We can't have two standards, one set for the dedicated young men who want to do something ambitious and one set for those who don't.

It's not the will to win that matters-everyone has that. It's the will to prepare to win that matters.

You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him to a heavy load.

Don't give up at half time. Concentrate on winning the second half.

Never quit. It is the easiest cop-out in the world. Set a goal and don't quit until you attain it. When you do attain it, set another goal, and don't quit until you reach it. Never quit.

Sure, I'd love to beat Notre Dame, don't get me wrong. But nothing matters more than beating that cow college on the other side of the state!

There is a big difference in wanting to and willing to.

Never be too proud to get down on your knees and pray.

I make my practices real hard because if a player is a quitter, I want him to quit in practice, not in a game.

Little things make the difference. Everyone is well prepared in the big things, but only the winners perfect the little things.

The first time you quit, it's hard. The second time, it gets easier. The third time, you don't even have to think about it.

I have respect for literature. If he found the words, if she found the words - this is a book!

All the best songs are, I think, the easiest write because they just come out.

Complexity means distracted effort. Simplicity means focused effort.

You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test.

Look at a picture of me before I was 15. I am a boy. I wore my brother's clothes, dude!

My lad chewed and swallowed a dictionary. We gave him Epsom salts - but we can't get a word out of him.

Epicurus ... whose genius surpassed all humankind, extinguished the light of others, as the stars are dimmed by the rising sun.

I thought I better warn you that I am not one of those politically correct comedians, but it turns out that also I'm not really that racist, homophobic or woman hating either, so you might not notice

These are the days that must happen to you.