Players have to buy into your system and be willing to accept the role, you, as the coach, have assigned to them

A lot of guys go through their whole careers and don't win a championship, but are still great coaches.

The less determined and the less motivated weed themselves out.

Coaching is like flying an airplane, there is going to be a lot of turbulence, but your job is to land the plane safely.

Athletes that can't listen, can condition.

Defense doesn't break down on the help, it breaks down on the recovery.

I do some broadcasting and speaking as well.

The first shot does not beat you.

I'm a lot better coach when I have really good players

It's discouraging to make a mistake, but it's humiliating when you find out you're so unimportant that nobody noticed it.

I've had too lengthy a career and coached too many players to make a choice.

There is no adversity that cannot bear a gift and no gift that cannot bring adversity.

We'll fight, ' I interrupt. 'And if we die, that's how it ends. Fighting. With purpose.

In today's amphetamine world of news junkies, speed trumps thoughtfulness too often.

Where names of people or places would mean little to a contemporary reader, I figured "translation errors" could create interesting new meanings.

She carried the burn of the sun on her body. It was for all of those wasted, dull years.

It is actually nonsense to link menswear and travel. But it is important that you have a purpose when you design menswear.

At the age of twenty six I am in the condition of an aged person - all my old friends are gone... & my heart fails when I think by how few ties I hold to the world.

Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being

I cap myself when I shop; I don't like to spend extravagant amounts on clothes. But, I do get lent clothes for events, it's scary to wear something so expensive, but I feel really pampered.

Dog’ is ‘God’ spelled backward; you know that. That’s why you’re here, to help the nuns do God’s work.