Coaching Quotes - Page 2

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  The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Vince Lombardi (2012). “What it Takes to be Number One”, p.71, Thomas Nelson

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  Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan.

  Tom Landry

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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• A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

  Winston Churchill

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Winston S. Churchill (2013). “Churchill By Himself”, p.1089, RosettaBooks

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  The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.

  Ken Blanchard

  Inspirational, Leadership, Basketball

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• Good coaching may be defined as the development of character, personality and habits of players, plus the teaching of fundamentals and team play.

  Clair Bee

  Team, Teaching, Character

  Clair Bee, Ken Norton (1959). “The science of coaching”

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• People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the problems of modern society.

  Vince Lombardi

  Motivational, Teamwork, Football

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• The greatest accomplishment is not in never failing, but in rising again after you fall.

  Vince Lombardi

  Motivational, Success, Failure

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• Coaching is nothing more than eliminating mistakes before you get fired.

  Lou Holtz

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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• Sooner or later we will come to the edge of all that we can control and find life, waiting there for us.

  Rachel Naomi Remen

  Waiting, Sooner Or Later, Edges

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• A coach, on the other hand [when compared to counseling], helps us assess the present so that we can operate more effectively in the future.

  Andy Stanley

  Hands, Helping, Counseling

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• As the leader, part of the job is to be visible and willing to communicate with everyone

  Bill Walsh

  Jobs, Leader, Communicate

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• If one is true to one's inner self, and follows its wisdom, who is without a teacher?

  Zhuangzi

  Teacher, Self, Ifs

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• I think the most important thing about coaching is that you have to have a sense of confidence about what you're doing.

  Phil Jackson

  Thinking, Important, Basketball Motivation

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• There is no need for me continuing unless I'm able to improve.

  Knute Rockne

  Motivational, Sports, Nfl

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• You can never be fit enough for this game.

  Anson Dorrance

  Motivational, Games, Fit

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• If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges.

  Pat Riley

  Positive, Basketball, Motivational Sports

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• I won't accept anything less than the best a player's capable of doing... and he has the right to expect the best that I can do for him and the team!

  Lou Holtz

  Motivational, Sports, Team

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• You don't win with X's and O's. What you win with is people.

  Joe Gibbs

  Winning, People

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• Giving yourself permission to lose guarantees a loss.

  Pat Riley

  Basketball, Motivational Sports, Loss

  Pat Riley (1993). “The winner within: a life plan for team players”, Putnam Adult

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• If you can't imitate him, don't copy him.

  Yogi Berra

  Motivational, Magic, Copying

  Yogi Berra (2010). “What Time Is It? You Mean Now?: Advice for Life from the Zennest Master of Them All”, p.5, Simon and Schuster

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• Win or lose, do it fairly.

  Knute Rockne

  Motivational Sports, Winning, Nfl

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• That which dominates our imagination and our thoughts will determine our life and character.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Character, Imagination, Determine

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• At Boston University, I motivated negatively, and I found that although it can work at first, by the end of the year everyone is dying for the year to end and you have lost them. The last two years at BU, I motivated positively and got much better results.

  Rick Pitino

  Basketball, Boston, Years

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• Every start on an untrodden path is a venture which only in unusual circumstances looks sensible and likely to succeed.

  Albert Schweitzer

  Motivational, Looks, Venture

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• To be the best next-generation leader you can be, you must enlist the help of others. Self-evaluation is helpful, but evaluation from someone else is essential. You need a leadership coach. Coaching enables a leader to go further faster.

  Andy Stanley

  Self, Leader, Essentials

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