It's a very easy thing to say, 'Go get a backup quarterback.' Now tell me where to get them. You just can't dial them up.

Losers assemble in small groups & complain, winners assemble as a team & find ways to win.

You are what your record says you are.

If they want you to cook the dinner, at least they ought to let you shop for some of the groceries.

Blame no one. Expect nothing. Do something.

The more you prepare beforehand, the more relaxed and creative and effective you’ll be when it counts.

Don't ever let good enough be good enough.

You can easily separate 'team guys' from 'me guys' by how they accept coaching. The guys that accept it are about winning

What sets disciplined people apart? - The capacity to get past distractions. Focus on the task at hand.

A coach wouldn’t throw you to the wolves if he didn’t think you had some wolf in you.

Potential means you haven't done anything yet.

It is ferocious, life, but it must eat . . .

It would be great to be able to pass on to someone all of the successes, the failures, and the knowledge that one has had. To help someone, avoid all the fire, pain and anxiety would be wonderful.

The patriot who feels himself in the service of God, who acknowledges Him in all his ways, has the promise of Almighty direction, and will find His Word in his greatest darkness.

The test of a civilized person is first self-awareness, and then depth after depth of sincerity in self-confrontation.

The practice of mindfulness is monitoring your mind all day and all night. It's enjoyable to just remove things that make you unhappy from your mind, to clarify your emotions.

I'm guilty of extraordinary naivete, I suppose. But it's a naivete that I really don't want to abandon, not even now.

You can make your own son or daughter one of a kind if you have the time and will to do so; school can only make them part of a hive, herd or anthill.

If gambling were banned, those social costs would drop, tax revenues from consumer goods would increase, and money would be pumped into the productive economic sector

If you go with that spirit, good things will come for you. If you go into it with an assumption that you're a genius and that you're entitled to something, it's a little tougher.

The third noble truth says that the cessation of suffering is letting go of holding on to ourselves.