“We should not have to push you to work hard, you should work hard because you want to be a great player.”

I don’t believe in luck, I believe in preparation.

We don’t want defeat in life. How are we going to be beaten? All right. We have to deal with those things. What’s going to cause us to lose the game, whatever the game might be?

I think that we as a people are always prone to think about, well, tomorrow will be a better day.

I’m related to people I don’t relate to.

I think these days, as an artist, you have to be slightly entrepreneurial. …Nobody really sells records anymore.

Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.

Obviously, if the commander makes certain decisions that the reporter thinks is inhibiting his right to report a legitimate story, he has to appeal to the commander’s boss to get that changed.

I’ve always felt that, you know, the Almighty has a lot of things to do other than help my basketball team.

America has the greatest reputation in the world for helping others whenever and wherever disaster strikes. Now, more than ever,it’s important for us to contribute to those who are in need. Your assistance is really beneficial and will be greatly welcomed and appreciated.

The thing that bothers me the most about the media is simple accuracy.

Perform drills that force your players to think

Good basketball always starts with good defense!

My overall point is that ‘one and dones’ are not healthy for college basketball. I should not have made it personal to Kentucky and its players and I apologize.

Offense is not equal opportunity

At one point, I said to the officials that you guys haven’t called walking for 20 years, now you don’t know what it is. When you call walking, you’re about half right.

If you’re not careful, you can get a grossly over-inflated opinion about your popularity.

I take pride in my sports knowledge. I take pride in everything I do. It’s part of me.

From an early age I didn’t buy into the value systems of working hard in a nine-to-five job.

I still follow that model: just go hard every day, and take it one step at a time.

Closeness to other people is really hard, but it’s also a shame because it’s all you want too. But it doesn’t always work.

It’s really about committing super-hard to whatever you’re trying to create. In essence, I’m just copying my favorite comedic actors, and it’s the people who make me laugh the hardest who commit the hardest.

Work is hard. Distractions are plentiful. And time is short.

Any time you end a relationship, and everyone has ended plenty in their life, it’s always a tough thing and hard to get over.

I found it hard work now to pray to God, because despair was swallowing me up.