I don't build character. I eliminate the people who don't have it.

It is and has always been an American zeal to be first in everything we do, and to win.

It is time for us all to stand and cheer for the doer, the achiever - the one who recognizes the challenges and does something about it.

Each of us, if we would grow, must be committed to excellence. The championships, the money, the color; all of these things linger only in the memory. It is the spirit, the will to excel, the will to win; these are the things that endure.

Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.

Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind.

The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That's real glory. That's the essence of it.