Sports Coach Motivational 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

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

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

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

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

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