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  • I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.

    Vince Lombardi (2012). “What it Takes to be Number One”, Thomas Nelson Inc
  • People really don't care, in some ways, that you have a family. With a high profile job like I have, they just want you to win basketball games. You can do that and still keep your family together. I try the best I can to be at the basketball practices or tennis practices or recitals. In my first year at Dallas my (then 11-year old) son Avery Jr., said, "You know daddy, you're still the best coach in the NBA." I was like, "But I haven't won a playoff game yet." And he said, "That's okay. You're still my daddy." That makes you feel good.

    Basketball   Jobs   Son  
    "A conversation with New Jersey Nets head coach Avery Johnson". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com.
  • Coaches have to watch for what they don't want to see and listen to what they don't want to hear.

  • I sent my Christmas wishes to him, but he didn't answer. He's the world's best coach, but as a man he still has to learn manners and respect.

  • Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.

    Vince Lombardi (2003). “What It Takes to Be #1 : Vince Lombardi on Leaders: Vince Lombardi on Leadership”, p.112, McGraw Hill Professional
  • If what you have done yesterday still looks big to you. You haven't done much today.

    Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev, Green Cross International (2011). “Mikhail Gorbachev: Prophet of Change : from the Cold War to a Sustainable World”, p.322, CLAIRVIEW BOOKS
  • The best teachers coach their students and the best coaches are great teachers.

  • I asked a ref if he could give me a technical foul for thinking bad things about him. He said, of course not. I said, well, I think you stink. And he gave me a technical. You can't trust em.

  • Mediocre athletes that tried like hell to get good are the best coaches.

  • The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.

    Vince Lombardi (2012). “What it Takes to be Number One”, p.71, Thomas Nelson
  • If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges.

  • I gave my jersey to Mourinho because he’s the best coach in the world and I love him like a father.

  • 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, Jack Tobin, Bill Walton (2004). “They Call Me Coach”, McGraw Hill Professional
  • My answer is, why not? ... It's what I love, it's what I know. Glen Sather was the best coach that I had and what made him good was his confidence in what he did. I believe that I'm going to be a good coach.

  • Pat Riley is the best coach I've ever had...

    NBA Trophy Presentation, www.insidehoops.com. June 22, 2006.
  • I played for the best coach who ever lived, Henry Iba. I wasn't intimidated by Adolph Rupp.

  • Every leader needs to remember that a healthy respect for authority takes time to develop. It’s like building trust. You don’t instantly have trust, it has to be earned.

  • Winners never quit and quitters never win.

  • Failure is good. It's fertilizer. Everything I've learned about coaching I've learned from making mistakes.

  • Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it.

  • Leaders should be reliable without being predictable. They should be consistent without being anticipated

  • When you cleanse yourself of a big victory, you may open yourself up to the opportunity for an even bigger victory

  • It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.

    Vince Lombardi, Jr. (2012). “What It Takes to Be Number One”, p.31, Thomas Nelson Inc
  • I think the best coaches have their own style. That takes time to mold that.

    Thinking   Style   Mold  
    Source: www.esquire.com
  • People want to be on a team. They want to be part of something bigger than themselves. They want to be in a situation where they feel that they are doing something for the greater good.

  • The standard is the same. Don't get me wrong, the main difference is the number of sparring partners. Greg Jackson and Mike Winkeljohn are the best coaches in the world in my opinion and in many other people's opinion but it really it comes down to the number of sparring partners. I go to my gym and I have 10 fighters fighting on the local level but when you go over there it's like 30 fighters all fighting in the UFC or other bigger shows. That's really the main thing; the numbers.

    Workout   Fighting   Ufc  
  • When a leader takes responsibility for his own actions and mistakes, he not only sets a good example, he shows a healthy respect for people on his team

  • Victory is in having done your best. If you've done your best, you've won.

  • The [best] coaches... know that the job is to win... know that they must be decisive, that they must phase people through their organizations, and at the same time they are sensitive to the feelings, loyalties, and emotions that people have toward one another. If you don't have these feelings, I do not know how you can lead anyone. I have spent many sleepless nights trying to figure out how I was going to phase out certain players for whom I had strong feelings, but that was my job. I wasn't hired to do anything but win.

    Loyalty   Strong   Jobs  
  • Confrontation simply means meeting the truth head-on.

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