Our emphasis is on execution, not winning.

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?

No external advantages can supply self-reliance. The force of one's being ... must come from within.

The more you lose, the more is to be lost, yet it matters less.

I don't want a president like me! I suck, okay. I want an elitist, smart guy.

Popular music has always been rooted in the blues, whether it's Adele or Led Zeppelin or Sam Cooke. It's just the beat that changes.

I don't decide to represent anything except myself. But that self is full of collective memory.

If Jupiter hurled his thunderbolt as often as men sinned, he would soon be out of thunderbolts.

Sometimes the more measurable drives out the most important.

Capitalism involves struggle, but it has an invisible heart beating at its core that transforms people's lives.

I don't like to comment on a specific local issue because there are plenty of people already working on the problem who know a lot more about it than I do.

I am large, I contain multitudes