Coaches Hot Seat Quotes of the Day – Monday, March 12, 2012 – Louis L’Amour
“A good beginning makes a good end.”
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“A wise man fights to win, but he is twice a fool who has no plan for possible defeat.”
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“All loose things seem to drift down to the sea, and so did I.”
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“Anger is a killing thing: it kills the man who angers, for each rage leaves him less than he had been before – it takes something from him.”
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“For one who reads, there is no limit to the number of lives that may be lived, for fiction, biography, and history offer an inexhaustible number of lives in many parts of the world, in all periods of time.”
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“He might never really do what he said, but at least he had it in mind. He had somewhere to go.”
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“Knowledge is like money: to be of value it must circulate, and in circulating it can increase in quantity and, hopefully, in value.”
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“No memory is ever alone; it’s at the end of a trail of memories, a dozen trails that each have their own associations.”
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“No one can get an education, for of necessity education is a continuing process.”
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“Nobody got anywhere in the world by simply being content.”
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“There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. Yet that will be the beginning.”
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“To disbelieve is easy; to scoff is simple; to have faith is harder.”
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“To make democracy work, we must be a notion of participants, not simply observers. One who does not vote has no right to complain.”
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“Too often I would hear men boast of the miles covered that day, rarely of what they had seen.”
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“Victory is won not in miles but in inches. Win a little now, hold your ground, and later, win a little more.
Coaches Hot Seat Quotes of the Day – Sunday, March 11, 2012 – John Wooden
“A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment.”
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“Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.”
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“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.”
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“Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.”
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“Don’t measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.”
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“Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.”
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“I’d rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent.”
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“If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?”
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“If you’re not making mistakes, then you’re not doing anything. I’m positive that a doer makes mistakes.”
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“It’s the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.”
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“Never mistake activity for achievement.”
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“Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It’s courage that counts.”
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“Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.”
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“Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.”
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“Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.”
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“What you are as a person is far more important that what you are as a basketball player.”
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“Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.”
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“You can’t let praise or criticism get to you. It’s a weakness to get caught up in either one.”
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“We don’t have to be superstars or win championships…. All we have to do is learn to rise to every occasion, give our best effort, and make those around us better as we do it.”
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“The best competition I have is against myself to become better.”
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“Time lost is time lost. It’s gone forever. Some people tell themselves that they will work twice as hard tomorrow to make up for what they did not do today. People should always do their best. If they work twice as hard tomorrow, then they should have also worked twice as hard today. That would have been their best.”
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“Some of my greatest pleasures have come from finding ways to overcome obstacles.”
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“Earn the right to be proud and confident.”
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“The man who is afraid to risk failure seldom has to face success.”
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“Approval is a greater motivator than disapproval, but we have to disapprove on occasion when we correct. It’s necessary. I make corrections only after I have proved to the individual that I highly value him. If they know we care for them, our correction won’t be seen as judgmental. I also try to never make it personal.”
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“You cannot live a perfect day without doing something for another without thought of something in return.”
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“There is no substitute for work. Worthwhile results come from hard work and careful planning.”
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“I believe it’s impossible to claim you have taught, when there are students who have not learned. With that commitment, from my first year as an English teacher until my last as UCLA basketball teacher/coach, I was determined to make the effort to become the best teacher I could possibly be, not for my sake, but for all those who were placed under my supervision.”
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“When you improve a little each day, eventually big things occur…. Not tomorrow, not the next day, but eventually a big gain is made. Don’t look for the big, quick improvement. Seek the small improvement one day at a time. That’s the only way it happens — and when it happens, it lasts.”
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“Be quick but don’t hurry.”
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“Leadership is the ability to get individuals to work together for the common good and the best possible results while at the same time letting them know they did it themselves.”
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“Profound responsibilities come with teaching and coaching. You can do so much good–or harm. It’s why I believe that next to parenting, teaching and coaching are the two most important professions in the world.”
