I can't tell you what an honor it is, to even be mentioned in the same breath with Arthur Ashe. This is something I certainly will treasure forever.

To change a habit, make a conscious decision, then act out the new behavior.

Within you right now is the power to do things you never dreamed possible.

We simply must get it through our heads that holding a low opinion of ourselves is not a virtue, but a vice.

The most delightful surprise in life is to suddenly recognise your own worth.

I talked about my family, my family's so important.

Are you saying that the assistant had the answers all along, he just wasn't telling anyone?

And if you see me, smile and maybe give me a hug. That's important to me too.

Take time every day to laugh, to think, to cry.

All really successful coaches have a system.

We win or the alumni bash in our teeth. (On the dental plan at NC State)

Now I'm fighting cancer, everybody knows that. People ask me all the time about how you go through your life and how's your day, and nothing is changed for me.

It's so important to know where you are.

Each day, be sure to laugh, to think, to cry; that's one heckuva full day.

I will thank God for the day and the moment I have.

If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that’s a full day.

Coaches are basically schizophrenic. We are pessimistic to the press and among fellow coaches, but to our team, we are the eternal optimists.

Other people go to the office. I get to coach. I know I've been blessed.

Be a dreamer. If you don't know how to dream, you're dead.