I don't believe in luck, I believe in preparation.

Discipline is knowing what to do. Knowing when to do it. Doing it to the best of your abilities. Doing it that way every single time.

The will to succeed is important, but what's more important is the will to prepare.

Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.

If the NBA were on channel 5 and a bunch of frogs making love were on channel 4, I'd watch the frogs, even if they were coming in fuzzy.

In order to achieve to achieve positive results, one must work for them, not hope for them

Everybody wants to be on a championship team, but nobody wants to come to practice.

You play ball against yourself; your opponent is your potential.

Don't fight the rabbits. If you fight the rabbits, the elephants are going to kill you.

We should not have to push you to work hard, you should work hard because you want to be a great player.

I've never felt my job was to win basketball games - rather, that the essence of my job as a coach was to do everything I could to give my players the background necessary to succeed in life.

You might fear you don’t have what it takes, but you don’t need to have all the answers or everything figured right from the start.

To be content is to live without your wants.

Always carry what is beautiful in your heart.

Mouse likes to drag you to uninhabited areas with no cell signal—all those places perfect for dying of exposure.

The most aggravating thing about the younger generation is that I no longer belong to it.

But more wonderful than the lore of old men and the lore of books is the secret lore of ocean.

Sometimes success breeds apathy. Sometimes when you're doing quite well for yourself you're not as tough as you need to be.

That's why crazy people are so dangerous. You think they're nice until they're chaining you up in the garage.

Be glad today. Tomorrow may bring tears. Be brave today. The darkest night will pass.