Inspirational Coaching Quotes

• One man cannot make a team.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Motivational, Basketball, Sports

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• A good coach will make his players see what they can be rather than what they are.

  Ara Parseghian

  Motivational, Sports, Teamwork

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• Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.

  W. H. Murray

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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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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• The coach should be the absolute boss, but he still should maintain an open mind.

  Red Auerbach

  Basketball, Sports, Boss

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• Winning is about having the whole team on the same page.

  Bill Walton

  Motivational, Basketball, Sports

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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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• There is no such thing as life in-between.

  Pat Riley

  Motivational, Basketball, Sports

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

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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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• 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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• Coaches have to watch for what they don't want to see and listen to what they don't want to hear.

  John Madden

  Success, Sports, Teamwork

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• If you don t know where you are, a map won't help.

  Watts Humphrey

  Baseball, Goals Dreams, Yankees

  Watts S. Humphrey (1989). “Managing the Software Process”, Addison-Wesley Professional

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• Be The Peace You Wish To See In The World!

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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  If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.

  Yogi Berra

  Inspirational, Funny, Success

  "Yogi Berra, baseball Hall of Famer and New York Yankees catcher, dies at 90" by Alan Evans, www.theguardian.com. September 23, 2015.

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• It's hard to get lost if you don't know where you're going.

  Jim Jarmusch

  Baseball, Funny Motivational, Goals Dreams

  "His Films, His Way: Jim Jarmusch Is Still Figuring Out How to Do It". Interview with Marc Savlov, www.austinchronicle.com. October 20, 2000.

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• A person really doesn't become whole, until he becomes a part of something that's bigger than himself.

  Jim Valvano

  Motivational, Basketball, Sports

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• You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• I think everyone should experience defeat at least once during their career. You learn a lot from it.

  Lou Holtz

  Motivational, Basketball, Sports

  Lou Holtz (1990). “The Fighting Spirit: A Championship Season at Notre Dame”

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• If you don't know where you are currently standing, you're dead.

  Samuel Beckett

  Baseball, Goals Dreams, Yankees

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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 are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone and as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give others permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

  Marianne Williamson

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Marianne Williamson (2012). “A Course in Weight Loss: 21 Spiritual Lessons for Surrendering Your Weight Forever”, p.230, Hay House, Inc

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• Sometimes you learn more from losing than winning. Losing forces you to reexamine.

  Pat Summitt

  Basketball, Winning, Coaching

  Pat Summitt (1999). “Reach for the Summit”, p.194, Crown Business

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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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