Nothing good comes in life or athletics unless a lot of hard work has preceded the effort. Only temporary success is achieved by taking short cuts.
Spectacular achievements come from unspectacular preparation.
Winning isn’t getting ahead of others, it is getting ahead of yourself.
All of us get knocked down, but it’s resiliency that really matters. All of us do well when things are going well, but the thing that distinguishes athletes is the ability to do well in times of great stress, urgency and pressure.
Every time I stepped on the field, I believed my team was going to walk off the winner, somehow, someway.
It was not a friendly game, and Jerry certainly did not have friendliness in his eyes. He had an extra mean streak that day. He was out of control and probably should have been ejected.