Coaching Quotes - Page 9

• But with the right kind of coaching and determination you can accomplish anything and the biggest accomplishment that I feel I got from the film was overcoming that fear.

  Reese Witherspoon

  Determination, Accomplishment, Overcoming

  "Walk The Line - Reese Witherspoon interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• Dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Hard work is the price we must pay for success. I think you can accomplish anything if you're willing to pay the price.

  Vince Lombardi

  Motivational, Success, Football

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• Since the season ended, I've let things settle down, and I have to talk to the coaching staff and management. I really don't want to turn this into a big drama. So I plan on making a definite decision relatively quickly.

  Steve Yzerman

  Sports, Drama, Decision

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• I think I've got an outstanding defensive assistant staff that's really going to help us have consistent, strong defenses. And offensively, we have an excellent staff. We've got some younger guys on offense, but that's what I coach and have my entire coaching career.

  Steve Spurrier

  Sports, Strong, Thinking

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• I was still enjoying coaching, but there was a repetitious manner about it.

  Darrell Royal

  Sports, Enjoy, Stills

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• Winners never quit and quitters never win.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Positive, Moving On

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• Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.

  Casey Stengel

  Motivational, Teamwork, Baseball

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• I asked a ref if he could give me a technical foul for thinking bad things about him. He said, of course not. I said, well, I think you stink. And he gave me a technical. You can't trust em.

  Jim Valvano

  Trust, Basketball, Motivational Sports

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• Obviously I was disappointed when it fell into disuse, because it was my own track named after me, but I am sure all those youngsters we lost will be coming back, and I certainly intend to be down here as much as I can, coaching and advising.

  Linford Christie

  Athlete, Track, Lost

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• Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Success, Softball

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• The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.

  Henry A. Kissinger

  Leadership, Motivation, People

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• Discipline is the foundation upon which all success is built. Lack of discipline inevitably leads to failure.

  Jim Rohn

  Inspirational, Discipline, Foundation

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Dec 11, 2016

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• Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

  Voltaire

  Wisdom, Clever, Men

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• And I would be the first to admit that probably, in a lot of press conferences over the time that I have been in coaching, indulging my own sense of humor at press conferences has not been greatly to my benefit.

  Bobby Knight

  Inspirational, Basketball, Teamwork

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  The secret is to work less as individuals and more as a team. As a coach, I play not my eleven best, but my best eleven.

  Knute Rockne

  Motivational, Teamwork, Play

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• College coaches measure success in championships. High School coaches measure success to titles. Youth coaches measure success in smiles.

  Paul McAllister

  School, College, Titles

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• The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.
  People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the problems of modern society.
  Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.

  Vince Lombardi

  Teamwork, Football, Commitment

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• Football isn't a contact sport, it's a collision sport.

  Duffy Daugherty

  Sports, Football, Nfl Players

  Quoted in L.A. Times, 5 Oct. 1963

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• Every season is a journey. Every journey is a lifetime.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Sports, Journey

  Mike Krzyzewski, Donald T. Phillips (2010). “Leading with the Heart: Coach K's Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business, and Life”, p.52, Hachette UK

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• People want to be on a team. They want to be part of something bigger than themselves. They want to be in a situation where they feel that they are doing something for the greater good.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Volleyball, Team

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• The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That's real glory. That's the essence of it.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Running, Volleyball

  "El Guerrouj digs deep for long-awaited gold" by Duncan Mackay, www.theguardian.com. August 24, 2004.

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• If you burn your neighbors house down, it doesn't make your house look any better.

  Lou Holtz

  Sports, Football, Volleyball

  Twitter post from Aug 24, 2011

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• A common mistake among those who work in sport is spending a disproportional amount of time on "x's and o's" as compared to time spent learning about people.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Sports, Volleyball

  Mike Krzyzewski, Jamie K. Spatola (2006). “Beyond Basketball: Coach K's Keywords for Success”, p.32, Hachette UK

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• A player who makes a team great is better than a great player.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Sports, Teamwork

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• If you think you can't, you're right.

  Carol Bartz

  Inspirational, Positive, Smart

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