The fundamental keys to the culture of any organization can only be achieved when everyone is on the same page.

We believed it was not our formations that made us good, but rather how we played.

The first thing you have to do is make sure you're still wanted back. I never take that for granted any more.

Remember that mentor leadership is all about serving. Jesus said, “For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many” (Mark 10:45).

If you're just saying, hey, I'm doing this. I'm working to make money. I'm working to increase my status. If that's all there is, I think you will find out that it's meaningless.

Courage is the ability to do the right thing, all the time, no matter how painful or uncomfortable it might be.

I learned from Chuck Noll in Pittsburgh that speed and explosiveness on defense is the way to build a team. Both are difficult for your opponent to assimilate in practice and then in games it is even harder to match.