Inspirational Coaching Quotes

If what you have done yesterday still looks big to you. You haven't done much today.

Mikhail Gorbachev

Basketball, Running, Yesterday

Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev, Green Cross International (2011). “Mikhail Gorbachev: Prophet of Change : from the Cold War to a Sustainable World”, p.322, CLAIRVIEW BOOKS

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I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.

Arnold Palmer

Sports, Perseverance, Determination

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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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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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Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

John Wooden

Inspirational, Success, Basketball

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

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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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I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

"Nike Culture : The Sign of the Swoosh". Book by Robert Goldman, Stephen Papson (p. 49), 1998.

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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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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

Will Durant

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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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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What to do with a mistake: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.

Dean Smith

Inspiring, Basketball, Sports

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The secret of winning is working more as a team, less as individuals.

Knute Rockne

Basketball, Team, Winning

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Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off your goals.

Brian Tracy

Inspirational, Motivational, Eye

Brian Tracy, Azim Jamal (2016). “What You Seek Is Seeking You”, p.139, Jaico Publishing House

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The best revenge is the massive success.

Frank Sinatra

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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Other people go to the office. I get to coach. I know I've been blessed.

Jim Valvano

Basketball, Motivational Sports, Blessed

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One man cannot make a team.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Motivational, Basketball, Sports

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Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

John Wooden

Basketball, Beautiful, God

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Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

Lou Holtz

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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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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Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.

John Wooden

Inspirational, Life, Change

John Wooden (2013). “Quotes from Coach John Wooden: Winning with Principle”, p.102, B&H Publishing Group

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You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.

Lou Holtz

Motivational, Basketball, Football

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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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Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.

Winston Churchill

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.

Henry Ford

Inspirational, Success, Leadership

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