I think helped our players in terms of being able to fight through some adversity along the way.

God doesn’t take things away to be cruel. He takes things away to make room for other things. He takes things away to lighten us. He takes things away so we can fly.

Here's how I'm going to beat you. I'm going to outwork you. That's it. That's all there is to it.

It is what it is. But, it will be what you make it.

You can't always be the most talented person in the room. But you can be the most competitive

Attitude is a choice. Think positive thoughts daily. Believe in yourself.

No one feels strong when she examines her own weakness. But in facing weakness, you learn how much there is in you, and you find real strength.

I won 1,098 games, and eight national championships, and coached in four different decades. But what I see are not the numbers. I see their faces.

Discipline helps you finish a job, and finishing is what separates excellent work from average work.

Offense sells tickets, defense wins games, rebounding wins championships.

Admit to and make yourself accountable for mistakes. How can you improve if you're never wrong?

A DESPERATE MAN, HE'S A READY-MADE VICTIM

A child playing with its father screams louder, laughs harder, jumps more eagerly, puts more faith in everything.

Without turning on the light, I went to my bed and lay down, my arm thrown across the mattress, my hand aching because Grace wasn't underneath it

Your ability to discern key people in your life and organization before you bring them in saves you lots of time, trouble, and regrets... Watch out!!!

I never thought I'd miss Nancy Reagan. There can't be a rating [on the Clinton drug policy] when there hasn't been a performance.

Constant talkers are unheard.

You have the economic vocabulary turning into vocabulary of deception.

You can go to the end of time, the last World Cup in the history of mankind, and the All-Blacks will be favourites for it.

Marriage is the best state for man in general, and every man is a worst man in proportion to the level he is unfit for marriage.

It's hard to watch something you've done many years ago.