The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.
Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all the time thing.
It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.
Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.
A good coach will make his players see what they can be rather than what they are.
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.
What to do with a mistake: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.
Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all time thing. You don't win once in a while, you don't do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.
A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment.
The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
People want to be on a team. They want to be part of something bigger than themselves. They want to be in a situation where they feel that they are doing something for the greater good.
Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.
You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.
It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.
What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player.
Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.
The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer.
Excellence is the unlimited ability to improve the quality of what you have to offer.
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
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