Best Coaching Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings Page 23

Source: Against the Grain: A Coach's Wisdom on Character, Faith, Family, and Love

“The first thing any coaching staff must do is weed out selfishness. No program can be successful with players who put themselves ahead of the team.”

Firsts Successful Player Team Program Selfishness Coaching Being Successful Weed Staff Coaching Staff

Book:You can go home again

Source: You can go home again

“Coaching third with a pitcher on base is like being a member of a bomb disposal squad. The thing could blow up in your face at any moment.”

Moments Faces Members Thirds Blow Coaching Bombs Your Face Pitcher Squad

Author:Rocky Bridges

“One of the main coaching points I've heard throughout my entire life is, 'How you respond to difficult situations defines your character,' and I think it's a good saying. I also think it applies to more than just the players.”

Thinking Character Life Is Difficult Situation Player Heard Coaching Difficult Situations

Author:Chris Kluwe

“Coaching and teaching are two different things. The coaching never turned me on that much, but I always enjoyed the teaching, the practice sessions.”

Two Different Practice Teaching Enjoyed Coaching Different Things Session Two Different Things

Author:Pete Newell

“We have been so impressed with the Pocket Radar that it has become the only radar gun we use for coaching and scouting.”

Has Beens Use Gun Coaching Pockets Impressed Radar Scouting

Author:Mike Candrea

“I define coaching as launching the salesperson on a voyage of discovery by asking questions.”

Discovery Asking Coaching Voyages Asking Questions Launching Salesperson Voyages Of Discovery

Author:Chris Lytle

“Coaching is not a natural way of life. Your victories and losses are too clear cut.”

Way Natural Loss Clear Cutting Football Victory Gratitude Coaching

Author:Tommy Prothro

“A good coach is postive. Your job when coaching is not correcting mistakes, finding fault, and assessing blame. Instead, your function is achieving goals by coaching your staff to peak performance. Focusing on the positive means that you start with what's good and what works, and spend your attention and energy there.”

“My final coaching point of the day: It's my contention that in any given moment one lives one's life in one of two ways, either under a threat or for a challenge. In performing when it counts, it's one or the other, under a threat or for a challenge. If, as Einstein says, "Imagination will take you everywhere," then living your life under a threat will take you nowhere.”

Ifs Way Inspirational Two Moments Given Imagination Challenges Threat Finals Performing Coaching Graduation Live Your Life Two Ways Contention

Author:Jim Steen

“I lost money, coaching jobs, a shot at the Hall of Fame. But when you weigh that against all the things that are really and truly important, things that are deep inside you, then I think I've succeeded.”

Thinking Important Jobs Lost Fame Shots Important Things Coaching Halls Deep Inside Hall Of Fame Lost Money

Author:Curt Flood

“As a player, I was fortunate to work with coaching and medical staffs that underscored the importance of utilizing injury prevention exercises, which contributed to my healthy and long playing career.”

Long Careers Player Exercise Healthy Importance Medical Fortunate Coaching Injury Prevention Utilizing

Author:Cobi Jones

“Coaching is like flying an airplane, there is going to be a lot of turbulence, but your job is to land the plane safely.”

Jobs Land Flying Planes Coaching Airplane Turbulence

Author:Chuck Daly

“When I first started coaching, one of the worst things that I think I heard was 'It will be O.K.' I would wonder, 'How the hell is it going to be O.K.?' The worst word in the English language is 'hope.'”

Thinking Firsts Language Wonder Hell Heard Worst Coaching Worst Things English Language

Author:Bobby Knight

“We've gotten into this situation where integrity is really lacking and that's why I'm glad I'm not coaching. You see we've got a coach at Kentucky who put two schools on probation and he's still coaching. I really don't understand that.”

Stills Two School Situation Integrity Coaches Glad Coaching Lacking Kentucky Probation

Author:Bobby Knight

“It was a strange season coaching under that new [Alderson] regime. I felt like I was watching the deterioration of the Mets organization. They seemed to have no identity. My concern was that the character of the players they were looking for superseded the talent they brought to the table. Character on a team is important, but you've got to have the horses to win.”

Important Character Winning Felt Player Team Talent Identity Strange Mets Concern Organization Seasons Horse Tables Coaching Regimes Deterioration

Author:Mookie Wilson

“If I hadn't had mentors, I wouldn't be here today. I'm a product of great mentoring, great coaching... Coaches or mentors are very important. They could be anyone-your husband, other family members, or your boss.”

Ifs Important Today Products Husband Members Coaches Coaching Great Men Boss Mentor Family Members Mentoring Your Husband Great Coaching

Author:Indra Nooyi

“Profound responsibilities come with teaching and coaching. You can do so much good–or harm. It’s why I believe that next to parenting, teaching and coaching are the two most important professions in the world.”

World Believe Two Important Next I Believe Can Do Responsibility Teaching Profound Harm Profession Coaching

Author:John Wooden

“Knowledge is not enough to get desired results. You must have the more elusive ability to teach and to motivate. This defines a leader; if you can't teach and you can't motivate, you can't lead.”

Ifs Enough Ability Results Leader Teach Basketball Coaching Nba Elusive

Author:John Wooden

“Motivating through fear may work in the short term to get people to do something, but over the long run I believe personal pride is a much greater motivator. It produces far better results that last for a much longer time.”

People Believe May Long Running Lasts I Believe Term Results Greater Produce Pride Basketball Coaching Nba Long Runs Short Term Personal Pride

Author:John Wooden

“The team with the most talent usually wins.”

Winning Team Talent Basketball Coaching Nba

Author:John Wooden

“Perfection is impossibility but striving for perfection is not. Do the best you can. That is what counts.”

Basketball Perfection Strive Coaching Nba Impossibility Do The Best Striving For Perfection

Author:John Wooden

“Winning games, titles and championships isn't all it's cracked up to be, but getting there, the journey, is a lot more than it's cracked up to be.”

Games Winning Journey Basketball Titles Coaching Nba Championship Cracked Winning Games

Author:John Wooden

“Big things are accomplished only through the perfection of minor details.”

Bigs Perfection Details Coaching Accomplished Minors Big Things Mentoring

Author:John Wooden

“Over-coaching can be more harmful than under-coaching. Keep it simple!”

Simple Coaching Keep It Simple

Author:John Wooden

“When I was coaching I always considered myself a teacher. Teachers tend to follow the laws of learning better than coaches who do not have any teaching background. A coach is nothing more than a teacher. I used to encourage anyone who wanted to coach to get a degree in teaching so they could apply those principles to athletics.”

Wanted Law Used Sports Principles Teacher Teaching Degrees Coaches Backgrounds Coaching Athletics

Author:John Wooden

“I am very honest with them - with an understanding that I'm doing them a disservice if I'm not telling them what I see. At the same time trying to remember that they're people and they're children and you know they are going to have off days and that's something that I feel like I've had to work on as I've gone down the coaching route.”

People Ifs Knows Feels Trying Children Remember Understanding Gone Honest Coaching Routes Disservice

Author:Kim Zmeskal

“A coach can't be concerned with the poor ballplayer. If the player can't make it, he's got to be out right away. It's a very tough aspect of coaching, and in this aspect I was weak. Also, some guys get fat on coaching, they get healthy and strong, but other guys get ulcers.”

Ifs Guy Strong Poor Player Healthy Tough Concerned Aspect Weak Coaches Fats Coaching Other Guys Ulcers

Author:John McNally

“Players suffer coaching changes all the time; it's life in the NFL.”

Suffering Player Football Nfl Coaching

Author:Michael Wilbon

“In 2005, a man diagnosed with multiple myeloma asked me if he would be alive to watch his daughter graduate from high school in a few months. In 2009, bound to a wheelchair, he watched his daughter graduate from college. The wheelchair had nothing to do with his cancer. The man had fallen down while coaching his youngest son's baseball team.”

Source: The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

“I always stressed that I didn't have coaching experience, but that I did have a deadline: June 9.”

Coaching June Stressed Deadline Stressed Out

Author:Jurgen Klinsmann

“At the same time, it makes me feel like I have to prove myself to the new guys coming in as well as prove myself to the coaching staff, which is a good bit of motivation for me.”

Feels Wells Motivational Motivation Guy Bits Sports Prove Coaching Staff Prove Myself Coaching Staff

Author:Michael Strahan

“Building awareness and responsibility is the essence of good coaching.”

Responsibility Awareness Building Essence Coaching Good Coaching

Book:Coaching for Performance: GROWing Human Potential and Purpose: The Principles and Practice of Coaching and Leadership

Source: Coaching for Performance: GROWing Human Potential and Purpose: The Principles and Practice of Coaching and Leadership

“People need to know that by donating, coaching, and just lending support, anyone can become part of the wonderful global family.”

People Knows Needs Support Wonderful Coaching Lending

Author:Bill Toomey

“Success isn't measured by money or power or social rank. Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace.”

Motivational Success Social Discipline Inner Peace Coaching Motivational Sports Congratulations Success Is Measured Success Is Measured By

Author:Mike Ditka

“Before you can win, you have to believe you are worthy.”

Inspirational Believe Motivational Winning Football Worthy Coaching Motivational Sports Monday You Can Win Motivation To Win

Author:Mike Ditka

“You will never maximize your potential in any area without coaching. It is impossible. You may be good. You may even be better than everyone else. But without outside input you will never be as good as you could be.”

May Impossible Areas Be Good Coaching Input

Book:Next Generation Leader

Source: Next Generation Leader

“Good coaching is good teaching and nothing else.”

Teaching Coaching Good Teaching Good Coaching

Book:My Losing Season

Source: My Losing Season

“If you can't get emotional about what you believe in your heart, you're in the wrong business.”

Ifs Believe Heart Emotional Coaching Believe In You Mentoring

Book:What it Takes to be Number One

Source: What it Takes to be Number One

“No matter how bad someone has it, there are others who have it worse. Remembering that makes life a lot easier and allows you to take pleasure in the blessings you have been given.”

Has Beens Matter Remember Given Pleasure Easier Blessing Coaching Mentoring Blessing You

Author:Lou Holtz

“Your neighbors will make judgments about you based on how your lawn and house look, and people who see you passing will judge you based on how clean you keep your car. It's not always fair, but it has always been true. Appearances matter, so make yours a good one.”

People Looks Matter House Car Judging Judgment Fairs Clean Appearance Neighbor Passing Passings Coaching Lawns Mentoring

Author:Lou Holtz

“It's always better to face the truth, no matter how uncomfortable, than to continue coddling a lie.”

Matter Faces Lying Uncomfortable Coaching Mentoring Facing The Truth

Author:Lou Holtz

“Everything we know, we learned from someone else!”

Knows Coaching Mentoring

Author:John Wooden

“I coach hockey players—some of them just happen to be girls. When I’m coaching youth hockey, I put the boys and girls together and they can’t tell the difference. They are just playing hockey.”

Happens Together Girl Differences Boys Player Youth Coaches Coaching Hockey Boy And Girl Hockey Player Playing Hockey

Author:Natalie Darwitz

“I did a few more plays, and then I went to L.A., because I knew I could get a coaching job there.”

Play Jobs Majors Coaching

Author:Lee Majors

“Coaching sets the pace to get the best out of others while giving the best of yourself.”

Giving Coaching Pace

Book:The manager's coaching handbook: a practical guide to improve performance

Source: The manager's coaching handbook: a practical guide to improve performance

“The coaching profession has lost one of its true legends. Though he was best known for winning more football games than any other coach when he retired, Eddie Robinson's impact on coaching and the game of football went far beyond wins and losses. He brought a small school in northern Louisiana from obscurity to nationwide, if not worldwide, acclaim and touched the lives of hundreds and hundreds of young men in his 57 years at Grambling. That will be his greatest legacy.”

“In no other profession does the character and personality of a director play a more vital role in the development of young people than in the coaching of athletics.”

People Doe Play Character Young Roles Personality Development Directors Profession Coaching Athletics

Author:Clair Bee

“I find young kids. I enjoy coaching and enjoy making them better players.”

Kids Young Enjoy Player Coaching

Author:Graham Roberts

“As the field of coaching finds its way to becoming a mature discipline, James Flaherty's dedicated field research, study, and sound articulation offers a definitive ground and a sensibility of genuine care. At the core this book offers a way of thinking about human beings that makes action and practice central to learning. This is a no-nonsense, generous, pragmatic book that belongs on the shelf every coach, novice or veteran.”

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