Coaching Quotes

If you trust, you will be disappointed occasionally, but if you mistrust, you will be miserable all the time.

Sometimes you learn more from losing than winning. Losing forces you to reexamine.

Coaching is making men do what they don't want, so they can become what they want to be

Each person holds so much power within themselves that needs to be let out. Sometimes they just need a little nudge, a little direction, a little support, a little coaching, and the greatest things can happen.

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 treat everyone the same. You must give each individual the treatment that you feel he earns and deserves, recognizing at all times that you're imperfect and you're going to be incorrect oftentimes in your judgment.

People thrive on positive reinforcement. They can take only a certain amount of criticism and you may lose them altogether if you criticize them in a personal way... you can make a point without being personal. Don't insult or belittle your people. Instead of getting more out of them you will get less

The greatest barrier to consciousness is the belief that one is already conscious.

Wearing a mask wears you out. Faking it is fatiguing. The most exhausting activity is pretending to be what you know you aren't.

You must have respect, which is a part of love, for those under your supervision. Then they will do what you ask and more.

Excellence happens when you try each day to both do and be, a little better than you were yesterday!

Throughout my life I have dreamed of coaching at the University of Michigan.

Talent works, genius creates.

Put the Team Before Yourself.

Fatigue makes cowards of us all.

You build your program from the ideas of great coaches.

Discipline is the foundation upon which all success is built. Lack of discipline inevitably leads to failure.

Good people are happy when something good happens to someone else.

All coaching is, is taking a player where he can't take himself.

I wrote a book on life coaching, because my life became my own reference point how to live.

Wherever you're coaching or playing right now is the Big Time

Forget the failures. Keep the lessons.

I learned early that if I wanted to achieve anything in life, I'd have to do it myself. I learned that I had to be accountable.

If you want to be in the game you better shoot 75% from the line.

College coaches measure success in championships. High School coaches measure success to titles. Youth coaches measure success in smiles.

The will is transformed by experience, not information.

Prepare for every game like you just lost your last game.

Help your players to control their emotions - do this through example.

The more things we can get kids to do correctly off the court, the more they will do correctly on the court.

I lost money, coaching jobs, a shot at the Hall of Fame. But when you weigh that against all the things that are really and truly important, things that are deep inside you, then I think I've succeeded.

Your ability to communicate to your young people will determine your success.

Criticize on defense and encourage on offense.

Women helping each other - coaching, mentoring, and providing tips - is a great way for us to be our own force.

Coaching is unlocking a person's potential to maximize their growth

Managing is like holding a dove in your hand. Squeeze too hard and you kill it; not hard enough and it flies away.

There is no beginning. There is no end. There is only change.

I didn't get out of coaching to get back into it. This is my next challenge and I'm planning to work hard at it.

If you get tough mentally, you can get tough physically and overcome fatigue.

False Hustle = cheap fouls, lunging, reaching, etc.

A good coach will evaluate your performance against your potential. A coach helps you measure your performance against your strengths instead of against someone else's. A coach will know what you are capable of and will push you to your limit.

Teamwork doesn't come naturally. It must be taught.

When you watch the game, be a student of the game.

It's always better to face the truth, no matter how uncomfortable, than to continue coddling a lie.

Our emphasis is on execution, not winning.

A mentor is someone who allows you to see the hope inside yourself.

Failures are expected by losers, ignored by winners.

Coaching done well may be the most effective intervention designed for human performance.

If it doesn't bother you, it won't bother them.

Nothing happens without personal transformation.

A thought, even a possibility, can shatter and transform us.

A coach should never be afraid to ask questions of anyone he could learn from.