For the last month, Smith has been preaching patience, while promising to revamp his defense.

Al Mitchell, his trainer and manager, has been preaching patience.

I have heard you preach patience and courage to your victims.

Another approach might have been simply to preach patience, to seek time for his initiatives to take root.

Weary, to look at him, was no longer in the mood to preach patience and a turning of the other cheek.

Cooke didn't listen to the people who preached patience.

Thomas was both preaching patience and indicating that he might not be patient too long with Chaney.

George Steinbrenner, of all people, is suddenly preaching patience.

He preached patience and said, "There will be no immediate gratification."

We're preaching patience, but you don't win eight in a row very often in this league.