Coach Quotes

In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.

It was pretty good. Even the music was nice.

Slump? I ain't in no slump... I just ain't hitting.

For changes to be of any true value, they've got to be lasting and consistent. Any time you sincerely want to make a change, the first thing you must do is to raise your standards... If you don't set a baseline standard for what you'll accept in life, you'll find it's easy to slip into behaviors and attitudes or a quality of life that's far below what you deserve... Whatever happens, take responsibility... The only thing that's keeping you from getting what you want is the story you keep telling yourself.

Nobody can be all smiley all the time, but having a good positive attitude isn't something to shrug off.

If you want to look for obstacles, what's wrong is always available. But so is what's right!

You're in the midst of a war: a battle between the limits of a crowd seeking the surrender of your dreams, and the power of your true vision to create and contribute. It is a fight between those who will tell you what you cannot do, and that part of you that knows...and has always known...that we are more than our environment; and that a dream, backed by an unrelenting will to attain it, is truly a reality with an imminent arrival.

Influence is the single most important skill you can master in your lifetime.

The kind of person other people perceive you to be controls their responses to you.

I have absolutely no complaints about my life. But people think I got handed everything, all this kind of fell in my lap, that I was just God-gifted with all this talent. I wanted people to realize it's a lot tougher than just waking up one day and you're in the NHL.

Why do people persist in a dissatisfying relationship, unwilling either to work toward solutions or end it and move on? It's because they know changing will lead to the unknown, and most people believe that the unknown will be much more painful than what they're already experiencing.

If you want to play the game and win, you've got to play 'full out.' You've got to be willing to feel stupid, and you've got to be willing to try things that might not work - and if they don't work, be willing to change your approach. Otherwise, how could you innovate, how could you grow, how could you discovery who you really are?

You stand up for your teammates. Your loyalty is to them. You protect them through good and bad, because they'd do the same for you.

Cut my pie into four pieces, I don’t think I could eat eight.

Take massive action. So many people wait until they have all the answers.

See things the way they are not worse than they are

Most players go where the puck is. I go where the puck will be.

I'm probably the only guy in hockey who can win a scoring title and everybody is saying I had a bad year. I don't worry about it.

You are as strong as you think you are, you can achieve things you think you can achieve, its all in your head

Beliefs are either the keys to your freedom,Or they can also become the giant locks to the prisonThat keeps you from achieving what you want.

Resolutions require only words. Results take action.

Cultivate Curiosity. If you really want to grow in your lifetime, learn to be as inquisitive as a child. Curious people are never bored, and for them life becomes an unending study of joy.

Basically, you can live your life in one of two ways. You can let your brain run you the way it has in the past. You can let it flash any picture or sound or feeling, and you can respond automatically on cue, like a Pavlovian dog resp‎onding to a bell. Or you can choose to consciously run your brain yourself. You can implant the cues you want. You can take bad experiences and sap them of their strength and power. You can represent them to yourself in a way that no longer overpowers you, a way that "cuts them down" to a size where you know you can effectively handle things.

Our idea of a real problem is someone else's idea of an ultimate dream. Put the 'problem' in perspective

The difference between those who succeed and those who fail isn't what they have'it's what they choose to see and do with their resources and their expertise of life.

Nobody did nothin' to nobody.

Effective leaders have the ability to consistently move themselves and others to action because they understand the “invisible forces” that shape us

When it seems impossible like nothing is going to work, you are usually just a few millimeters away from making it happen.

There are many people who live in what I call 'No-man's Land,' a place where you're not really happy, but you're not unhappy enough to do anything about it. That's a dangerous place. It's a place where people numb themselves to their dreams. It's where they dismiss hope and accept what's in front of them instead of driving toward what they really want in life.

Whenever somebody reaches above their own limitations - I always tell people, the best time to go give is when you have nothing.

We've all been put to sleep by somebody who's told us all these wonderful facts that didn't matter because information without emotion is not retained.

Listen, first of all, my wife is my best friend. My love for her is deeper than anything. The reality is, I'm not involved, I wasn't involved and I'm not going to be involved. Am I concerned for both of them Sure there's concern from me. I'm more worried about them than me. I'm like you guys, I'm trying to figure it all out.

To paraphrase the philosopher Nietzsche, he who has a strong enough why can bear almost any how. I've found that 20 percent of any change is knowing how; but 80 percent is knowing why. If we gather a set of strong enough reasons to change, we can change in a minute something we've failed to change for years.

My whole life is driven by love. It always has been. It's never been driven by material things - which are just benefits of doing something I loved.

You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six.

Happiness and success in life are not the result of what we have, but rather of how we live. What we do with the things we have makes the biggest difference in the quality of life.

The secret to a fulfilled life is not only to do well but also to do good.

Most individuals work much harder to hang on to what they have than to take the necessary risk to shoot for their dreams.

The most important thing is what you already do. It's being authentic. It's being curious, trying to discover gifts.

Determination and persistence are melded together. Their basis comes from people who stay hungry and don`t allow themselves to get too comfortable. Entering a comfort zone is the fastest way to kill your drive and determination, at which point you begin to accept whatever you have as being "good enough." There is no self-esteem in accepting the status quo. There are tremendous emotional and psychological rewards that come with pushing yourself to break through past limits and, in the process, creating something of value for yourself and others.

Bill Dickey learned me all his experience.

It's an honour and a thrill and a privilege just to play in the NHL.

Your biggest problem, is that you think the current problem you're facing is your problem

Change your story, change your life. Divorce the story of limitation, and marry the story of the truth and everything changes.

I have no delusions that I'm the only source of improving people's lives or that I'm even the right source. My style is intense, and it's not going to be right for everybody.

If you believe you are right, or you believe you are wrong, you're right. Whenever you are certain about it, you will support it. Remember that.

The defining factor [for success] is never resources; it’s resourcefulness.

All change is nothing but a decision. All decisions are controlled by what we link to pain and pleasure.

We are defined by the stories we tell ourselves.

Happy, vibrant, successful people think and behave in certain ways. So do miserable and unfulfilled people. In other words, there are patterns of success and patterns of failure. The good news is, success leaves clues.

Frustration is a very positive sign. It means that the solution to your problem is within range, but what you're currently doing isn't working, and you need to change your approach in order to achieve your goal.

I guess I've got a smart wife.

The only shot I ALWAYS miss, is the one I don't take!

It's a good idea not to major in minor things.

The most powerful way to control your focus is through the use of QUESTIONS

Leaders anticipate. Losers react

I can't remember the last time I went to a game and there was a fight. I think they fight more in baseball now than they do in hockey.

The people who shape our lives and our cultures have the ability to communicate a vision or a quest or a joy or a mission.

Personal power involves producing success through modeling what works and taking consistent action towards your goals. At the same time, you have to internalize behavioral and belief changes in order to take the necessary action to produce the results. It's been said that successful people do what others won't, and that if you believe you can or you believe you can't, you're right. Both of those statements are true.

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