“Somewhere behind the athlete you’ve become and the hours of practice and the coaches who have pushed you is a little girl who fell in love with the game and never looked back… play for her.”

“The five S’s of sports training are: stamina, speed, strength, skill, and spirit; but the greatest of these is spirit.”

“It’s not the will to win that matters—everyone has that. It’s the will to prepare to win that matters.”

“If you can’t outplay them, outwork them.”