Coaching Quotes

If I would have known I was going to leave my job that day to become a writer, I probably would have planned differently... It didn't come by way of illness per se, accident, or dismissal, but by way of sheer self-mutiny. The self I was born to be, decided to hijack the one I had created.

I'm often called in as a coach and speaker to motivate staff, teams, the public and leaders. The key to this is simple; you cannot truly, deeply and sustainably motivate anybody until you know what their motives are...what motivates them...?

Rasheed Ogunlaru

Every family has a destiny to fulfill....Every child is the future of his or her family and nation at large....Every father is a hero to his son (child).....Fathers are you truly heroes to your children....check your thoughts, actions and motives.....are you really living up to your children' s expectations ?

Jaachynma N.E. Agu

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.

#Leadership is not how much you can take away from others,it is about how much you can inspire,teach and build others by example ~bns

Coaching is like a magic mirror, reflecting what you are thinking, feeling and saying about everything in life. By working together, you'll understand your own mirror and change it to become limitless.

Winners accept responsibility because acceptance of responsibility nullifies excuses.

George M. Gilbert

Before success can truly become routine, there must be that transition from that wanting/hoping to have success toward honestly knowing you can earn success with your talents and work ethic.

George M. Gilbert

To achieve any group goal, individuals must work to improve themselves as a means to improve the group.

George M. Gilbert

I teach our young men that respect is earned each day on the practice field, in the classroom, and how each young man lives his life.

George M. Gilbert

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

A team goal requires a team effort.

George M. Gilbert

Coaches must take calculated risks all the time. One thing is to talk about what you plan to do and another is to prepare and then execute a plan toward change.

George M. Gilbert

As of today, you do anything that I feel is disrespecting our program in any way, you are gone! From this day forward, everyone will be at practice in uniform as we will either build this program into something or we will destroy it!

George M. Gilbert

The unknown can be a great tool.

George M. Gilbert

It is more likely that coaches have players go down in games they are losing than games they are winning.

George M. Gilbert

America is a country built on unity, hard work and diligent pursuit of personal goals leading to collective success.

George M. Gilbert

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

George M. Gilbert

This is truly a rags to riches story which doesn’t happen often, but it does happen. Hope is offered to those who face similar challenges that in this great Country dreams can be realized when work ethic and passion lead the way.

George M. Gilbert

The coaches will offer a direction, a plan, routine, discipline and the players must develop the desire to work together accepting their roles as they learn in preparation for the season.

George M. Gilbert

The youth of America need routine, repetition toward excellence, a sound but not punishing discipline, and the opportunity to make mistakes without the feeling of failure.

George M. Gilbert

Every time our great Country has been critically challenged either by dictators or terrorists, we as a Country have put aside our personal agendas and focused on doing what we need to do to win when threatened.

George M. Gilbert

•tI have experienced the youth of Generation X, Y and currently Z. Teenage boys have changed in many ways over the years. Yet still they are quite similar to the boys I first coached in 1980 at a high school in Ohio.

George M. Gilbert

we first need to get boys out for football and then the plan will gradually come into play

George M. Gilbert

It is so easy to judge those around us and decide their value without knowing who they really are or what they truly represent.

George M. Gilbert

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

George M. Gilbert

Sports programs are an important part of young people’s lives but should never over-shadow the true purpose of high school and that is to earn a diploma. So often today sports have become more important than an education. This must be remedied because the true focus must always be toward the student’s academic development.

George M. Gilbert

Nothing in life that is of value comes easy. If good things came easily then the value would be diminished. When we have a vested interest, when we give everything we have, then, and only then are those good times valuable.

George M. Gilbert

We live in a society that only embraces success and that is who we are. It takes a great deal of inner strength to deal with the time commitment of coaching when very little seems to be accomplished.

George M. Gilbert

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

It is important for coaches to mentor young people toward those things that are most important in life and aid them in creating their own order of priorities to live by.

George M. Gilbert

I truly believe that success is determined not on Friday nights during games but rather in practice away from the lights and glimmer where coaches and players only have each other, their sweat, their discipline and their loyalty to each other. It is at practice where the boys of America become men through hard work, dedication and perseverance.

George M. Gilbert

The development of the “We Believe” philosophy must be real and not cosmetic. Everyone must buy in and understand that it is not a motivational tool, but rather something very personal that should be lived and that all must believe in order for true success to be achieved.

George M. Gilbert

I think we had to hit rock-bottom in all facets of the program before we could ever start moving in a positive direction.

George M. Gilbert

If you are not a part of the solution then you must be part of the problem. I am done with problems here!

George M. Gilbert

I will not promise boys positions, I will not promise any of you football success, I will demand discipline, character, respect, and work ethic throughout the program. If I succeed in getting people to believe then success will follow.

George M. Gilbert

The great cancer facing all of us during this ‘new millennium’ is entitlement.

George M. Gilbert

•t“…it is easy to read that this game is more than just a game, it is a culmination of a group of coaches and boys on a mission to not just experience, but rather to achieve something that only they believe is truly possible.

George M. Gilbert

A coach is someone skilled at unlocking your ideas with the right questions. A good coach knows that the answer to everything you need is within you.

Don't tell me about your effort. Show me your results.

Tim Fargo

A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment.

Being giving is a big quality. Being too giving is a big mistake!

Rossana Condoleo

People don’t need you to fix them, they are not broken, just serve them.

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

When a leader is at their limit the last thing they want to hear is that they need to change even more. Maintaining good rhythms of rest, exercise and fun create more energy for a leader to be willing and open for change.

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.

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

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

Michael J. Marx

That is one of the great gifts of The Evolution of Us. Vulnerability. Christine finds it in the women she interviews, and then offers it openly from herself, too. We learn through her writing to live moment to moment, to embrace our insecurities, and to lean on one another… Lauree Ostrofsky, CPCSimply Leap, LLC

Christine Woodcock

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 coaching is good teaching and nothing else.

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

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

Peter F Drucker

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

Be the sun in someone’s dark sky.

Matshona Dhliwayo

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