A Few Thoughts From A Few Coaching Greats

I don't want a team that escapes from reality and escapes from the truth. I don't want people who are always escaping, who always have a story and are always conniving. An ostrich tries to escape from the truth. Isn't an ostrich the thing that puts its head in the sand? But guess what's sticking out when he does it? It's ass, that's what. I don't want a team like that. Because when you have a team like that and trouble comes, that team will not face the trouble.

--John Chaney

The first things good teachers do is demonstrate patience. The teacher must always have patience. And you have to listen to those under your supervision. I think anyone in a position of supervision, if they're not listening to those under them, they're not going to get good results.

--John Wooden

I've never known a man worth his salt who in the long run, deep down in his heart, didn't appreciate the grind, the discipline. I firmly believe that any man's finest hour--this greatest fulfillment to all he holds dear--is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle victorious.

--Vince Lombardi
Certainly you’re going to have criticism and critics in everything you do. They’re going to be at any place. It’s going to be at every game and every practice and everything you say is going to be scrutinized and I understand that. We’re going to do the best we can.

--Tubby Smith

You can either allow your circumstances to be a trap and ensnare you for the rest of your life, or you can use them to learn what it takes to succeed in a world where things don't always go your way.

--Lenny Wilkens

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