Randy Pausch Quotes About Coaches

Quotes about: Coaches

• There's a lot of talk these days about giving children self-esteem. It's not something you can give; it's something they have to build. Coach Graham worked in a no-coddling zone. Self-esteem? He knew there was really only one way to teach kids how to develop it: You give them something they can't do, they work hard until they find they can do it, and you just keep repeating the process.

  Randy Pausch

  Children, Self Esteem, Hard Work

  "The Last Lecture". Book by Jeffrey Zaslow and Randy Pausch, 2008.

• Coach Graham rode you pretty hard, didn't he?" he said. I could barely muster a "yeah." That's a good thing," the assistant told me. When you're screwing up and nobody says anything to you anymore, it means they've given up on you.

  Randy Pausch

  Mean, Say Anything, Assistants

  Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow (2008). “The last lecture”, Hyperion Books

• educators best serve students by helping them be more self-reflective. The only way any of us can improve—as Coach Graham taught me—is if we develop a real ability to assess ourselves. If we can’t accurately do that, how can we tell if we’re getting better or worse?

  Randy Pausch

  Real, Self, Get Better

  Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow (2008). “The last lecture”, Hyperion Books

• A coach yells at the kid he thinks can improve but the coach will not yell at the kid who he/she knows won't.

  Randy Pausch

  Kids, Thinking, Coaches

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