I think you can challenge people, but you don't want to break people down. But you've got to sometimes just pull them aside and say, you know, you're OK but you could be better.

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 strive to be perfect. Strive to be perfectly imperfect.

A glint of intention initiates the process of creation.

(J)oy deserves always more.

Life's most beautiful and inspiring moments occur at 3am, just prowling, looking for nothing but always finding something.

The present day composer refuses to die.

Art-making is an extension of the kind of spiritual process that shamans unfold in order to demonstrate the connectedness of the world beyond reality.

A check or credit card, a Gucci bag strap, anything of value will do. Give as you live.

I try not to be sentimental and obsessive about possessions. I love collecting, but I hate owning.

I was a severely conservative Republican governor.

Anything's hard to find if you go around looking for it with your eyes shut.