I found the bench to be the greatest ally when I had to make individuals comply with what was best for the team

Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.

Passion is momentary love is enduring.

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

Just do the best you can. No one can do more than that.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.

Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

Winning takes talent; to repeat takes character.

It is the writer who might catch the imagination of young people, and plant a seed that will flower and come to fruition.

To write about a struggle amidst the struggling: one must hope that the muddling will end someday.

It is the fate of every truth to be an object of ridicule when it is first acclaimed.

Gerard is an open-minded and passionate man. I am the opposite: stubborn and stupid. But sometimes stupid behaviour makes you win.

Look for opportunities to help someone else, but don't give expecting something in return. Give knowing that if we give we receive.

We shall have a harder Christmas than we have known since the war.

Hell is an idea first born on an undigested apple dumpling.

I don't get depressed. When I feel an attack, I withdraw. I disappear, I replenish, and then I come back.

Paris is not a city, it is the image, the symbol of France, its today and yesterday, the reflection of its history, its geography and its hidden essence.

I am impressed with just the enthusiasm for life and the fact that some of these people are in their 80's, even 90's, and they're absolutely determined to get out there and make a difference.