Directing was a transformative experience for me, one that I really enjoyed.
The players I respected most were the toughest players, not those who talked a good game or blocked a shot and acted like a fool.
Hard work is not punishment. Hard work is the price of admission for the opportunity to reach sustained excellence
The tough player is the one who is difficult to play against and easy to play with
The greatest compliment to any player is he is a great teammate. We can't all be great players, but we can all be great teammates
Toughness has nothing to do with size, physical strength or athleticism. Toughness is A SKILL that can be developed & improved.
Entitlement never wins Championships, Investment wins Championships.
There are people much less fortunate than us, and I don't mean people hungry sleeping in the streets either
Why do men fight who were born to be brothers?
The history of lead is a history of neglect. It's a history of decisions on our part not to address the broad implications of what we did to ourselves during the industrial revolution and in the first part of the century when our cities expanded broadly, when we built our housing and we began to depend upon lead as a mainstay of our new industrial culture. We put this stuff in even though we knew it was dangerous, we knew it was going to hurt kids.
Ye are Blood of my Blood, and Bone of my Bone, I give ye my Body, that we Two might be One. I give ye my Spirit, 'til our Life shall be Done.