“I had three rules for my players: No profanity. Don’t criticize a teammate. Never be late.”

Discipline yourself, and others won’t need to.

Love is the most important thing in the world. Hate, we should remove from the dictionary.

A mistake is valuable if you do four things with it: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.

I was built up from my dad more than anyone else.

The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.

If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?

I am just a common man who is true to his beliefs.

The eight laws of learning are explanation, demonstration, imitation, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition.

What is right is more important than who is right.

I think that in any group activity – whether it be business, sports, or family – there has to be leadership or it won’t be successful.

Ability is a poor man’s wealth.

It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.

It’s not so important who starts the game but who finishes it.

The best competition I have is against myself to become better.

Champions never complain, they are too busy getting better.

I like to spend time in the past, with the things that have been important to me.

Criticism is the essence of creation.

Dare to risk public criticism.

I like to not care that much about criticism, but I do care about it.

I don’t look at the criticism anymore. If somebody calls me fat, even in a vulnerable moment, I laugh to myself and think, I’m doing everything I can, so there’s nothing I can do about it.

Hateful, racist and ignorant remarks. When I hear people criticize without knowing the context, it makes me boil inside.

Know that the amount of criticism you receive may correlate somewhat to the amount of publicity you receive.

It isn’t making mistakes that’s critical; it’s correcting them and getting on with the principal task.

If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.