- “Satchel Paige, who said, “Sometimes I sits and thinks, and sometimes I just sits.” Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success. Phil Jackson and Hugh Delehanty. Kindle Loc.351-52
- “The master nodded. “To hear the unheard,” he said, “is a necessary discipline to be a good ruler. For only when a ruler has learned to listen closely to the people’s hearts, hearing their feelings uncommunicated, pains unexpressed, and complaints not spoken of, can he hope to inspire confidence in the people, understand when something is wrong, and meet the true needs of his citizens.”” Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success. Phil Jackson and Hugh Delehanty. Kindle Loc. 1359-62