Coaching Quotes - Page 3

• 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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• 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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• Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

  John Wooden

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "This Speech Was Given Before The #4Women4AllWomen Run" by Powdered Feet, womensrunning.competitor.com. January 25, 2017.

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• Professional/personal coaching addresses the whole person - with an emphasis on producing action and uncovering learning that can lead to more fulfillment, more balance, and a more effective process for living.

  Laura Whitworth

  Balance, Addresses, Action

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• Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Motivational, Courage, Regret

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• Failure is good. It's fertilizer. Everything I've learned about coaching I've learned from making mistakes.

  Rick Pitino

  Basketball, Mistake, Best Coaches

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• What makes a good coach? Complete dedication.

  George Halas

  Basketball, Football, Commitment

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• Happiness begins where selfishness ends.

  John Wooden

  Motivational, Basketball, Ucla

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• Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Motivational Sports, Character

  Andrew Hill, John Wooden (2002). “Be Quick - But Don't Hurry: Finding Success in the Teachings of a Lifetime”, p.114, Simon and Schuster

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• It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Motivational Sports, Courage

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

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• Be quick, but don't hurry.

  John Wooden

  Life, Motivational, Inspiring

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

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• Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  "Full Text of Governor Ikpeazu’s Inaugural Speech". dailypost.ng. May 30, 2015.

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• It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

  John Wooden

  Motivational, Inspiring, Graduation

  John Wooden (2013). “Quotes from Coach John Wooden: Winning with Principle”, p.160, B&H Publishing Group

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• A coach's greatest asset is his sense of responsibility - the reliance placed on him by his players.

  Knute Rockne

  Motivational, Responsibility, Player

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• The better conditioned team will probably win in the long run.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Running, Team

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• Never be possessive. If a female friend lets on that she is going out with another man, be kind and understanding. If she says she would like to go out with the Dallas Cowboys, including the coaching staff, the same rule applies.

  Bruce Jay Friedman

  Cowboy, Men, Understanding

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• The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Basketball

  Vince Lombardi (2012). “What it Takes to be Number One”, p.70, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• I absolutely believe that people, unless coached, never reach their maximum potential.

  Robert Nardelli

  Inspirational, Teamwork, Believe

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  Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.

  John Wooden

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  "The Wizard's wisdom: 'Woodenisms'", www.espn.com. June 4, 2010.

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• Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.

  William Arthur Ward

  Motivational, Sports, Determination

  William Arthur Ward (1968). “Thoughts of a Christian Optimist: The Words of William Arthur Ward”

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• If I miss coaching that much, I could go to some little school where they didn't recruit, where all the kids wanted to go. I believe I could find somewhere to coach.

  Bear Bryant

  Believe, School, Kids

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• We didn't lose the game; we just ran out of time.

  Vince Lombardi

  Sarcastic, Sports, Football

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• The secret to winning is constant, consistent management.

  Tom Landry

  Motivational, Teamwork, Winning

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• You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.

  John Wooden

  Inspirational, Basketball, Motivational Sports

  "The Wizard's wisdom: 'Woodenisms'", www.espn.com. June 4, 2010.

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• It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.

  Vince Lombardi

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Vince Lombardi, Jr. (2012). “What It Takes to Be Number One”, p.31, Thomas Nelson Inc

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