Coaching Quotes - Page 12

• You must have respect, which is a part of love, for those under your supervision. Then they will do what you ask and more.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Nba, Supervision

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• My responsibility is leadership, and the minute I get negative, that is going to have an influence on my team.

  Don Shula

  Sports, Volleyball, Team

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• Winning is about having the whole team on the same page.

  Bill Walton

  Motivational, Basketball, Sports

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• A successful coach is one who is still coaching.

  Ben Schwartzwalder

  Sports, Successful, Coaches

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• As always I am focused on training and coaching my team.

  Rafael Benitez

  Team, Training, Focused

  "No more excuses: the buck stops with Rafael Benítez" by Rob Bagchi, www.theguardian.com. August 10, 2009.

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• In 1948, I began coaching basketball at UCLA. Each hour of practice we worked very hard. Each day we worked very hard. Each week we worked very hard. Each season we worked very hard. Four fourteen years we worked very hard and didn't win a national championship. However, a national championship was won in the fifteenth year. Another in the sixteenth. And eight more in the following ten years.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Winning, Eight

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• Do passing drills that come from your offense.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Passing, Offense

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• Remember this. Bear Bryant retired at age 69, and he died 28 days after he stopped coaching. If you don't have something, and a purpose in your life, you're gonna die.

  Lou Holtz

  Age, Bears, Purpose

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• I'm a Christian first. I'm a family guy second. As much as I like coaching, as much as I like basketball, it's third, fourth, or fifth down the line.

  Steve Alford

  Basketball, Christian, Family Guy

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• But there's one thing about quitters you have to guard against - they are contagious. If one boy goes, the chances are he'll take somebody with him, and you don't want that. So when they would start acting that way, I used to pack them up and get them out, or embarrass them, or do something to turn them around.

  Bear Bryant

  Leadership, Basketball, Believe

  Paul Bear Bryant, John Underwood (2007). “Bear: The Hard Life and Good Times of Alabama's Coach Bryant”, p.76, Triumph Books

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• Losing is only temporary and not encompassing. You must simply study it, learn from it, and try hard not to lose the same way again. Then you must have the self-control to forget about it.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Self, Trying

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• I went to many coaching clinics, talked to other coaches, read articles, books, etc. Anything I could do that would help me prepare to be the best coach possible. Fortunately, the coaches I had as a player were good men and were excellent role models in setting priorities and relating to the team members and coaching staff.

  LaVell Edwards

  Team, Book, Player

  Source: universe.byu.edu

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• Teamwork is not a preference, it is a requirement.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Teamwork, Nba

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• For most of the projects I've worked on, I've been entrusted with some degree of musical responsibility, even if it's just like coaching for vocals and stuff.

  J. Robbins

  Responsibility, Musical, Degrees

  "Burning Airlines". Interview with Camilo Arturo Leslie, pitchfork.com. February 1, 2001.

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• We may not be the best conditioned team in the country, but our players think they are.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Country, Team

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• The greatest ally you have to get things working well and the players performing as a team is the bench. Don't be afraid to use it, either for the star player or anyone else.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Stars, Team

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• Loyalty is a cohesive force that forges individuals into a team.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Loyalty, Team

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• I didn't know that I'd like it this much, coaching both boys and... seeing how excited they are to play hockey. It reminds you of when you were that age and you wanted to be out on the ice.

  Joe Sakic

  Hockey, Boys, Nhl

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• I am not a strategic coach; I am a practice coach.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Practice, Coaches

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• Morale and attitude are the fundamentals to success.

  Bud Wilkinson

  Basketball, Attitude, Fundamentals

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• Habits are critical for players. They cannot think and play well at the same time.

  Don Meyer

  Motivational, Sports, Player

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• Play against the Game, not your opponent.

  Bud Wilkinson

  Basketball, Games, Play

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• I learned early that if I wanted to achieve anything in life, I'd have to do it myself. I learned that I had to be accountable.

  Lenny Wilkens

  Basketball, Achieve, Wanted

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• Be quick without hurrying.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Basketball Coaching, Hurrying

  Andrew Hill, John Wooden (2002). “Be Quick - But Don't Hurry: Finding Success in the Teachings of a Lifetime”, p.167, Simon and Schuster

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• The key to the fast break is every one running hard for their teammates.

  Paul Westhead

  Basketball, Running, Keys

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