“Coaches and headmasters praise sport as a preparation for the great game of life, but this is absurd. Nothing could be more different from life. For one thing sports, unlike life, are played according to rules. Indeed, the rules are the sport: life may behave bizarrely and still be life, but if the runner circles the bases clockwise it's no longer baseball.” IfsMayStillsDifferentGamesSportsOne ThingBaseballBasesPraiseCoachesCirclesAbsurdPreparationBehaveRunnersHeadmasters Author:Barbara Holland
“One thing with me, and every goal I've had - in the sport of swimming, my mother didn't know my goals. The only person that knew my goals were my coaches.” KnowsPersonsMotherSportsGoalOne ThingCoachesSwimming Author:Michael Phelps
“One thing you try not to do as a father, as a coach, is pressure your son to do something that you've done. You don't just keep saying, "this is what I've done, this is what I've done." You have to take a little piece at a time.” TryingLittlesDoneFatherPiecesOne ThingSonPressureCoachesYour Son Author:Patrick Willis
“There has never been just 'coach class' health care, but with these amenities you are seeing people get priorities according to your ability to pay. It's one thing to say you get perks; it's another to say you can buy your way to the head of the line.” PeopleWayCareLinesAbilityMoneyPayClassSeeingOne ThingCoachesPrioritiesHealth CarePerksAmenities Author:Arthur Caplan
“Recruiting is the one thing I hate. I won't do it unless my coaches tell me I've just got to. The whole process is kind of undignified for me and the young man.” MenKindWholeYoungHateProcessOne ThingI HateCoachesYoung ManThings I Hate Author:Bear Bryant
“Try not to do too many things at once. Know what you want, the number one thing today and tomorrow. Persevere and get it done.” KnowsWantInspirationalTryingDoneTodayLeadershipNumbersOne ThingTomorrowPerseveranceWhat You WantCoachesPersevereGet It DoneInspirational PerseveranceCoaches MotivationalToday And Tomorrow Book:Strategies for winning: a top coach's game plan for victory in football and in life Source: Strategies for winning: a top coach's game plan for victory in football and in life
“The one thing about players today is that they're very sensitive, and very fragile. They didn't grow up with tough coaches.” TodayGrowsGrowing UpPlayerOne ThingToughCoachesSensitiveFragile Author:Doug Collins
“As a coach, one thing that used to frustrate me was one player would make a bad decision, and that's all you would read about in the papers all over the country. We have so many athletes do so many wonderful things for other people, and you never read about it.” PeopleCountryUsedDecisionPlayerWonderfulOne ThingPaperAthleteCoachesPapersWonderful ThingsBad Decision Author:Lou Holtz
“The one thing that has gotten worse for sports media is access. We hardly get to see, talk to and most of all get to know the players and coaches anymore.” KnowsSportsPlayerOne ThingMediaAccessCoaches Author:J. A. Adande
“The one thing coaches cannot tolerate... is the individual who grows arrogant because he excelled at a lower level and believes he has nothing else to learn.” BelieveIndividualGrowsLevelsOne ThingCoachesArrogantTolerate Author:Zig Ziglar