Most Coachable Quotes & Sayings

I feel it's my duty as a human being, as a person who is trying - like everybody else who thinks about the state of the world - to enhance the importance of multicultural connection. — Paulo Coelho

War is the most devastating endemic and epidemic disease the human race has to endure, and yet too little has been done to discover and eliminate its cause by intelligent early control. — Pearl S. Buck

I think I'm pretty coachable. I do what coaches ask of me. — Kenyon Martin

He's one of the most coachable players out there. — Jonathan Toews

Why do men outperform women on the SAT? The SAT's supposed to predict college grades. Women do better in high school and they do better in college. What's the problem here? Ah, the more you use, the more you start accepting that the SAT's coachable, the more problems you have with it. — John Katzman

The real heroes anyway aren't the people doing things; the real heroes are the people NOTICING things, paying attention. — John Green

As an athlete you have to be coachable. And being coachable is a humbling thing. — Rashad Evans

Coachable leaders are ready and willing to make the needed changes and adjustments in their lives. — Gary Rohrmayer

Self-reliance is an America virtue but not a biblical value. Solomon wrote, "The way of fools seems right to them, but the wise listen to advice." (Proverbs 12:15) The word 'listen' carries with it the meaning of seeking out as well as receiving advice. A lot of pain can be prevented if leaders would just check in with their coach before a making a big decision. — Gary Rohrmayer

You can be shaped, or you can be broken. There is not much in between. Try to learn. Be coachable. Try to learn from everybody, especially those who fail. This is hard ... How promising you are as a Student of the Game is a function of what you can pay attention to without running away. — David Foster Wallace

My best skill was that I was coachable. I was a sponge and aggressive to learn. — Michael Jordan

Give me a treat, or leave me alone. It's Monday ... — Paige

Discipline and diligence are up there on the list, but one of the most important qualities of many really successful people is humility. If you have a degree of humility about you, you have the ability to take advice, to be coachable, teachable. A humble person never stops learning. — Todd Blackledge

You can make it to AAA ball on talent only. It's difficult but it can be done. But to make it to the big leagues, you HAVE to be coachable. You have to stay coachable. — Dale Murphy

Peterson was the most coachable athlete I have had in my life, and I coach many athletes. — Ato Boldon

Be a Student of the Game. Like most cliches of sport, this is profound. You can be shaped, or you can be broken. There is not much in between. Try to learn. Be coachable. Try to learn from everybody, especially those who fail. This is hard. Peers who fizzle or blow up or fall down, run away, disappear from the monthly rankings, drop off the circuit. — David Foster Wallace

Try to let what is unfair teach you ... what is unfair can be a stern but invaluable teacher ... you can be shaped, or you can be broken. There is not much in between. Try to learn. Be coachable. Try to learn from everybody, especially those who fail. This is hard. — David Foster Wallace

I've been around young, talented, non-coachable players. I've been around veteran, talented, non-coachable players. No matter what you do, sooner or later - even if a coach comes in that's able to connect with them - if that's who they are, they're going to go back to it. — Scott Brooks

Coachable people seek out those who speak truth to them, even if it is a painful truth, because it protects them and it makes them a better person and leader. — Gary Rohrmayer

IT'S TIME TO LEARN YOUR A.B.C.s

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BE CONFIDENT
Confidence is a feeling, feel it.

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BE CREATIVE
Creativity is an ability, enable it.

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BE CURIOUS
Curiosity is a desire, desire it.

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BE COMPASSIONATE
Compassion is an awareness, be aware.

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BE CHARITABLE
Charity is generous, be generous.

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BE CONSIDERATE
Consideration is thoughtful, think.

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BE COURTEOUS
Courtesy is a mindset, be mindful.

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BE COACHABLE
Coachability is a willingness, be willing.

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BE COMMITTED
Commitment is purpose, live on purpose.

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BE CARING
Caring is giving, give. — Richie Norton

The loved object is simply one that has shared an experience at the same moment of time, narcissistically; and the desire to be near the beloved object is at first not due to the idea of possessing it, but simply to let the two experiences compare themselves, like reflections in different mirrors. All this may precede the first look, kiss, or touch; precede ambition, pride, or envy; precede the first declarations which mark the turning point - for from here love degenerates into habit, possession, and back to loneliness. — Lawrence Durrell

Aristotle wisely reminds us, "It is the nature of desire not to be satisfied." When — Alexandra Stoddard

Every leader will hit a series of plateaus in their lives. The key is not to say there, because settling on a plateau can easily lead to an elongated season of comfort. Being comfortable is one of the leader's worst enemies — Gary Rohrmayer

Looking at the championship-winning quarterbacks, Edwards remembered their particular talents: Steve Young: Here's a guy that is really a talent. He's the best athlete we ever had. He could run, he developed into a good thrower. He's smart. He's intense. He could make it in the movies. Really, he's got it all. He was coachable, but he had his own ideas. He never let up, not even in practice. I'd take Steve Young every year. — LaVell Edwards

You know a lot, but you don't know everything. — Mary J. Blige