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Coaches Hot Seat Quotes of the Day – Saturday, August 4, 2012 – Harry Truman

“A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.”

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“A president either is constantly on top of events or, if he hesitates, events will soon be on top of him. I never felt that I could let up for a moment.”

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“All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and forget about it.”

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“America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.”

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“Carry the battle to them. Don’t let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive and don’t ever apologize for anything.”

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“I do not believe there is a problem in this country or the world today which could not be settled if approached through the teaching of the Sermon on the Mount.”

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“I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.”

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“I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.”

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“I remember when I first came to Washington. For the first six months you wonder how the hell you ever got here. For the next six months you wonder how the hell the rest of them ever got here.”

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“If I hadn’t been President of the United States, I probably would have ended up a piano player in a bawdy house.”

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“If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.”

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“In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves… self-discipline with all of them came first.”

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“It’s a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it’s a depression when you lose yours.”

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“My choice early in life was either to be a piano-player in a whorehouse or a politician. And to tell the truth, there’s hardly any difference.”

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“My father was not a failure. After all, he was the father of a president of the United States.”

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“The buck stops here!”

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Reading ESPN Outside the Lines Don Van Natta Jr.’s piece on the negotiations between the NCAA and Penn State that led to the penalties that NCAA president Mark Emmert announced last week….

On death’s door: Inside the negotiations that brought Penn State football to the brink of extinction, Don Van Natta Jr., ESPN Outside the Lines

….we cannot help but think of the Great Mark Twain’s words…

“Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t.”

TRUTH is stranger than fiction relative to what has happened at Penn State over the past nine months and over the past decade plus because so much of what has now happened to Penn State University, Penn State Athletics, Penn State Football and to Joe Paterno and his legacy could have been prevented by lots of people…..NO…make that ANYONE in State College, Pennsylvania picking-up the phone and calling….

The Local Police

The District Attorney

Child Protective Services

The Pennsylvania Attorney General

The State Police

The US Justice Department

The FBI

….and keep calling until someone from some governmental agency did a REAL investigation of the activities of Jerry Sandusky with young children both on and off the Penn State campus which just had to have been something that SOMEONE at or around Penn State had some questions and concerns about.

In the past few weeks the most interesting thing said to us about what has gone on at Penn State and Jerry Sandusky over the past decade plus was by an assistant coach at a Division I-A/FBS school who said to us about Jerry Sandusky:

“There are very few things that happen inside or around our athletic department that everyone around here eventually learns about and there are dozens of very significant things each year involving people’s personal lives that are kept mostly in-house but many of us hear or learn about and that is why I believe (his opinion) that there were dozens of people at Penn State that knew or had suspicions about Jerry Sandusky and what he was doing with young children and it seems that except for 1998 when the mother of one of those children told the police her concerns about Sandusky that people at Penn State went to great lengths to keep Sandusky’s actions and behavior being learned about and being known by the police and the outside public.”

As for our own personal experiences of those here at Coaches Hot Seat that were involved in playing intercollegiate athletics we also remember that even the smallest things like an administrator breaking up with a boyfriend or girlfriend, divorces among athletic department personnel, small fender bender car accidents, grandchildren being born, family members of student-athletes or school employees not getting tickets to athletic events, pet deaths, the exact reasons why people in the athletics department got fired, someone using an athletic department vehicle for their own personal use, a couple of hats or shirts being taken by someone from the logo clothing locker, etc., etc., etc., of tiny things that were widely known throughout the athletic departments by both administrators and student-athletes makes us REALLY wonder how Jerry Sandusky could have been bringing young children onto the Penn State campus and into the Penn State athletic building and RAPING those young children and NO ONE could have known about Sandusky’s illegal, immoral and EVIL actions.

We may have just nailed what this entire Jerry Sandusky Disaster was REALLY about:

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Coaches Hot Seat Quotes of the Day – Friday, August 3, 2012 – Howard Schultz

“Care more than others think wise.”

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“Dream more than others think practical.”

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“Expect more than others think possible.”

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“Risk more than others think safe.”

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“I believe life is a series of near misses. A lot of what we ascribe to luck is not luck at all. It’s seizing the day and accepting responsibility for your future. It’s seeing what other people don’t see And pursuing that vision.”

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“People want to be part of something larger than themselves. They want to be part of something they’re really proud of, that they’ll fight for, sacrifice for, that they trust.”

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“There are moments in our lives when we summon the courage to make choices that go against reason, against common sense and the wise counsel of people we trust. But we lean forward nonetheless because, despite all risks and rational argument, we believe that the path we are choosing is the right and best thing to do. We refuse to be bystanders, even if we do not know exactly where our actions will lead.

This is the kind of passionate conviction that sparks romances, wins battles, and drives people to pursue dreams others wouldn’t dare. Belief in ourselves and in what is right catapults us over hurdles, and our lives unfold.

“Life is a sum of all your choices,” wrote Albert Camus. Large or small, our actions forge our futures and hopefully inspire others along the way.”

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“In this ever-changing society, the most powerful and enduring brands are built from the heart. They are real and sustainable. Their foundations are stronger because they are built with the strength of the human spirit, not an ad campaign. The companies that are lasting are those that are authentic.”

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“Remember: You’ll be left with an empty feeling if you hit the finish line alone. When you run a race as a team, though, you’ll discover that much of the reward comes from hitting the tape together. You want to be surrounded not just by cheering onlookers but by a crowd of winners, celebrating as one.”

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“To stay vigorous, a company needs to provide a stimulating and challenging environment for all these types: the dreamer, the entrepreneur, the professional manager, and the leader. If it doesn’t, it risks becoming yet another mediocre corporation.”

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