“I mean, we’re always trying to evaluate and tweak things and get better.”

She taught me that it’s ok to let down your guard and allow your players to get to know you. They don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.

You can’t have any quit in you if you want to be successful.

Know your strengths, weaknesses, and needs.

See yourself as self employed.

If you want to be in the game you better shoot 75% from the line.

Teamwork does not come naturally. Let’s face it. We are born with certain inclinations, but sharing isn’t one of them.

Most people get excited about games, but I’ve got to be excited about practice, because that’s my classroom.

There is an old saying: a champion is someone who is willing to be uncomfortable.

I didn’t say a lot. I didn’t throw anything. That’s not my style. I did think about it though.

I think I can help others just by my example.

I think the most important thing I thought is, I thought about recruiting and what we need in recruiting.

God doesn’t take things away to be cruel. He takes things away to make room for other things. He takes things away to lighten us. He takes things away so we can fly.

I have a love-hate relationship with losing. I hate how it makes me feel, which is basically sick. But I love what it brings out.

When you grow up on a dairy farm, cows don’t take a day off. So you work every day and my dad always said, ‘No one can outwork you,’

Responsibility equals accountability equals ownership. And a sense of ownership is the most powerful weapon a team or organization can have.

I won 1,098 games, and eight national championships, and coached in four different decades. But what I see are not the numbers. I see their faces.

I am a better mother for having something in my life and not just my children.

I like my name better when its tied to yours.

If your religion does not change you, then you had better change your religion.

You’ll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.

Success isn’t overnight. It’s when everyday you get a little better than the day before. It all adds up.

Positive anything is better than negative nothing.

The quicker we get about the business of reducing our reliance on oil the better.

I can spend your money better than you can.