“Without AMBITION one starts nothing. Without WORK one finishes nothing. The prize will NOT be sent to you. You have to WIN it. The man who knows HOW will always have a job. The man who also knows WHY will always be his boss. As to methods there may be a million and then some, but PRINCIPLES are few. The man who grasps PRINCIPLES can successfully select his own METHODS. The man who tries METHODS, ignoring PRINCIPLES, is sure to have trouble.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.”  Kenny Rogers  (Singer and Actor)

Coaches have to watch for what they don’t want to see and listen
to what they don’t want to hear.”
John Madden

“Probably my best quality as a coach is that I ask
a lot of challenging questions and let the person come up with the answer.”
Phil Dixon

“Make no mistake,
as you change your leadership style to one of a coach you will face challenges. There will be times when you question why am I doing this. However, you must at all times keep the long term benefits of being a coach at the forefront of your mind.”
Byron & Catherine Pulsifer, from Challenges in Adopting a Coaching Style

“People will exceed targets they set themselves.”
Gordon Dryden

“Coaching is 90% attitude and 10% technique.”
Author Unknown

“A good coach will make his players see what they can be
rather than what they are.”
Ara Parasheghian

“A good coach passes on information quickly. They do not hold back information that affects my job.”
Byron & Catherine Pulsifer, from People’s Expectations of a Coach

“The test of a good coach is that when they leave,
others will carry on successfully.”
Author Unknown

“You get the best effort from others not by lighting a fire beneath them,
but by building a fire within.”
Bob Nelson

Make sure that team members know they are working with you, not for you.
– John Wooden

Leadership, like coaching, is fighting for the hearts and souls of men and getting them to believe in you.
– Eddie Robinson

Make sure that team members know they are working with you, not for you.
– John Wooden

Leadership, like coaching, is fighting for the hearts and souls of men and getting them to believe in you.
– Eddie Robinson

What makes a good coach? Complete dedication.
– George Halas

A successful coach needs a patient wife, loyal dog, and great quarterback – and not necessarily in that order.
– Bud Grant

I’d rather be a football coach. That way you can lose only 11 games a season. I lost 11 games in December alone!
– Abe Lemons

The secret to winning is constant, consistent management.
– Tom Landry

Over coaching is the worst thing you can do to a player.
– Dean Smith

It’s a very bad thing to become accustomed to good luck.
– Publilius Syrus

I learn teaching from teachers. I learn golf from golfers. I learn winning from coaches.
– Harvey Penick

In a crisis, don’t hide behind anything or anybody. They are going to find you anyway.
– Bear Bryant

You can motivate by fear, and you can motivate by reward. But both those methods are only temporary. The only lasting thing is self motivation.
– Homer Rice

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

Either love your players or get out of coaching.
– Bobby Dodd

Commitment to the team – there is no such thing as in-between, you are either in our out.
– Pat Riley

I have seen that in any great undertaking, it is not enough for a man to depend simply upon himself.
– Lone Man

The main ingredient in stardom is the rest of the team.
– Source Unknown

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
– Calvin Coolidige

The one man team is a complete and total myth.
– Don Shula

One finger cannot lift a pebble.
– Hopi Saying

Team guts always beat individual greatness.
– Bob Zuppke

Anyone can support a team that is winning – it takes no courage. But to stand behind a team to defend a team when it is down and really needs you, that takes a lot of courage.
– Bart Starr

What I spent, I had; What I kept, I lost; What I gave, I have.
– Henry Ward Beecher

I’ve never known anyone so loyal. If you are Larry Bird’s teammate, you are one of the most important people in the world to him.
– Kevin McHale

life of frustration is inevitable for any coach whose main enjoyment is winning.
– Chuck Noll

Success isn’t something that just happens – success is learned, success is practiced and then it is shared.
– Sparky Anderson

Character is that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of things a man chooses or avoids.
– Aristotle

Make yourself necessary to somebody.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

Everyone I meet is in some way my superior.
– William Shakespeare

The only way to maximize potential for performance is to be calm in the mind.
– Brian Sipe

Every game is an opportunity to measure yourself against your own potential.
– Bud Wilkinson

It is how you show up at the showdown that counts.
– Homer Norton

Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.
– Lou Holtz

Discipline is not a dirty word.
– Pat Riley

You are never really playing an opponent. You are playing yourself, your own highest standards, and when you reach your limits, that is real joy.
– Arthur Ashe

The strength of the group is the strength of the leaders.
– Vince Lombardi

Make the present good, and the past will take care of itself.
– Knute Rockne

If you are going to be a champion, you must be willing to pay a greater price.
– Bud Wilkinson

The Six W’s: Work will win when wishing won’t.
– Todd Blackledge

If you sacrifice early, you’ll win late.
– Charles Haley

You can’t make a great play unless you do it first in practice.
– Chuck Noll

Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way.
– Satchel Paige

Adversity causes some men to break, and others to break records.
– Source Unknown