You have to defeat a great players aura more than his game.
There can only be one state of mind as you approach any profound test; total concentration, a spirit of togetherness, and strength.
To have long term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way.
When a great team loses through complacency, it will constantly search for new and more intricate explanations to explain away defeat.
You can never have enough talent.
You have no choices about how you lose, but you do have a choice about how you come back and prepare to win again.
Management must speak with one voice. When it doesn't management itself becomes a peripheral opponent to the team's mission.