If we, as coaches, aren't teachers, we are nothing
A coach has to worry not so much about creating motivation, esprit de corps, as about destroying it. The true competitor has it; he wouldn't be a star if he didn't. So you have to mold all these egos together and make sure in your selection of people that you don't destroy the feeling of togetherness or morale, because it is a fragile thing.
Coaches should realize that the only way to conquer drudgery is by getting through it as efficiently as they can. A dull job slackly done becomes twice as dull, whereas a dull job performed as efficiently as possible becomes half as dull. Effort appears to be the main art of living.
Changing from a player to a coach, I felt like a mosquito in a nudist colony. I didn't know where to begin.
The trouble with most coaches is that they start with the assumption that everybody is a turd. And that ain't right.
Coaches must be flexible, for then they won't get bent out of shape.
I said, 'You missed practice yesterday didn't you?' The player replied, 'No coach, not a bit.'
Conservative coaches have one thing in common; they are unemployed.
A coach must sometimes see players with his heart, and hear them with his eyes.
I am here to give my players the little push they need, just like they needed long ago, when first learning the art of the swing. All you needed then was a little push, and quickly you were pumping away, flying higher and higher, without any more help from the 'coach.'
Winning isn't worthwhile unless one has something finer and nobler behind it. When I reach the soul of one of my boys with an idea, or ideal, or vision, then I have done my job as a coach.
The wise coach takes all the heat when his players lose, and gives them all the credit when they win.
The pessimistic coach complains about the play. The optimistic coach expects it to change. The realistic coach adjusts what he can control.
My general rule, which I have followed throughout my coaching career, is that everyone doesn't necessarily get treated the same way, because I'm not sure that's possible. But everyone has to be treated fairly. Moreover, they have to know and trust that they will be treated fairly. Dennis Green, NFL Coach There's nothing worse than the feeling of wishing you had another chance at a play because you weren't ready. Every athlete has those feelings to mull over, and over, and over... Don't even expose yourself to the possibility of being caught off-guard.
Bill Walton, UH Volleyball coach, after his player kept looking at him on the bench every time the ball hit the floor...Next time you look at me I'll put you on the bench where you can see me better. My basic principle is that you don't make decisions because they are easy; you don't make them because they are cheap; you don't make them because they are popular. You make them because they are right.
The word coach comes from the old English word coach, which was a vehicle, a carriage that took royalty or very important people from where they were to where they wanted to go. That's really what a coach is. He or she tries to create a vehicle that will help you get where you're going, not where the coach wants you to go.
I've always envied the kind of coach who could go completely out of his mind and nobody would know the difference.
No athletic director holds office longer than two losing football coaches.
A coach is someone who always makes you do what you don't want to do, so you can be who you've always wanted to be.
My job is to teach them to believe they could perform better than they realize. Great coaches teach athletes to go beyond the barriers.
I've swum for my country, I've swum for my coaches and my schools and my teams. I decided this time I was going to swim for myself.
One of the most important qualities for any young athlete is the ability to believe in oneself. If you have confidence in yourself, in your teammates and your coach, you will succeed.
If there is something a coach might wish to see changed in a player or team, the first place to check and see if it could not be done better is in yourself.
The only reason these kids keep score in these games is for the parents and coaches satisfaction. Who cares? They're 10 years old.
I’ve never seen a better coach than Gregg Popovich.
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