I do know this: God does answer your prayers, but it's not always in the way you expect. God knows what's best for us, though, so there's no need to worry when things don't go how we originally wanted them to go.

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What you are capable of achieving is determined by your talent and ability. What you attempt to do is determined by your motivation. How well you do something is determined by your attitude.

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If you're bored with life - you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things - you don't have enough goals.

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In life, be a participant, not a spectator.

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You aren't going to find anybody that's going to be successful without making a sacrifice and without perseverance.

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Don't tell your problems to people: eighty percent don't care; and the other twenty percent are glad you have them.

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Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

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It always amazes me that spectators want to coach, coaches want to officiate, and officials just want to watch the game

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If you don't make a total commitment to whatever you are doing, then you start looking to bail out the first time the boat starts leaking.

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Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.

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