Motivating people- the ingredient that separates winners from losers.

It's not the will to win that matters-everyone has that. It's the will to prepare to win that matters.

You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him to a heavy load.

Don't give up at half time. Concentrate on winning the second half.

Never quit. It is the easiest cop-out in the world. Set a goal and don't quit until you attain it. When you do attain it, set another goal, and don't quit until you reach it. Never quit.

Sure, I'd love to beat Notre Dame, don't get me wrong. But nothing matters more than beating that cow college on the other side of the state!

There is a big difference in wanting to and willing to.

Never be too proud to get down on your knees and pray.

I make my practices real hard because if a player is a quitter, I want him to quit in practice, not in a game.

Little things make the difference. Everyone is well prepared in the big things, but only the winners perfect the little things.

The first time you quit, it's hard. The second time, it gets easier. The third time, you don't even have to think about it.

Maybe if we stopped trying to achieve movie standards of greatness, we'd be happy with what we have.

Pensive they sit, and roll their languid eyes.

Light quirks of music, broken and uneven,Make the soul dance upon a jig to Heav'n.

There's no better stage than the U.S. Open for me

you must cry out if you want help. It is no use whatsoever to suffer in silence. Who will succour the drowning man if he does not clamour for his life?

There's this part of Judaism that I like. Tikun Alum. It said that the world is broken into pieces and everyone has to find it.

I really never even seriously considered a book but a few years ago someone approached me out of the blue and I said I would think about it.

The natural world is not only a set of constraints but of contexts within which we can more fully realize our dreams.

Our only qualitifcation for God's grace is our emptiness, not our fullness; our undeservingness, not our deservingness.

Any time you get a chance to play a great role, I consider all the qualities I may or may not have attributed to that character and how I would fit into the story.