I've always tried to coach people the way I would like to be coached; positively and encouragingly rather than with criticism and fear ... I've tried to be as fair as possible.

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.

I do not think being a coordinator is a requirement, but it does give you some advantages. You get used to working with half the team and you go through the game-planning and decision-making processes.

You have gifts, abilities, and dreams no one else has.

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

If you want to be an athlete, then getting good grades, going to college, and developing your intellectual skills are important.

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