Coaching Quotes · Page 19

Administrators are like pigs; don't wrestle with a pig because you both get dirty and the pig likes it.

— Don Meyer

I am the recipient of the best coaching that one person has ever had.

— Steve Young

“Your inner voice is the most powerful coach you will ever have.”

— Toni Sorenson

Steve Kerr, now coaching Golden State after eight tumultuous and very inconsistent years at TNT.

— Marv Albert

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

— Jim Valvano

“Being giving is a big quality. Being too giving is a big mistake!”

— Rossana Condoleo

If we magnified blessings as much as we magnify disappointments, we would all be much happier.

— John Wooden

I decided not to pursue coaching. Even though the people in coaching are some of my best friends and people I admire…

— Archie Manning

Each person holds so much power within themselves that needs to be let out. Sometimes they just need a little nudge, a…

— Pete Carroll

“nteraction with a fellow human being, especially one who can understand what you’re going through and direct your awareness to the solutions…

— Haider Al-Mosawi

To excel at the highest level - or any level, really - you need to believe in yourself, and hands down, one…

— Stephen Curry

One of the biggest reasons I like coaching college ball is the kids. I feel I can impact players' lives. I like…

— Rick Majerus

I train hard; I have the best coaching staff in the world... We always do the right things. I stick to the…

— Robert Whittaker

“Coaching is the art of creating an environment, through conversation and a way of being, that facilitates the process by which a…

— Elena Aguilar

Even as a youngster, my dad put me into one-on-one coaching with Tony Mount, Mason's dad, and Mason would come along and…

— James Ward-Prowse

I have been coaching recently. I coached high school basketball in Arizona, and I hope that more opportunities become available.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

One of the great myths in America is that sports build character. They can and they should. Indeed, sports may be the…

— Joe Ehrmann

The common belief that coaches must be abusive to be successful is a myth. Research shows that if you find a task…

— Ralph Nader

Once practice starts, we work hard, and that's the best conditioning there is. Everything counts. Every little thing counts. Run hard, play…

— Pete Carril

As I look back now on my coaching career, I think of my family, I think of the days that we spent…

— John Madden

There's a misconception about teamwork. Teamwork is the ability to have different thoughts about things; it's the ability to argue and stand…

— Tom Landry

Last week I was in London at an awards show, then I flew home and was in an RV park with my…

— Peter Facinelli

“People never remember who helped them conquer their dreams. When they truly achieve a lot, they often forget me easily. I’ve noticed…

— Robin Sacredfire

I've never recommended anybody go into coaching, 'cause if they have enough on the ball, if they can do without coaching, they…

— Bear Bryant

No one plays this or any game perfectly. It's the guy who recovers from his mistakes who wins.

— Phil Jackson

Football coaching and the management profession is being ripped apart by owners and chief executives.

— Tony Adams

People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit.

— George Allen

Can't blame the coaching staff for everything. It's mutual, of course. Players mess up, coaches mess up.

— Kyle Kuzma

Coaching is destined to be the leadership approach of the 21st century.

— James A. Belasco

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

— Vince Lombardi

Intuition is really a sudden immersion of the soul into the universal current of life.

— Paulo Coelho

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

— Chris Lytle

My responsibility is leadership, and the minute I get negative, that is going to have an influence on my team.

— Don Shula

“Why spend a thought worrying when you can invest the same thought planning a prosperous future?”

— Phumi Ngwane

If you only ever give 90% in training then you will only ever give 90% when it matters.

— Michael Owen

It is foolish to expect a young man to follow your advice and to ignore your example.

— Don Meyer

I want to go back to North Carolina to do what I started to do in coaching, Not what it got to…

— Mack Brown

Coaching is helping people discover what they could not discover on their own, so they can become what they want to become.

— Aubrey Malphurs

It has been my experience that presence is a more powerful catalyst for change than analysis.

— Rachel Naomi Remen

I didn't get into teaching and coaching for the number of wins or the money. It was a passion for trying to…

— Bo Ryan