"Grief is love not wanting to let go."

“It is possible to be below flattery as well as above it. One who trusts nobody will not trust sycophants. One who does not value real glory will not value its counterfeit.”

“It was that white cloak that soiled me, not the other way around.”

“My experiences are universal. I'm not doing anything embarrassing  - to me what would be embarrassing is to talk about minutia. It would be embarrassing to get up there and not say anything.”

“You can never betray the people who are dead.”

“Here's how I'm going to beat you. I'm going to outwork you. That's it. That's all there is to it.”

Source : Pat Summitt (1999). “Reach for the Summit”, p.93, Crown Business

“There are stars whose radiance is visible on Earth though they have long been extinct. There are people whose brilliance continues to light the world even though they are no longer among the living. These lights are particularly bright when the night is dark. They light the way for humankind.”

“Down goes Frazier! Down goes Frazier! Down goes Frazier!”

Source : "Not the Greatest" by Robert Lipsyte, www.slate.com. November 9, 2011.

“It is inevitable when one has a great need of something one finds it. What you need you attract like a lover.”