Competition is key to developing players. The only practice environment in which you truly develop a player is a competitive arena.
Every game is an opportunity to measure yourself against your own potential.
I’m stuck babysitting turtle eggs while a volleyball player slash grease monkey slash aquarium volunteer tries to hit on me.” I’m not hitting on you,” he protested. No?” Believe me, you’d know if I was hitting on you. You wouldn’t be able to stop yourself from succumbing to my charms.
I used to go over to Gene Kelly's house and play volleyball, and Paul Newman and Marlon Brando were always there. You kind of took it for granted because I was 20, 21, 22, and they were a bit older - well, Gene certainly was. But it was just part of daily living. They were in the same profession, and you didn't think that much about it.
I don't look at myself as a basketball coach. I look at myself as a leader who happens to coach basketball.
Do you believe in miracles?
You can't just beat a team, you have to leave a lasting impression in their minds so they never want to see you again.
Volleyball, I could be pretty good. After a few practices I could be that striker, or whatever they call it.
I'm not just a model who plays volleyball, or a volleyball player who supports herself modeling. I'm a female athlete personality.
The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.
Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. If you're in control, they're in control.
When a great team loses through complacency, it will constantly search for new and more intricate explanations to explain away defeat.
Great effort springs naturally from great attitude.
Management must speak with one voice. When it doesn't management itself becomes a peripheral opponent to the team's mission.
No matter how far life pushes you down, no matter how much you hurt, you can always bounce back.
The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.
I've never predicted anything. All I have ever said is, that we will do the very best we can.
Leadership is based on a spiritual quality; the power to inspire, the power to inspire others to follow
People who live in the past generally are afraid to compete in the present. I've got my faults, but living in the past is not one of them. There's no future in it.
Communication does not always occur naturally, even among a tight-knit group of individuals. Communication must be taught and practiced in order to bring everyone together as one
When a leader takes responsibility for his own actions and mistakes, he not only sets a good example, he shows a healthy respect for people on his team
You have to work hard at staying in contact with your friends so that the relationships will continue and live on... Friendships, along with love, make life worth living.
In leadership, there are no words more important than trust. In any organization, trust must be developed among every member of the team if success is going to be achieved
When you cleanse yourself of a big victory, you may open yourself up to the opportunity for an even bigger victory
It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.
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