The thing I loved the most - and still love the most about teaching - is that you can connect with an individual or a group, and see that individual or group exceed their limits.

Each group and each youngster is different. As a leader or coach, you get to know what they need.

That's another thing, we made up games. We didn't have equipment. When it snowed, we would play slow motion tackle football. We would play hockey, but we wouldn't skate. We just made things up. I loved doing that.

I think some parents now look at a youngster failing as the final thing. It's a process, and failure is part of the process. I would like it if the teacher and the parents would connect more. I think that used to be, but we're losing a little bit of that right now.

Even though we want huge individual egos, our collective ego is unbelievable.

It's always an honor to be ranked high, but whatever is said about you, you take it and then take a realistic look at yourself and who you are.