Coaching Quotes - Page 8

• Well my thoughts on American swimming are that our prospects look favorable, but we may not have as strong a showing in the gold medal count as in previous Olympics. But I am not coaching

  Mark Spitz

  Sports, Strong, Swimming

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• Young people need models, not critics.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Youth Of Today, Nba

  John Wooden, Jack Tobin, Bill Walton (2004). “They Call Me Coach”, McGraw Hill Professional

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• The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what he must be. He must walk a tightrope between the consent he must win and the control he must exert.

  Vince Lombardi

  Motivational, Leadership, Sports

  Vince Lombardi (2003). “What It Takes to Be #1 : Vince Lombardi on Leaders: Vince Lombardi on Leadership”, p.38, McGraw Hill Professional

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• Pray for guidance and give thanks for your blessings everyday.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Blessing, Ucla

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• Build shelter against a rainy day.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Rainy Day, Nba

  John Wooden, Steve Jamison (2004). “My Personal Best: Life Lessons from an All-American Journey”, p.18, McGraw Hill Professional

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• The will is transformed by experience, not information.

  Dallas Willard

  Information, Transformed

  Dallas Willard (2014). “Living in Christ's Presence: Final Words on Heaven and the Kingdom of God”, p.56, InterVarsity Press

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• I've never felt my job was to win basketball games - rather, that the essence of my job as a coach was to do everything I could to give my players the background necessary to succeed in life.

  Bobby Knight

  Basketball, Jobs, Winning

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• One of the great misconceptions about spiritual growth that develops in a lot of churches is that information alone is adequate to produce transformed human beings. So if we want to have a church of spiritually mature people, let's just keep cramming more and more information into them... Information alone is not adequate for the transformation of the human personality.

  John Ortberg

  Spiritual, People, Personality

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• If you are pleased with what you are, you have stopped already. If you say, "It is enough," you are lost. Keep on walking, moving forward, trying for the goal.

  Saint Augustine

  Moving, Goal, Trying

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• People don't choose their calling, it chooses them.

  Richard Leider

  People, Calling

  Richard J. Leider (2008). “Repacking Your Bags: Lighten Your Load for the Rest of Your Life: Easyread Super Large 24pt Edition”, p.211, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• I'll bet most of the companies that are in life-or-death battles got into that kind of trouble because they didn't pay enough attention to developing their leaders.

  D. Wayne Calloway

  Leader, Battle, Attention

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• Success isn't measured by money or power or social rank. Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace.

  Mike Ditka

  Motivational, Success, Congratulations

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• When I was a young coach I used to say, "Treat everybody alike." That's bull. Treat everybody fairly.

  Bear Bryant

  Bulls, Used, Treats

  Paul Bear Bryant, John Underwood (2007). “Bear: The Hard Life and Good Times of Alabama's Coach Bryant”, p.235, Triumph Books

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• When people ask me now if I miss coaching UCLA basketball games, the national championships, the attention, the trophies, and everything that goes with them, I tell them this: I miss the practices.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Ucla, Practice

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  There are three types of baseball players: Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen and those who wonder what happens.

  Tommy Lasorda

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.

  Vince Lombardi

  Sports, Respect, Football

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• The trick is growing up without growing old.

  Casey Stengel

  Motivational, Growing Up, Inspiration

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• You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.

  John Wooden

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Fellowship of Christian Athletes, John Wooden (2010). “The Greatest Coach Ever: Timeless Wisdom and Insights of John Wooden”, p.101, Gospel Light Publications

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  The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

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• Never mistake activity for achievement.

  John Wooden

  Inspirational, Basketball, Motivational Sports

  John Wooden (1997). “Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court”, p.8, McGraw Hill Professional

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• Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

  Vince Lombardi, George L. Flynn (1973). “Vince Lombardi on football”

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• Great teamwork is the only way we create the breakthroughs that define our careers.

  Pat Riley

  Basketball, Teamwork, Motivational Sports

  Pat Riley (1993). “Winner Within Success”, Putnam Publishing Group

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• A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Vince Lombardi (2012). “What it Takes to be Number One”, p.42, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm.

  Vince Lombardi

  Motivational, Positive, Graduation

  Vince Lombardi (2012). “What it Takes to be Number One”, p.92, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Believe

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