Maintaining the illusion that I am in control is futile, lonely, and in the long run more always costly than the effort is worth.

That is one of the reasons why a man should pick a path with heart, so that he can find his laughter.

In the long run we get no more than we have been willing to risk giving.

He prefers the security of known misery to the misery of unfamiliar insecurity.

I've never began any important venture for which I felt adequate prepared

Often things are as bad as they seem.

If I reveal myself without worrying about how others will respond, then some will care, though others may not. But who can love me, if no one knows me? I must risk it, or live alone.

You can't make anyone love you. You just have to reveal who you are and take your chances. (105)

Transformations require that we let go of familiar ways of doing things, without yet knowing what we will do next.

To live without the creative potential of our own destructiveness is to be a cardboard angel.

Everything good is costly, and the development of the personality is one of the most costly of all things. It will cost you your innocence, your illusions, your certainty. (10)

Life as we know it is our perception of reality.

This is not a dress rehearsal. This is It.

At least embarrasement is not an imitation. It is intimacy for beginners.

So tell me what I see when I look in your eyes, is that you baby or just a brilliant disguise?

Coaching at Texas and playing at the University of Oklahoma, I had the opportunity to see a lot of guys in Texas - Texas lettermen - who I played against.

How I wish I could hug everyone and tell them that it's okay. It's okay to be scared and angry and hurt and selfish. It's part of being human.

You might recognize me, I'm the fourth guy from the left on the evolutionary chart.

[Intellectual courage is] the quality that allows one to believe in one's judgement in the face of disappointment and widespread skepticism. Intellectual courage is even rarer than physical courage.

Most people get excited about games, but I've got to be excited about practice, because that's my classroom.

it is better in the long run to be cheated than to cheat. I have learned that there is no middle way.