I told [Johnny] Bench once, 'If you had come with me, you could be the principal of a high school by now'.

Finish last in your league and they call you idiot. Finish last in medical school and they call you doctor.

You know what they call the fellow who finishes last in his medical school graduating class? They call him 'Doctor.'

Coaches are creatures of habit. I knew a coach who got a deal going where his players had to run a mile in six minutes. I asked why. He said, 'gut check'.

I don't jog, if I die I want to be sick

One day of practice is like one day of clean living. It doesn't do you any good.