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He formulated laws of learning (which might be retitled laws of myelin): explanation, demonstration, imitation, correction, and repetition. “Don’t look for the big, quick improvement. Seek the small improvement one day at a time.
“The importance of repetition until automaticity cannot be overstated,”
You Haven’t Taught Until They Have Learned,
“The way I look at it, everybody’s life is a bowl of whipped cream and shit, and my job is to even things out,” he said. “If a kid’s got a lot of shit in his life, I’m going to stir in some whipped cream. If a kid’s life is pure whipped cream, then I’m going to stir in some shit.”
“I flat-out love coaching,” he said toward the end. “There’s something there that’s real. You get your hands on it, and you can make somebody better than they were. That’s one hell of a feeling.”