Coach Bill Courtney Quotes & Sayings

Every great thing that has been accomplished, and is yet to be accomplished, starts with a dream. — Bill Courtney

The key to success is to learn to do something right and then do it right every time. — Pat Riley

The turret was shot with holes, and the floor was jingling with flakes of metal and turret motor. — Laura Hillenbrand

We should feel grateful instead of entitled. We have a moral obligation to give back. — Bill Courtney

Each one of us has a comfort zone. The problem comes when we are unwilling to leave it. — Bill Courtney

We live in a cluttered culture, a culture of information in which even our computers can't tell us what's worth knowing and what is merely cultural scrap. In such a society, we don't have the experience of contemplative space, of the time or mood to engage a book of poetry or even read a novel. Who can achieve the unconscious-conscious state of the reader when everything is stimulation, everything is movement and information? — T.C. Boyle

You had to know someone very well to make them laugh like that. She had loved him for such a long time, she thought. How was it that she did not know him at all? — Cassandra Clare

God pours out his choicest blessings on those who are anxious that nothing shall stick to their hands. Individuals who value the rainy day above the present agony of the world will get no blessing from God. — William MacDonald

Internal character: how you behave when no one is watching. — Bill Courtney

What is he doing here?" Curran growled.
"He's Roland's Warlord. He's here for me." He was here for the woman who had broken his master's blade.
"Tough luck. You're mine. — Ilona Andrews

Coaching doesn't start with X's and O's. It starts with believing that players win games and coaches win players. — Bill Courtney

But he didn't know the half of it. That it wasn't just his refusal that had haunted her. It was him. Everything about him. — Christine Bell

Serving and attempting to inspire others is a responsibility, not a choice. — Bill Courtney

The effectiveness of a leader is best judged by the actions of those he guides. — Bill Courtney

If you define yourself by the title of coach or boss, you'll never earn real trust from your players or employees. — Bill Courtney

Nothing profound ever happens in your life when you remain in your comfort zone. — Bill Courtney

How did you act when all was not good? Did you rise to the challenge? Did you display grit, resilience, and integrity in your response? Character isn't about being perfect or always doing the right thing. Character is how you respond to your own failures. It's when you screw up and life hits you in the mouth that you have an opportunity to reveal your inner strength. — Bill Courtney

[Describing an unsatisfactory apartment for which an up-and-comer had to settle:] The flat crouched around him, watching like a depressed relation, waiting for him to take some action. — Rosamunde Pilcher

No matter how many good deeds we preform, they aren't the ticket to earning God's favor. God graces us in spite of what we do in this life, not because of. — Bill Courtney

In the marathon of life, there is no finish line. — Bill Courtney

A true legacy is established over a lifetime and relates to what a human being does for others, not for himself. — Bill Courtney

In our community, we have a duty to strengthen the weakest among us to build a better society. — Bill Courtney

A leader or mentor gives credit to others when things go right, and accepts the blame when things go wrong. — Bill Courtney

The person who takes the banal and ordinary and illuminates it in a new way can terrify. We do not want our ideas changed. — Frank Herbert