After the cheers have died down and the stadium is empty, after the headlines have been written and after you are back in the quiet of your room and the championship ring has been placed on the dresser and all the pomp and fanfare has faded, the enduring things that are left are: the dedication to excellence, the dedication to victory, and the dedication to doing with our lives the very best we can to make the world a better place in which to live.

One comes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whether the statement be true of false. It comes to be the dominating thought in one's mind.

Brains without competitive hearts are rudderless.

Beat your opponent where he is strongest, and you demoralize him.

Fatigue makes cowards of us all.

The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.

If you really want something , you can have it if you're willing to pay the price. And the price means you have to work better and harder than the next guy.