Great Throughts Treasury

"You’re never a loser until you quit trying."

"Before you can win, you have to believe you are worthy."

"The ones who want to achieve and win championships motivate themselves."

"Success isn't permanent and failure isn't fatal."

"If you are determined enough and willing to pay the price, you can get it done."

"Those who live in the past are cowards and losers."

"Success isn't measured by money or power or social rank. Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace."

"Here's what I tell anybody and this is what I believe. The greatest gift we have is the gift of life. We understand that. That comes from our Creator. We're given a body. Now you may not like it, but you can maximize that body the best it can be maximized."

"I really believe the only way to stay healthy is to eat properly, get your rest and exercise. If you don't exercise and do the other two, I still don't think it's going to help you that much."

"I don't think anything is unrealistic if you believe you can do it."

"Eating properly is great. I mean you cut the fat down, cut the cholesterol out, but still you got to get your rest and you got to have some form of exercise."

"Success is about having, excellence is about being. Success is about having money and fame, but excellence is being the best you can be."

"What you feel spiritually. I think a lot of that has to do with it. If you have no spiritual life, chances are everything is going to aggravate you, you're going to fly off the handle at everything and that's what I did in the past. I've kind of got that under control now."

"A neutral site, that would have been fair. But everything happened so quickly, the league had no choice."

"Basically, my problem was attributed to stress more than anything. I don't know what that does and I guess doctors can tell you that there's chemicals that build up in your system when you go through a lot of stress and constant stress."

"Buddy and I had a love-hate relationship. It's been documented by him and me. There's no use beating around the bush. Buddy thought he should have been head coach of the Bears when I got the job. I got the job. Mr. George Halas hired me. I can't do anything about that."

"Dave's the right guy for this program right now. He's a young guy with a lot of enthusiasm."

"During the big game, the pressure to win is always intense in the locker room. And, the thing is, not only does the team feel the pressure, but the fans and their bathrooms do, too. See, during halftime, so many johns are flushed, they go into overtime mode. All that water pressure can cause serious clogs so, it's important to prepare"

"Effort without talent is a depressing situation... but talent without effort is a tragedy."

"He has a lot going for him. He knows the game that's the first thing. And I think he knows people, and you have to be a people person to be able to deal with people. He's a guy that keeps himself in control. He doesn't have too many highs or lows."

"He's a young guy with a lot of enthusiasm and he's really proud to be a Pittsburgh guy. And you have to have a Pittsburgh guy here. You don't need any more California guys here, gang. We don't need any of that crap. They come and go like the flies."

"I always tell people I want to live to be 150 and they say why would you want to do that. I say, well there's a few people I haven't made mad yet, I want to get them."

"He was a man among boys in this game. He's strong for a little guy - he's only 5-9 - but he is extremely strong."

"I do like beer, but lately I've started drinking non-alcoholic beer and I like the taste of it and I don't get the alcohol, so that's a good alternative also."

"I believe he'll be a good head coach in the league someday."

"I do some weights and I do a lot of stretching."

"I do like red wine. I drink red wine, but it's not a necessity that I drink 10 bottles of it. I can have a couple of glasses and that's fine."

"I don't know how to put it, but yet you know we have so many people who the way they look at life, the way they work depends on what happens, us winning or losing. It's kind of crazy. So, I kind of got caught up in that, I'm gonna try to stay away from that."

"I don't believe in living in the past. Living in the past is for cowards. If you live in the past, you die in the past."

"I have a lot of friends in New Orleans. It's a city of good people. Diana and I want to do as much as we can for the utter destruction, loss of life and the incredible loss of property and income."

"I don't think anyone here can comprehend it unless you've lived there and been there and seen what's happening, ... This is a city that may never be rebuilt. Whatever they estimated the damage at, $25 billion, you can probably triple that."

"I mean, when you've had a problem in your past, whether it's attributed directly to high cholesterol or not, you want to lower your cholesterol. You want to eat healthy. You want to feel healthy. You want to have a little more energy."

"I think Pittsburgh is a little bit better from one sense only: They're a little more physical. But you have to be careful underestimating Seattle."

"I think it's important to stretch as you get older, but I try to do basically all the things I did when I played, except I can't do them as well and as much."

"I think it's a wise pick. Dave is a Pitt guy. Dave has a commitment to this university. The excitement created since Dave came probably hasn't happened in, what, 20 years"

"I think your alcohol intake has to change. You know, usually a big person feels they can drink anything they want to and as much as they want to and I've cut that way back."

"I think the guy who is really feeling the pressure is Mike Sherman, and not because of his job."

"I think the big thing in following a diet like this is some discipline in your life. You've got to be able to say no to certain things."

"I understand that people don't want to smoke. Fine. Don't smoke. You don't want to go into a restaurant where there's smoking, don't go in there. But don't impose your will - the will of a few - on the lives of many."

"I was impressed with what I saw last year... He had a couple of big games. One of them was against Notre Dame. He's a good player, and I'm sure they're going to build the offense around him."

"I will never coach again. I don't want to, but I wouldn't even if I did."

"If God had wanted man to play soccer, he wouldn?t have given us arms."

"If you don't play, then don't pick up a paycheck. Competition is why you play the game. I understand they've already reached some goals. That's all good. But if you can make history, take a shot at it."

"If you're not in the parade, you watch the parade. That's life."

"If things came easy, then everybody would be great at what they did, let's face it."

"I'm not a mean player. You'll notice I never pick on a player who has a number above 30."

"It's been pretty encouraging to see what kind of country this is that so many people are willing to help."

"I'm not going to make it the all - everything. Our (the Saints) goal is to get better, make the playoffs and win the Super Bowl, but I'm not gonna anguish over it like I have in the past."

"It's better known as 'The Great Halftime Flush. It's equal to all the water which tumbles over Niagara Falls in seven minutes. The Halftime Flush -- that's very serious business. I mean, you've got 90 million Americans flushing toilets. You could have a tragic clogging problem in America."

"It's football, it's not brain surgery. Have some fun."