Everyone needs a coach. It doesn't matter whether you're a basketball player, a tennis player, a gymnast or a bridge player.

A real friend or mentor isn't on your payroll.

The greatest education in the world is watching the masters at work.

When one has not had a good father, one must create one.

I always believed that at some time fate would take from me the terrible effort and duty of educating myself. I believed that, when the time came, I would discover a philosopher to educate me, a true philosopher whom one could follow without any misgiving because one would have more faith in him than one had in oneself.

I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.