If in the first act you have hung a pistol on the wall, then in the following one it should be fired. Otherwise don't put it there.
The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
Don't let winning make you soft. Don't let losing make you quit. Don't let your teammates down in any situation.
Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.
I've got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.
Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It's being able to take it as well as dish it out. That's the only way you're going to get respect from the players.
Having twin girls is a life changer - that's for sure. But I like getting up and changing diapers. It's the things you do.
The modern welfare state, highly touted as soaking the rich to subsidize the poor, does no such thing. In fact, soaking the rich would have disastrous effects, not just for the rich but for the poor and middle classes themselves. For it is the rich who provide a proportionately greater amount of saving, investment capital, entrepreneurial foresight, and financing of technological innovation that has brought the Unites States to by far the highest standard of living - for the mass of the people - of any country in history.
I happen to think we’ve set our ideal on the wrong objects; I happen to think that the greatest ideal man can set before himself is self-perfection.
The vital accessories to my work are my reference books, such as the complete Shakespeare and a prayer book, and a large refuse bin.