Don't overwork your squad. If you're going to make a mistake, under-work them.

It's not the will to win that matters-everyone has that. It's the will to prepare to win that matters.

You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him to a heavy load.

Don't give up at half time. Concentrate on winning the second half.

Never quit. It is the easiest cop-out in the world. Set a goal and don't quit until you attain it. When you do attain it, set another goal, and don't quit until you reach it. Never quit.

Sure, I'd love to beat Notre Dame, don't get me wrong. But nothing matters more than beating that cow college on the other side of the state!

There is a big difference in wanting to and willing to.

Never be too proud to get down on your knees and pray.

I make my practices real hard because if a player is a quitter, I want him to quit in practice, not in a game.

Little things make the difference. Everyone is well prepared in the big things, but only the winners perfect the little things.

The first time you quit, it's hard. The second time, it gets easier. The third time, you don't even have to think about it.

Don't go out of your way to correct a false assumption if it plays to your advantage.

There are rules to luck, not everything is chance for the wise; luck can be helped by skill.

I'm paying the third highest alimony and child support in the world. And the only two ahead of me are sheiks.

I think my cheerfulness keeps my writing from sinking into the depths of melancholy, while the darker side keeps in check any literary silliness I might be inclined toward.

There is a time when the hoary head of inveterate abuse will neither draw reverence nor obtain protection.

When anything goes digital, let alone something as immaterial as a book, there is a tendency to see it as just in the air to be taken, and to lose the sense that somebody once made it.

Probably saying a 30-second prayer at a key moment has done more good than any psychotherapy or drugs I've prescribed.

Individual liberty is individual power.

There are a lot of French actresses who just hate me now. I've made enemies.

I'm a believer in fate and in fulfilling your destiny. I've always had a kind of inner voice that I have learned to listen to.