LIFE/LIVING
“To say yes, you have to sweat and roll up your sleeves and plunge both hands into life up to the elbows.” ~ Jean Anouilh
“Look up, laugh loud, talk big, keep the color in your cheek and the fire in your eye, adorn your person, maintain your health, your beauty and your animal spirits.'” ~ William Hazlitt
“Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
“I live by this credo: Have a little laugh at life and look around you for happiness instead of sadness. Laughter has always brought me out of unhappy situations. Even in your darkest moment, you usually can find something to laugh about if you try hard enough.” ~ Red Skelton
“Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It’s perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we’ve learned something from yesterday.” ~John Wayne
PREPARATION/TRAINING
Make the most of every opportunity to train, teach and improve your players and team.
Practice under pressure situations and you will perform well when it truly counts.
Never panic. Face adversity with confidence knowing you have prepared.
You have to plan and prepare to guard against distractions.
Physical conditioning in the spring always becomes a determining factor at some point during the fall season.
I know what it feels like to be booed by 80,000 and have a standing ovation by the same 80,000 in the same day. So that is a situation I think the Lord put me in at that part of my life because He knew I was going to be a coach.
He knew I needed that grooming.
LISTENING
“Many people may listen, but few people actually hear.” ~ Harvey Mackay
“I think the one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention.” ~ Diane Sawyer
“Be a great listener. Ask questions and listen intently to the answers.” ~ Brian Tracy
“We should quietly hear both sides.” ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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