Quotes

This is an ongoing page. My hero is, as you might guess, John Wooden.

John Wooden: "Be Quick, but don't hurry."

John Wooden: “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.”

John Wooden: "Too many coaches try to teach the tricks of the trade and forget ot teach the trade."

John Wooden: "It's what you learn after you know it all that counts."

John Wooden: "Failure to prepare is preparing to fail."

Vidal Sassoon: "The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary."

Joe Paterno: "The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital."

Bobby Knight: “Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.”

Jimmy Johnson: “Treat a person as he is, and he will remain as he is. Treat him as he could be, and he will become what he should be.”

Lou Holtz: “Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. But attitude determines how well you do it.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson: "Our chief want in life is somebody who will make us do what we can."

Unknown: "The bubbling brook would lose its song if you removed the rocks."

Elmer Letterman: "Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity."

Mickey Mantle: "A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide."

Tom Landry: "Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan."

Casey Stengel, and many others: "Most games are lost, not won."

This one is so important to get across to young players.

Lou Brock: "Show me a guy who's afraid to look bad, and I'll show you a guy you can beat every time."