Winners accept responsibility because acceptance of responsibility nullifies excuses.

We live in a society that only embraces success and that is who we are. It takes a great deal of inner strength to deal with the time commitment of coaching when very little seems to be accomplished.

It is important for coaches to mentor young people toward those things that are most important in life and aid them in creating their own order of priorities to live by.

I think we had to hit rock-bottom in all facets of the program before we could ever start moving in a positive direction.

If you are not a part of the solution then you must be part of the problem. I am done with problems here!

The great cancer facing all of us during this ‘new millennium’ is entitlement.

Before success can truly become routine, there must be that transition from that wanting/hoping to have success toward honestly knowing you can earn success with your talents and work ethic.

To achieve any group goal, individuals must work to improve themselves as a means to improve the group.

I teach our young men that respect is earned each day on the practice field, in the classroom, and how each young man lives his life.

The third year at a school for any head coach is the most important year for the program they are attempting to develop.

A team goal requires a team effort.

By worrying about the future, We will convolute our present lives.

My heart is your home, wherever in the world you are – you will always have a place to stay.

May a man live well-enough and long-enough, to leave many joyful widows behind him.

The difference between a heel and a coward and one who jumps in the fire and one who runs away from the fire

C is quirky, flawed, and an enormous success.

We live on top of the created world, I think to myself, not in it.

I like how Ralph Lauren creates a mystical world through his clothing.

Good leadership is pervasive, persuasive, and persistent. Bad leadership is poisoned with pedanticism, posturing, self-importance.

Breastroke is an athletic event, butterfly is a political statement.

I've always gotten a positive reaction to doing African-American characters.