Quotes About Commitment

If I were ever prosecuted for my religion, I truly hope there would be enough evidence to convict me.

If a player appeared to be taking it easy in practice, I told him, Don't think you can make up for it by working twice as hard tomorrow. If you have it within your power to work twice as hard, why aren't you doing it now?

The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not attained by sudden flight. But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night." –Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Succeeding is performing at your best when your best is required

He told me that he always insisted on two things above all else in his players: That they were always trying to improve and always willing to put the team above themselves. If they weren't willing to do those things, he didn't want them at UCLA.

It's so easy to relax, to cut corners, to let down after you've reached your goal, and begin thinking you can just "turn it on" automatically, without proper preparation. It takes real character to keep working as hard or even harder once you're there.

The teams that compete at the highest level love the thrill of the contest. They may have winning in their heads, but they have a love for the effort and struggle in their hearts.

will do the best I am capable of doing today to bring out my best tomorrow.

SEEK THOSE WITH A FIRE-IN-THE-BELLY ENTHUSIASM FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION

Personal greatness is not determined by the size of the job, but by the size of the effort one puts into the job. This applies to everyone on the team.

Even at 94, I want to be the best I can be, and hard work is the only way to make this happen.

Each day my mother demonstrated great patience and the ability and eagerness to work very hard without complaint

If you don't have the time to do it right, how can you have the time to do it over?

Make Every Day Your Masterpiece!

Don't think you can make up for it by working twice as hard tomorrow. If you have it within your power to work twice as hard, why aren't you doing it now?

You never stop trying.

Your family is what counts, and you must always remember that as you get caught up in your own professional responsibilities.

I'm very proud of the fact that while all the records were being set at UCLA by our basketball teams, I felt exactly the same way. Family is first. Always. Always.

winning is not the point. Wanting to win is the point. Not giving up is the point. Never being satisfied with what you've done is the point. Never letting up is the point. Never letting anyone down is the point. Play to win. Sure. But lose like a champion. Because it's not winning that counts. What counts is trying.

principle, per-sis tence, and compassion—three

Just do the best you can. No one can do more than that.

A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself for the group, for the good of the group — that's teamwork.

Try your hardest in all ways and you are a success.

if you love two people at the same time, choose the second. Because if you really loved the first one, you wouldn't have fallen for the second.