There are many times when you are better off practicing than playing; but most people just don't understand that

A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.

Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.

Don't let winning make you soft. Don't let losing make you quit. Don't let your teammates down in any situation.

I've got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.

I learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses intro strengths.

My coach told me, "Larry, no matter how much you work at it, there's always someone out there who's working just a little harder - if you take 150 practice shots, he's taking 200." And that drove me.

I wasn't real quick, and I wasn't real strong. Some guys will just take off and it's like, whoa. So I beat them with my mind and my fundamentals.

I don't think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You've got to keep pushing.

You're all playin' for second place.

I hate to lose more than I like to win.

Religion of the Self [Soul] is that where no difficulty or trouble arises for anyone or any living being of ‘our’ own accord.

I don't believe time heals. I don't want it to. If I heal, doesn't that mean I've accepted the world without her?

Men need to be needed. When we are needed, we feel powerful. We thrive on helping a woman who needs us.

Homeless people bear God's image too.

Evolutionary theory holds that our ability to sense when we should be suspicious has been every bit as essential for human survival as our capacity for trust and cooperation.

Is evolution just another name for God?

The poor need the motivation, the incentives, the skills, the education so they can help themselves.

Emphasising what's in your control allows you to adopt an attitude of equanimity toward luck. You've done what you can, and from there you have to live with the results - good or bad

When you are in a hole, the top priority is to stop digging.

Poor man. Poor mankind.