Illness and fatigue can be career ending. It mean the fans are sick and tired of you.

And the trouble with me is that my ego just can't accept a loss. I suppose that if I were more perfectly adjusted, I would toss off defeat, but my name is on this ball club. Thirty-six men publicly reflect me and reflect on me, and it's a matter of my pride.

We will be relentless in our pursuit for perfection. We won't ever be perfect - but in the process we will achieve greatness.

You've got to keep yourself in prime physical condition, because fatigue makes cowards of us all.

You defeat defeatism with confidence.

It does not matter how many times you get knocked down, but how many times you get up.

Gentlemen, we are going to relentlessly chase perfection, knowing full well we will not catch it, because nothing is perfect. But we are going to relentlessly chase it, because in the process we will catch excellence. I am not remotely interested in just being good.