in hand. You need the hard work because it's such a tough atmosphere... to win week in and week out. You need togetherness because you don't always win, and you gotta hang though together.