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Humility: Don't be conceited. Remain grounded and humble in recognizing strengths while also having the self-awareness to improve upon weaknesses. Passion: Be energetic and fully embrace the hard work that's needed in achieving whatever goal that has been set. Unity: Basketball is a team sport. So is life. A group that works together can accomplish greatness. Servanthood: Team success always comes first. Know your role. Act upon that role. Work with those around you. Listen to suggestions and ideas. Thankfulness: Be appreciative when success has been achieved. But also embrace the lessons that can be taken from adversity. __________________________________________________________ Coach Yourself: A Motivational Guide For Coaches And Leaders About This Book Coach Yourself is a unique book, compiled exclusively for coaches to provide you with physical, mental and spiritual motivation throughout the season. In his follow-up to A Season In Words, vetera

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It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.—Lou Holtz Publicity is like poison.  It doesn’t hurt unless you swallow it.—Joe Paterno It is a paradoxical but profoundly true and important principle of life that the most likely way to reach a goal is to be aiming not at that goal itself but at some more ambitious goal beyond it.—Arnold Toynbee I don’t look to jump over 7-foot bars. I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over.—Warren Buffett All coaching is, is taking a player where he can’t take himself. —Bill McCartney Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.—Albert Einstein If no one ever took risks, Michelangelo would have painted on the Sistine floor.—Neil Simon If a man knows not what harbor he seeks, any wind is the right wind. –Seneca ___________________________________________________________________ A Season In Words by Dan Spainhour $19.95

A friend once told Abraham Lincoln he was concerned about Cabinet Officer Salmon Chase's ambition for the presidency, and he thought Lincoln should ask Chase to resign. Lincoln had observed that Chase's department was functioning very well, and as long as it continued to do so he would not worry about Chase's presidential aspirations.  To drive the point home he told of a time when he and his step-brother were plowing a corn field in Indiana, he driving the horse and his step-brother guiding the plow. The horse, naturally lazy and slow, suddenly rushed across the field so fast the boys could hardly keep pace with him. On reaching the end of the furrow, Lincoln discovered an enormous horse-fly fastened to the horse and knocked it off. His step-brother asked why he did that; whereupon Lincoln explained that he didn't want the horse bitten.  "But," protested his step-brother, "that's all that made him go!" "Now," said Lincol

Put five people in a lifeboat and they will get along splendidly. Put those same five people on a luxury yacht and they’ll fight over who has to serve the drinks. Even Jesus had trouble with twelve guys. In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.– Thomas Jefferson Victory is won not in miles but in inches. Win a little now, hold your ground, and later, win a little more.– Louis L’Amour A day of worry is more exhausting than a week of work.– John Lubbock Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.– St. Francis of Assisi It is easier to fight for one’s principles than to live up to them.– Alfred Adler If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you’ll never enjoy the sunshine.– Morris Wesley You can’t get much done in life if you only work when you feel good.–Jerry West Did you know that the term “Blue Chip” comes from the color of the poker chip with the highest val