Discipline is the only sure way I know to convince people to believe in themselves

God doesn’t take things away to be cruel. He takes things away to make room for other things. He takes things away to lighten us. He takes things away so we can fly.

Here's how I'm going to beat you. I'm going to outwork you. That's it. That's all there is to it.

It is what it is. But, it will be what you make it.

You can't always be the most talented person in the room. But you can be the most competitive

Attitude is a choice. Think positive thoughts daily. Believe in yourself.

No one feels strong when she examines her own weakness. But in facing weakness, you learn how much there is in you, and you find real strength.

I won 1,098 games, and eight national championships, and coached in four different decades. But what I see are not the numbers. I see their faces.

Discipline helps you finish a job, and finishing is what separates excellent work from average work.

Offense sells tickets, defense wins games, rebounding wins championships.

Admit to and make yourself accountable for mistakes. How can you improve if you're never wrong?

Do not let your bachelor ways crystallize so that you can't soften them when you come to have a wife and a family of your own.

There are no awards in Hollywood for being an idiot.

Yeah, anybody can go in with two turntables and a microphone or a home studio sampler and a little cassette deck or whatever and make records in their bedrooms.

Its a matter of style. The Evan Hunter style and the Ed McBain style are very, very different.

The defenders of the status quo often masquerade as the preservers of harmony.

Feeling irritated, restless, afraid, and hopeless is a reminder to listen more carefully.

Whether you understand they evolved over billions of years or believe that a God made them all one afternoon, please be kind to animals.

I am perfectly happy to compromise whether it's with Democrats or anybody else, as long as we're reducing the size of government.

The only things we keep permanently are those we give away.

Believe while others are doubting.