Quotes

Coaching is much like Twitter, if you can't make your point in 140 characters it is probably not worth saying. Be direct & to the point.

H.O.P.E = Hold On, Pain Ends.

You cannot push anyone up the ladder unless he is willing to climb. - Andrew Carnegie

Remember, if you are not playing your heart out, someone else is. And when you meet him, he will win.

"Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships." Michael Jordan (Basketball)

'You need both quality & results. Results without quality is boring; quality without results is meaningless.' - Johan Cruijff

When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly & unquestionably. -Walt Disney

L.ive E.veryday to A.chieve your D.reams

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. -Steve Jobs

At one point in your life you either have the thing you want or the reasons why you don’t -Andy Roddick

Thought of the Day "A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd." Max Lucado - Night...

(F)ollow (O)ne (C)ourse (U)ntil (S)uccess

Person who chases two rabbits catches neither. - Confucius

If you aren't going all the way, why go at all? -Joe Namath

You can't get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good. -Jerry West

Limits like fears are often just an illusion - Michael Jordan

Life is not a spectator sport. -Jackie Robinson

You don't always get what you wish for, you get what you work for. -Unknown

A winner never stops trying. -Tom Landry

You owe it to yourself to be the best you can possible be. -Pete Rose

It is not how big you are, it's how big you play. -Unknown

I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying. -Michael Jordan

If you can't outplay them, outwork them. -Ben Hogan

Train insane or remain the same.

Nobody's a natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. -Paul Coffey

Sometimes you gotta create what you want to be part of. -Geri Weitzman

Its not how you start.. Its how you finish.

It's hard to beat a person who never gives up. -Babe Ruth

Some people dream of success... others stay awake to achieve it. -Unknown

In the UK dinosaur players become dinosaur coaches and eventually dinosaur coach educators. So, the dinosaurs educate dinosaurs = Status Quo

You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one. -John Wooden

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. -Henry Ford

'My belief is stronger than your doubt'

The man who wins, is the man who thinks he can. -Vince Lombardi

If winning were easy, losers would do it.

The difference between try and triumph is a little UMPH.

Train like you are 2nd, but play like you are 1st...

Remember, if you are not playing your heart out, someone else is. And when you meet him, he will win.

Wake up with determination, Sleep with Satisfaction!"

Spirit ... has fifty times the strength and staying power of brawn and muscle. -Unknown

The idea is to climb your own mountain not someone else's.Make yours not just a tough one for you but one others won't dare to climb 

IF you're tired of starting over, STOP GIVING UP!

Don't play for what your jersey says on the back, play for what it says on the front.

I don't want perfection, I want effort. -Unknown

Conquer your bad habits or they will conquer you. - Rob Gilber

Practice doesn't make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect.

Losers do whatever's easiest, winners do whatever it takes.

Don't compare yourself to others. Compare yourself to the person from yesterday.

Don't wish it were easier. Wish you were better. - Jim Rohn

A goal without a dream is only a wish.

If you can't outplay them, outwork them. -Ben Hogan

It always seems impossible until its done. -Nelson Mandela

You can have RESULTS or excuses NOT BOTH

A team will always appreciate a great individual if he's willing to sacrifice for the group. -Kareem Abdul Jabbar

I don't care what the scoreboard says at the end of the game, in my book we're gonna be winners. -"Hoosiers"

I will sculpt the number I wear on my back... Into a legacy.

In the end, the game comes down to one thing: man against man. May the best man win. -Sam Huff

It's not over when your losing terribly... its over when you quit. -Unknown

In life you are either a passenger or a pilot, it's your choice. -Unknown

To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you're not, pretend you are. -Muhammad Ali

Keep your mind going in the right direction, and your life will catch up with it.

when you fell like quitting: think about why you started.

Worry is a down payment on a problem you may never have

Today I will do what others won't, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can't. -Jerry Rice

"Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, and others make it happen.

You cannot push anyone up the ladder unless he is willing to climb. - Andrew Carnegie

more creative coaches means more creative players

I'd rather have a life of 'OH WELLS' than a life of 'WHAT IFS.'

The difference in winning & losing is most often, not quitting. -Walt Disney

Sure the fight was fixed. I fixed it with a right hand. -George Foreman

Being defeated is often temporary, giving up makes it permanent.

A goal without a plan is a wish

truth of the matter is many coaches are embarrassed to change their ways as they feel they'll look silly. Many don't demo as skill level low

“Tell me, I will forget. Show me, I may remember. Involve me, I will understand.” - Chinese Proverb. Applies well to coaching..

When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you'll be successful.

When you feel like giving up, remember why you started.

The way you treat your employees is the way they will treat your customers - Richard Branson

"If you try you might if you don't you won't".

The brick walls aren't there to keep us out, the brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. -R Pausch

Children do without thinking, while adults let their thinking get in the way of their doing

"Taking supplements and eating crap is like switching seats on the Titanic - It ain't going to get you very far" Dr Chris Mohr

Success happens when your dreams become bigger than your excuses

Don't stop when you're tired. Stop when you're DONE

You become a winner because your good at losing

What gets measured, gets managed. Trying to build muscle, lose fat without tracking your workouts and diet is like trying to get out of debt or save money without looking at your bank statements... its RIDICULOUS

The grass is not greener on the other side. The grass is green where you water it

Be yourself because everyone else is taken

A goal without a plan is just... a wish

When you want to succeed as bad as you wanna breath! - Then you'll be successful!

The more you know the more you grow, leaders are readers and readers become leaders

If you only walk on sunny days, you will never reach your destination

Excuses are useless. Results are priceless

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm

Setting goals:
Be better than you are, set a goal that seems unattainable, and when you reach that goal, set another one even higher!

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

Five steps to success:

1- determine your strengths and weaknesses
2- pick your opportunities
3- set goals, long and short range, and then write them down
4- work hard
5- have fun, after all, if the first four steps have been done correctly, then there's nothing you'd rather be doing - Herb Brooks

Blood makes you related, loyalty makes you family

If you don't go after what you want, you could spend your entire life settling for what you can get - Month steal

FEAR stands for - False - Evidence - Appearing - Real

Once the game is over, the king and pawn go back in the same box - Italian proverb

If you don't invest in very much, then losing doesn't hurt very much and winning isn't very exciting

The GK sees all - knowns all. A competent GK is the foundation of the team. Loosen the foundations - weaken the team

You don't get what you wish for you get what you work for

Will beats skill

Those that talk down to you are trying to walk tall by making you feel small! Rise above

If you don't want to be the best, then theres no reason going out trying to accomplish anything

Never get so busy trying to make a living, that you forget to make a life

Together we stand, together we fall, together were winners! and winners take all!!

If you train hard, you'll not only be hard, you'll also be hard to beat

If you don't fight for what you want, don't cry for what you lost

Fall 7 times stand up 8

Today's stress is tomorrow's success

Its hard to beat a person who never gives up

Champions train, losers complain

Winners train, losers complain

Don't let someone who gave up on their dreams talk you out of yours

Success is TAKEN never given!

Winners see the gain, losers see the pain!

I want my strikers to love missing as much as they love scoring! Any miss means a chance was created

If there not executing what you want them to, you haven't taught well enough. A coach has to look at himself first before his players

Ignore the mistake you've just made, or you'll end up making another one

One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than 50 percent preaching it

Goals are dreams with deadlines - Diana scharf hunt

Its not the will to win that matters, everyone has that. Its the will to prepare to win that matters. - Paul 'bear' Bryant

If you can dominate the game with the ball you have a 79% chance of winning - basically 8/10 chance of winning the game

A young player will RUN through a barbed wire fence for you! While an older player will tend to look for a hole in the fence, and try and get himself through it someway - Brendan Rodgers

If you don't follow your dreams, then who will

You can dream about it, or go out there and make it happen

The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones - Chinese Proverb

Never be afraid to lose a game of football.. BE afraid to not play a game tho

A house of success is built with bricks of dedication stuck together with cement of mistakes learnt from

Every artist was first an amateur

You miss 100% of the shots you don't take - Wayne Gretzky

Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking - William B. Sprague

To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first - William Shakespeare