Have a spiritual basis which guides you in life. Have a philosophy of life to live by.

The odds are always against you no matter what your previous history is. You have to overcome the tendency to relax.

Work hard, stay focused and surround yourself with good people.

My hardest job is to convince the people of Nebraska that 10-1 is not a losing season.

I celebrate a victory when I start walking off the field. By the time I get to the locker room, I'm done.

Know how to win and how to lose and be able to handle adversity.

As a college coach, I felt you could make a difference in a player's life. There was an educational aspect I thought was important.

Everybody's got to do what they've got to do.

Our people were not happy. I knew at some point we were going to win. It's a little unfair, but that's the reality. To some degree, it became a one-game season for some folks.

It is important that voters be as informed as possible when they enter the polls May 9 to determine who has the experience, integrity and vision to lead Nebraska to excellence.

When you coach as long as I did, you can't help but miss those Saturdays - dealing with the players, the game preparation, the challenges, the excitement

TRUST that if they strayed from your path – they DO NOT belong there. Not everybody can go where you’re going.

Webs of deceit were not only tangled, they were also very lonely.

[S]ometimes people make a mistake for so long that it starts to feel like it's not a mistake at all. And then one day, you tell yourself it's for the best.

I find a lot of poetry to be narcissistic.

I have a psychological feeling about things - and if I have something that I need to accomplish and I accomplish it, I let down after that, and that happened to me in golf.

I remind myself that I don't have the ability to completely manipulate reality to be exactly what I want it to be.

Acquire with the intention to retain, and retain with the intention to grow.

But what's real? You can't find the truth. You just pick the lie you like best. As long as you know that everything's a lie, you can't hurt yourself.

Schools teach you how to work for money, but don't teach how to make money work for you

The effects of abuse are devastating and far-reaching. Domestic violence speaks many languages, has many colours and lives in many different communities.