Motivational Coach Quotes & Sayings

As a coach, your high standards of performance, attention to detail and - above all - how hard you work set the stage for how your players perform. — Don Shula

I used to go to a Gaelic class on a Saturday morning, but I never felt myself that I could speak it properly. — Johann Lamont

Other people go to the office. I get to coach. I know I've been blessed. — Jim Valvano

I have a big belief that whatever your passion is in life, pursue it to the fullest and try to be the best at it. — Myles Jury

Being fired is part of the risk when anyone plans to take on the responsibility as a head coach. — George M. Gilbert

Lares of the Crossroads — Colleen McCullough

The third year at a school for any head coach is the most important year for the program they are attempting to develop. — George M. Gilbert

If you are not getting the results you want change your technique — Valarie Rocha

The seeds of happiness can grow from one thought, one idea, one simple change in focus. — Charles F. Glassman

Once our hearts are open, all existence appears naturally beautiful and harmonious. — Tarthang Tulku

My first act after being named head coach of the Bulls was to formulate a vision for the team. I had to take into account not only what I wanted to achieve, but how I was going to get there. — Phil Jackson

Coaching is like riding a roller coaster with many ups and downs. The true test is weathering the storm. The average length of time anywhere in America that a man is a head high school football coach is three years. — George M. Gilbert

Ego is vital but not noble. — Kedar Joshi

It's sad how things devolve, how if you hear just the early part of Freddie and Veronica's story, this romantic romp between a blue-eyed guitarist and knobby-knuckled songstress, you imagine they'll go on forever. — Michele Young-Stone

The zenith of the peak of mountains has to be balanced by the nadir of the depth of the seas. — Ackshat Deoli

It is said that courage isn't the absence of fear but the fortitude to confront fear. And as long as homophobia continues to be an accepted element of the locker room culture and homophobic language a coach's motivational tool, we can never dismiss the courage it takes for an athlete-on any level-to be openly gay. Bobby Blair may not be a household name, but his journey-from frightened collegiate athlete to empowered advocate-is one that has an important lesson for anyone who believes in the unifying power of sports. — LZ Granderson

The pathway to a truly successful life is to yearn, learn and earn. — Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

The coach is the team, and the team is the coach. You reflect each other. — Darrell Royal

Always carry a large flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite, and further, always carry a small snake. — Sara Gruen

Once an athlete feels his coach does not believe in him resentment develops and everyone loses at that point. — George M. Gilbert

If you aren't willing to have it, you will. — Steven C. Hayes

My job is to call attention to the things that I think are the difference between winning and losing. If I can't do that then I have failed as a coach. — Bill Parcells

As Christians, we are not to beg for signs and wonders but, to command them all the time and not some of the time. — Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

Coach wastes no time delivering one of his brief, post-game speeches. As usual, it sounds like he's talking in point form.

"We lost. It feels shitty. Don't let it get to you. Just means we work harder during practice and bring it harder for the next game." He nods at everyone, then stalks out the door.

I'd think he was pissed at us, if not for the fact that his victory speeches more or less go the same way - "We won. It feels great. Don't let it go to your head. We work just as hard during practice and we win more games." If any of our freshman players are expecting Coach to deliver epic motivational speeches a la Kurt Russell in Miracle, they're in for a grave disappointment. — Elle Kennedy

Winning is an inside job. A person who achieves victory is the one that first wins his or her internal battles. — Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

When everybody has got money they cut taxes, and when they're broke they raise them. That's statesmanship of the highest order. — Will Rogers