Thoughts For Coaches & Athletes

• There never was a champion who to himself was a good loser.
• Never sacrifice a principle for a temporary gain.
• Keep Learning.  Don’t think you know all the answers.
• Pay special attention to weaknesses and correct them.
• It takes patience to endure the monotony of repetition.
• Prefer team victory to personal victory.
• When you make a mistake be the first to admit.
• The beginning and the end are always the most important.
• Every participant should know the rules: the letter and the spirit.
• Always treat your opponent with respect.
• Do your best to make yourself and every other team member, squad member the best possible athlete.
• Talk your sport up and show your enthusiasm… it’s contagious.
• Don’t ever be caught doing nothing.
• Courtesy is a habit with the real Sportsman.
• One good idea put into action is worth a volume stored away in daydreams.
• Egotism is an anesthetic provided by nature to relieve the pain of being a fool.
• Your opponent may not be speedy, but he went by you while you were asleep.
• Victory favors the team making the fewest mistakes.
• Hustle is the only indispensable quality of a champion.    
• Leaders are ordinary people with extraordinary determination.
• Every boy has more talent than he will ever develop.
• Concentrate on what you are doing – then you won’t have time to tense up and worry.
• Obey training rules for condition, play rules for honor and respect.
• Set your goals high. If you aim for the gutter, that’s where you’ll end up.
• Take a sincere interest in teammates, they will take an interest in you.
• Think like men of action – act like men of thought.
• We must taste our own words as they come out, as we taste food that comes in.
• Success is measured in what the team accomplished, not how you look.
• They daily degree of recovery from injury depends a lot on the fierce desire of the individual to fight to get well.
• It’s a funny thing that the “wise guys” always seem to be working for the “dumb guys”.
• If better is even possible, good is not good enough.

—Adapted from coachbacevich.com

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