Let 'the cause' become the 'because' – the reason – for people to do business with and to refer business to you

You need to position yourself to your referral sources and your current clients as providing exceptional value and experiences in everything you do

Many business people end up being relationship rich, and referral poor.

The smart business person sees an opportunity to generate referrals by collaborating with their competitors.

Find your gift, the thing you were created for, the thing that inspires you and the thing you are fond of doing, and the thing you are doing better than others

Time is your cathedral. You know the present is only a pretty illusion in the minds of men. And I think you know that nothing has ever passed away, not entirely.

Life is a jest of the Gods and there is no justice. You must learn to laugh… or else you'll weep yourself to death.

During my 40-year coaching career at West Point, Indiana and Texas Tech, my teams reached the Final Four on five occasions, winning the national championship three times.

I say this thing about how I've never had to say my head is bloodied but not bowed, like everybody who came before me had to say. And that tells me that I can do a lot more than I think I can.

The Monte Carlo casino refused to admit me until I was properly dressed so I went and found my stockings, and then came back and lost my shirt.

Not only do I like to go to bars because I like to drink, I do like to drink, but I go because who do you see there? Baseball fans.

Lenin could listen so intently that he exhausted the speaker.

I want to do more sci-fi films. I want to play half-alien, half-illegal alien.

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.