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We almost have to force or drive ourselves to work hard if we are to reach our potential. If we don't enjoy what we do, we won't be able to push as hard as we need to push for as long as we need to push to achieve our best. However, if we enjoy what we do and if we're enthusiastic about it, we'll do it better and come closer to becoming the best we can be.
Adaptability is being able to adjust to any situation at any given time.
For an athlete to function properly, he must be intent. There has to be a definite purpose and goal if you are to progress. If you are not intent about what you are doing, you aren't able to resist the temptation to do something else that might be more fun at the moment.
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What it comes down to, I believe, is that mentoring often involves telling people what they need to hear, rather than what they want to hear. When you are able to be humbly honest with someone about a situation with which you have personal experience-even if you risk angering or hurting that person-you are offering the most valuable gift of all.
There's as much crookedness as you want to find. There was something Abraham Lincoln said - he'd rather trust and be disappointed than distrust and be miserable all the time. Maybe I trusted too much.
If you let social activities take precedence over your academic activities, then you will soon lose your basketball activities.
Decisions are more apt to be accepted when you've listened to suggestions first. I wanted them to see the reason behind what I asked of them, not to do things just because I said so.
The outstanding coach is a teacher that gets all his squad to accept the role that he considers to be the most important for the welfare of all.
You'd like to see your team reasonably happy, but that's not your job. Gain their respect and get them to accept their roles
No matter how you total success in the coaching profession it all comes down to a single factor - talent. There may be a hundred great coaches of whom you have never heard in basketball, football, or any sport who will probably never receive the acclaim they deserve simply because they have not been blessed with the talent. Although not every coach can win consistently with talent, no coach can win without it.
I do not want players who do not have a keen desire to win and do not play hard and aggressively to accomplish that objective.
Strive to accomplish the very best you are capable of. Nothing less than your best effort will suffice.
The leader has to command the respect of all those under his supervision - and he must be open to those under his supervision. Effective leadership means having a lot of people working toward a common goal. And when you have that with no one caring who gets the credit, you're going to accomplish a lot. If you have those just wanting the credit for themselves, you're not going to get as much accomplished.
It is amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit.
Big things are accomplished only through the perfection of minor details.
Big things are accomplished when we master the little things.
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Never confuse activity with accomplishment.
