"You know it's only 50 miles from Grand River to Canton, but it took me 67 years to travel that distance."

"And this year is going to be the 25th anniversary of the 17-0 team, the only undefeated season."

"Success is not forever and failure isn't fatal."

"As long as we can tell stories about our ability to survive, the more we will hope, not self-destruct."

"The only faith that wears well and holds its color in all weathers is that which is woven of conviction and set with the sharp mordant of experience."

"I tend not to trust people who live in very tidy houses. I know that on the surface there is nothing wrong with a person being well-ordered and disciplined. Nothing, except that it leaves the impression of that person having lived in the confines of a stark institution which, although he or she has long since left, remains within."

"The world is full of abundance and opportunity, but far too many people come to the fountain of life with a sieve instead of a tank car... a teaspoon instead of a steam shovel. They expect little and as a result they get little."