Always have a plan and believe in it. I tell my coaches not to compromise. Nothing good happens by accident.

Winning and losing are both very temporary things. Having done one or the other, you move ahead. Gloating over a victory or sulking over a loss is a good way to stand still.

They say the breaks even up in the long run, and the trick is to be a long-distance runner.

Practice without improvement is meaningless.

Winners bring reality up to their vision. Losers bring their vision down to reality.

Repeated actions are stored as habits. If the repeated actions aren't fundamentally sound, then what comes out in a game can't be sound. What comes out will be bad habits.

Don't bemoan your fate. Everybody's not going to be dealt the same hand. Everybody's going to go through tough times.

Most of my cliches aren't original.

Remember your six P's - Perfect Practice Prevents Piss Poor Performance.

I knew I could make a good living working in the mills, ... I decided I didn't want to fuss with the rest of it, so I hitch-hiked back home.

One of the most important qualities for any young athlete is the ability to believe in oneself. If you have confidence in yourself, in your teammates and your coach, you will succeed.

Bricks without straw are more easily made than imagination without memories.

Bureaucracy the rule of no one has become the modern form of despotism.

More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us.

You know, I change my hair color a lot, I do all sorts of different things.

Your passion is your true power. The more you discover and express your passion for life, the more irresistible you will become to others.

We must not mistake kindness for weakness. Kindness isn't weak. Kindness is a certain type of strength.

We are the stories we tell ourselves

God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty.

American society has a remarkable ability to resist change, or to take whatever change has taken place and attempt to make it go away.

The play takes place on a ramp, hanging from a ramp, below a ramp, and to the sides of a ramp.