Coaching Quotes

You have to respect a person for what he can do, and you can’t judge him to the fella who shoots ten people who feels nothing, goes to jail and come out and shoots ten more. You have to make people feel that whatever you are good at, we appreciate and respect you for that. Scrooge, former leader of the Rebellion Raiders street gang that once boasted of having some ten thousand membersRespecting people, coaching, gang recruitment, gang membership, gang leaders, street code, street life, gang involvement, team members, self-esteem, self-confidence, feeling respected, feeling wanted, feeling good feeling apart, Rebellions-Raiders, Rebellion RaidersYou have to respect a person for what he can do, and you can’t judge him to the fella who shoots ten people who feels nothing, goes to jail and come out and shoots ten more. You have to make people feel that whatever you are good at, we appreciate and respect you for that. Scrooge, former leader of the Rebellion Raiders street gang that once boasted of having some ten thousand members

~ Drexel Deal

Don’t ever perceive other people’s success as your own failure.

~ Rob Liano

You have everything you need inside of you to create anything in your life that you desire.

~ Mike Basevic

A life is a terrible thing to waste. Reach your potential. Thrive.

~ Paul Gibbons

The moment we begin to define others and ourselves by how we are different, the seeds of separation are planted.

~ Kim H. Krisco

Mentorship is simply learning from the mistakes and mastery of a successful person in his/her field.

~ Bernard Kelvin Clive

Set the goal, adjust the goal when needed, and stay locked in on the goal.

~ Mike Basevic

Rethink Your Success Mindset: Times are getting tougher. We need tougher mindsets to ensure that we go beyond survive to thrive.

~ Tony Dovale

Rethink Your Success Mindset: With the right mindset, everything that you experience, along your journey towards success, is a blessing.

~ Tony Dovale

Rethink Your Success Mindset: Gratitude is the attitude, fuel and catalyst that transforms life's challenges into wisdom.

~ Tony Dovale

Coaching doesn’t start with X’s and O’s. It starts with believing that players win games and coaches win players.

~ Bill Courtney

Greatness, whether athletic or otherwise, doesn’t come from those content on just being but from those who seek being the difference.

~ Kirk Mango

Part of the genius of (Nick) Sabin's system was that he understood that no matter the skill set, he was inheriting vulnerable kids from various backgrounds. For those times when they made poor decisions, as they invariably did, the safety net must be strong as far and wide as possible.

~ Jeff Benedict

Leadership is giving out far more than one expects in direct return. The rewards are intangible, yet priceless.

~ T Jay Taylor

Be fair. Play hard.

~ Dan Venezia

Putting down the power right from the whistle would be ugly and brutal, but it would get the job done. He wanted to tell her that, but this was the thing with coaching: you had to step back at exactly the moment you ached to step forward.

~ Chris Cleave

It’s really simple. Sell high-value stuff to people who value high-value stuff.

~ Richie Norton

If we know ourselves, and know our hearts, we're always home, anywhere.

~ Dawn Kohler

Coaching is the universal to connect with people, helping them to develop a new perspective, while expanding their inner beliefs and boundaries, equipping them to become the best version of themselves.

~ Farshad Asl

I did not know of any single soul who succeed in life without a mentorship.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

I will always respect Mr. Charles chuck Mackey for the way he dealt with me. His approach was not hostile, rather his approach was one, “Look here, I’m working with you, so I need you to work with me.” He showed me first that he had my back, and it was easy for me to do the same for him. Mr. Mackey was well known in the entire school as a no-nonsense but fair person. There are some school administrators that aren’t intimidating at all, but with Mr. Mackey, it was totally different. When we saw him, even if we were not doing anything wrong and our uniform was intact, we still tend to avoid him by going in a different direction. His presence alone demanded that kind of respect.

~ Drexel Deal

Great Leaders develop through a never ending process of self-study, self-reflection, education, training, and experience

~ Tony Buon

Get Fired Up About Your Life Because If You Don't Who Will?

~ Coach Dave

Almost everything I've done is technically wrong, but Paul never mentioned the mistakes, only the corrective measures.

~ Stefan Fatsis

Teach them the quiet words of kindness, to live beyond themselves. Urge them toward excellence, drive them toward gentleness, pull them deep into yourself, pull them upward toward manhood, but softly like an angel arranging clouds. Let your spirit move through them softly.

~ Pat Conroy

We were motivated by our mentors to go an extra mile.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Greatness is unleashed when you develop faith in the power of your faith.

~ Phumi Ngwane

Seek opportunities to show you care. The smallest gestures often make the biggest difference.

~ John Wooden

No one learns as much about a subject as one who is forced to teach it.

~ Peter F. Drucker

Though the legs of a football coach are never so active on the field of play during playing time, his mind is the best or worst player on the pitch!

~ Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Though the legs of a football coach are never so active on the field of play during playing time, his mind is the best or worse player on the pitch!

~ Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Good coaching is good teaching and nothing else.

~ Pat Conroy

Everybody is living for a purpose, you might turn out to be significant or insignificant depending on the kind of message you are feeding the world with.

~ Michael Bassey Johnson

Good decision making is the result of years of experience making and learning from one's choices - good and bad.

~ Michael J. Marx

Decision making and problem solving are not the same. To solve a problem, one needs to find a solution. To make a decision, one needs to make a choice.

~ Michael J. Marx

The Bible will guide you. It will be a light unto your path.

~ Michael J. Marx

The Christian coach keeps ethics in perspective by aligning his principles and values with his biblical worldview, endeavoring to see things from God's point of view.

~ Michael J. Marx

Nevertheless, the Holy Spirit brings peace to your mind and heart as you uncover and make the right choice and align yourself with professional, ethical standards.

~ Michael J. Marx

A moral dilemma can be large or small, important or inconsequential, urgent or secondary. One thing is certain: moral dilemmas are ever present.

~ Michael J. Marx

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