Coaching Quotes

621 Coaching quotes by 295 unique authors

You don't win with X's and O's. What you win with is people. — Joe Gibbs
When people ask me now if I miss coaching UCLA basketball games, the national championships, the attention, the trophies, and everything that goes with them,… — John Wooden
Don't ever ask a player to do something he doesn't have the ability to do. He'll just question your ability as a coach, not his… — Lou Holtz
Our emphasis is on execution, not winning. — Pat Summitt
The general feeling is, if you don't treat everyone the same you're showing partiality. To me, that's when you show the most partiality, when you… — John Wooden
I've never felt my job was to win basketball games - rather, that the essence of my job as a coach was to do everything… — Bobby Knight
Coaching doesn't make sick people well...it helps healthy people become extra-ordinary. — Thomas Leonard
The only thing we are sure to fail is that which we do not attempt — Paul-Emile Victor
I'll bet most of the companies that are in life-or-death battles got into that kind of trouble because they didn't pay enough attention to developing… — D. Wayne Calloway
What's really driving the boom in coaching, is this: as we move from 30 miles an hour to 70 to 120 to 180......as we go… — John P. Kotter
To obtain success, you must get the most out of your ability and to do that you must work on your weaknesses. — Joe Morgan
When I was coaching, the one thought that I would try to get across to my players was that everything I do each day, everything… — Frank Layden
No coach has ever won a game by what he knows; it's what his players know that counts. — Bear Bryant
People don't need to be managed, they need to be unleashed. — Richard Florida
No question about it: potential is wrapped in great mystery. Like rainbows, which are really circles-we see only the upper halves, the horizon hides the… — Max De Pree
A good coach always coaches to a leader's potential, not his current level of performance. A good leadership coach will see the potential in you… — Andy Stanley
Your life is not your own: it belongs to God. To "be yourself" is to be and do what God wants you to be and… — Leonard Sweet
The giants of the faith all had one thing in common: neither victory nor success, but passion. — Philip Yancey
That which dominates our imagination and our thoughts will determine our life and character. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
If one is true to one's inner self, and follows its wisdom, who is without a teacher? — Zhuangzi
Coaching is the most important servant/leadership element in helping people accomplish their goals. — Bill Hybels
If you are pleased with what you are, you have stopped already. If you say, "It is enough," you are lost. Keep on walking, moving… — Saint Augustine
For there to be true maturity, people must be given room to grow, which includes room to fail... — Charles R. Swindoll
Every start on an untrodden path is a venture which only in unusual circumstances looks sensible and likely to succeed. — Albert Schweitzer
Sooner or later we will come to the edge of all that we can control and find life, waiting there for us. — Rachel Naomi Remen

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