Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan.
In my opinion, character is the most important determinant of a person’s success, achievement and ability to handle adversity.
To live a disciplined life, and to accept the result of that discipline as the will of God – that is the mark of a man.
The quality of a man’s life is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence.
When you want to win a game, you have to teach. When you lose a game, you have to learn.
I don’t believe in team motivation. I believe in getting a team prepared so it knows it will have the necessary confidence when it steps on a field and be prepared to play a good game.
Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. If you’re in control, they’re in control.
If you are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job.
There is only a half step difference between the champions and those who finish on the bottom. And much of that half step is mental.
Today, you have 100% of your life left.
Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it’s so incredible, it’s unbelievable.
Football is to Texas what religion is to a priest.
The secret to winning is constant, consistent management.
The more successful you become, the longer the yardstick people use to measure you by.
A winner never stops trying.
I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
First become a winner in life. Then it’s easier to become a winner on the field.
I like the South because it is so much warmer on the sidelines than it is up North.
I’d rather have a second-best decision diligently pursued than a first-best decision lackadaisically pursued.
Right after the game, say as little as possible.
A team that has character doesn’t need stimulation.