To have long term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way.

Public life is regarded as the crown of a career, and to young men it is the worthiest ambition. Politics is still the greatest and the most honorable adventure.

There can only be one state of mind as you approach any profound test; total concentration, a spirit of togetherness, and strength.

Being a part of success is more important than being personally indispensable.

Most of my life I was occupied with American television and American food. My ethnicity was my choice. It still is.

Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, is the proof of your moral integrity, since it is the proof and the result of your loyalty to the achievement of your values.

I think the western is about people in harsh places trying to tame an unfriendly wilderness. Because life is defined by struggle, it's kind of the perfect microcosmic experience to explore that. 'Here we are, struggling.' It's about people persevering and persevering and persevering.

A theme in a lot of my books - and in my own life - is making choices that you feel you should make, or what society wants you to make, as opposed to what is truly right for you.