I try to stay pretty level-headed and just do what I have to do.
I'll bring in outsiders to evaluate state agencies. They can sometimes see what we can't.
The odds are always against you no matter what your previous history is. You have to overcome the tendency to relax.
Work hard, stay focused and surround yourself with good people.
Is success just about winning? Acclaim? Trophies? Wealth? Our personal happiness or satisfaction? I have been blessed to experience some of these over the years, and I can answer without batting an eye: No. Accomplishments, applause, awards and fortune are rewards that often come as the result of hard work and a determined spirit, but there is something bigger. Something better. Something that will outlast the winningest season, the plushest corner office, the heftiest bonus and the loudest cheers. That something can only be found when we look beyond the final score.
My hardest job is to convince the people of Nebraska that 10-1 is not a losing season.
I celebrate a victory when I start walking off the field. By the time I get to the locker room, I'm done.
Weep, for the light is dead.
Comedy defends the commonplace; tragedy explodes it.
I've had hard coaches all my life.
When land and its tillage are the basis of taxation, one need not care exactly how many people there are.