His career delivers this message: It can be wiser to follow than to lead. Let the innovators hit the beaches and take the losses; if you hold back and follow, you can clean up in peace and quiet,

The first step is always to succeed in becoming surprised, to notice that there is something funny going on

As for Gates himself, ... he is no visionary; he is a technology groupie with a genius for showing up, for being at the right place at the right time.

That's the one thing I wanted that I left out of my coaching career. I never won a state title. I was fortunate to be down there several times, but we never won it. We probably should have a couple times, but we missed out.

I'm pleased to see (Mulero) still has a career,

It's probably not an overstatement to say it's unprecedented for that kind of overruling of the career staff to occur.