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Herb Brooks

(1937–2003) Ice Hockey Coach

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Herb Brooks was an ice hockey coach, best known for Investing with a computer.

Quick Facts About Herb Brooks

Born: August 5, 1937
Died: August 11, 2003
Profession: Ice Hockey Coach
Notable works: Investing with a computer

About Herb Brooks

Herbert Paul Brooks was an American ice hockey player and coach. His most notable achievement came in 1980 as head coach of the gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic team at Lake Placid. Brooks' team upset the heavily favored Soviet team in a match that came to be known as the "Miracle on Ice".

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Herb Brooks

You must have goals in your life, or otherwise be prepared to be used by those who do have them.

Be prepared

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You don't have enough talent to win on talent alone.

Best hockey

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“Play your game.”

Sports

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What is courage? Let me tell you what I think it is. An indefinable quality that makes a man put out that…

Better than you

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You know, Willie Wonka said it best: we are the makers of dreams, the dreamers of dreams.

Dream

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You were born to be a player. You were meant to be here. This moment is yours.

Athlete

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Success is won by those who believe in winning and then prepare for that moment.

Believe

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The legs feed the wolf, gentlemen,

Gentleman

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If you give 99 percent, you will make my job very easy.

Easy

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This is your time. Their time is done. It's over. I'm sick and tired of hearing about what a great hockey team…

Hockey team

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Risk something or forever sit with your dreams.

Dream

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My recruiting key - I looked for PEOPLE first, athletes second. I wanted people with a sound value system as you cannot…

Athlete

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This, is your time! Now go out there and take it!

Funny

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You can't be common, the common man goes nowhere; you have to be uncommon

Common

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We need to look at what Europe is doing to get better and try to get better ourselves. We need to make…

Be good

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We should be dreaming. We grew up as kids having dreams, but now we're too sophisticated as adults, as a nation. We…

Adults

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You're looking for players whose name on the front of the sweater is more important than the one on the back. I…

Country

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“gentlemen you don't have enough talent to win on talent alone”

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Write your own book instead of reading someone else's book about success

About success

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“You were born to be a player. You were meant to be here. This is your time. Now get out there and…

Time

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The name on the front is a hell of a lot more important than the one on the back.

Fronts

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If I'd have went on the ice when this thing happened, someone would have speared me or something. It's a great feeling…

Accomplishment

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Maybe I'm sort of like the players - there's still a lot of little boy in me.

Little Boy

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Success is won by those who believe in winning & then prepare for that moment. Many want to win, but how many…

Believe

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This is your moment. You're meant to be here.

Hockey

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Herb Brooks by topic

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