“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 had an a$$-to-the-brain theory. When a player’s a$$ gets put on the bench, a message goes straight to the brain saying, Get me off of here.

So when I hear a guy after a game-winning home run say or gesture that God was on his side, I think to myself, ‘He’s saying God screwed the pitcher.

The French – they like jazz, theyve been on jazz a long time.

All the years I coached, we sent a card to every professor for each kid I had, and I was able to keep track on a daily basis who cut class or who was dropping a grade average.

By taking a business-like approach, the student-athletes and their parents will be in control of the outcome and that’s how it should be.

The will to succeed is important, but what’s more important is the will to prepare.

I think anything you listen to is going to be different.

The single most important aspect of coaching is running effective practices

I was worried about losing until I looked down the floor and saw Dale Brown. Then I knew we had a chance.

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.

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

One of the most difficult things to learn is to render service without bossing, without making a fuss about it, and without any consciousness of high and low. In the world of spirituality, humility counts at least as much as utility.

Better a cautious commander, and not a rash one.

We need people who can actually do things. We have too many bosses and too few workers.

Never be a minion, always be an owner.

Don’t blame the boss. He has enough problems.

It’s okay to be proud of hard-earned success. There’s no shame in being a boss.

I don’t want to see any religious people in public office because they’re working for another boss.

It’s better late than never! Boss up and and claim that success.