To be successful, all you have to do is work half-days; you can work the first twelve hours or the second twelve hours.

Success is not forever and failure isn't fatal.

The superior man blames himself. The inferior man blames others.

Sure, luck means a lot in football. Not having a good quarterback is bad luck.

Strive for perfection, but settle for excellence.

My responsibility is leadership, and the minute I get negative, that is going to have an influence on my team.

There's nothing wrong with setting goals, but it doesn't mean a thing if you don't pay attention to the day-to-day details.

I have no magic formula. The only way I know to win is through hard work.

It's the start that stops most people.

And my rookie contract, my first rookie contract was for $5,000.

As a coach, your high standards of performance, attention to detail and - above all - how hard you work set the stage for how your players perform.

There are some places you can't visit anymore, poetry and writings take you there.

I am dying. I haven't drunk champagne for a long time.

Life tends to be an accumulation of a lot of mundane decisions, which often gets ignored.

John Kerry can be absolutely ruthless. I would not want to be on his enemies list when he's ready to go after you.

In the army you feel violated - there's no private space. Writing was a life-saver, a way of recovering private territory.

You need to eat, but you don't really need to eat filet mignon every night or buy bottles of champagne at a thousand a pop.

Performance is always oriented towards a spectator, towards an imagined audience and I was thinking who is their imagined audience?

Young people . . , God wants us to be victorious. He wants you to triumph over all of your foes. Stalwart and brave we must stand. God is at the helm. There is no reason for defeat.

I don't court paparazzi. I definitely don't like that part of it.

A text of Tibetan Buddhism describes the time of death as a unique opportunity for spiritual liberation from the cycles of death and rebirth and a period that determines our next incarnation.