It's a profession in which, the longer you stay, the closer you are to being fired.

The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.

I think everyone should go to college and get a degree and then spend six months as a bartender and six months as a cabdriver. Then they would really be educated.

Help one kid at a time. He'll maybe go back and help a few more.

The nicest thing about coaching is that one day you feel like you can play handball against a curb, and on other days you feel like you can fly to the moon.

Hate your next-door neighbor, but don't forget to say grace.

I belong to my beloved, and my beloved is mine.

Go in close, and when you think you are too close, go in closer.

My rule was I wouldn't recruit a kid if he had grass in front of his house. That's not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk.

Life is what you allow yourself not to see.

A team should be an extension of a coach's personality. My teams are arrogant and obnoxious.

When I say 'friends, ' I use that term loosely, as I don't actually have any.

I am not afraid of death. When I have to confront the great reaper, I would like to recall Bernanos' words- 'And now, just the two of us!'.

I will not allow the Athenians to sin twice against philosophy.

Nothing is so conformable to reason as to disavow reason.

When you birth a child, it's like a bloody giving of self to the creation of a life.

If you claim to 'love' animals but you eat animal products, you need to think critically about how you understand love.

...to all the monsters in my nursery: May you never leave me alone.

When we consider we are bound to be serviceable to mankind, and bear with their faults, we shall perceive there is a common tie of nature and relation between us.

Yeah, I had a tremendous time shooting in Nebraska. I like that state a lot, all over it.

The best that can be said for anybody is probably that you misunderstood him favorably.