The first shot does not beat you.

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.

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

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.

solemnly keep your deeds in silence

I have found so much beauty in the dark, as I have found a lot of horror in the light.

It is a mean thief or a successful author that plunders the dead.

I considered law and math. My Dad was a lawyer. I think though I would have ended up in physics if I didn't end up in computer science.

By concentrating on precision, one arrives at technique, but by concentrating on technique one does not arrive at precision.

Prince or commoner, tenor or bass, Painter or plumber or never-do-well, Do me a favor and shut your face - Poets alone should kiss and tell.

London's like a forest ... we shall be lost in it.

I don't see any possibility of Britain and the U.S. allowing a sovereign independent Iraq; that's almost inconceivable.

Brave hearts do not back down back off.

I was about five years old when I was eating soup in our kitchen, and as I was lifting the spoon towards my mouth, it bent and broke in half.