In order to succeed, this group will need a singleness of purpose, they will need a dedication, and they will have to convince all of their prospects of the willingness to sacrifice.
Everybody is looking for instant success, but it doesn't work that way. You build a successful life one day at a time.
We know how rough the road will be, how heavy here the load will be, we know about the barricades that wait along the track, but we have set our soul ahead upon a certain goal ahead and nothing left from hell to sky shall ever turn us back.
I just have an enthusiasm for life.
Adversity is another way to measure the greatness of individuals. I never had a crisis that didn't make me stronger.
Virtually nothing is impossible in this world if you just put your mind to it and maintain a positive attitude.
Winners embrace hard work. They love the discipline of it, the trade-off they're making to win. Losers, on the other hand, see it as punishment. And that's the difference.
Greatness is not attainable, but in the pursuit of it, you can achieve excellence.
Some of us will do our jobs well and some will not, but we will be judged by only one thing-the result.
I look at athletes in all sports and try to picture what kind of football player they'd be, what position they'd play and so on.
Watch your actions, they become your habits. Watch your habits, they become your character.
If you make a fist and hold it for two hours, you won't be able to pick up a glass because you'll be so weak. Let's stay loose. Let's have fun.
Everything ends badly, otherwise it would not end.
Don't succumb to excuses. Go back to the job of making the corrections and forming the habits that will make your goal possible.
The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
Beat your opponent where he is strongest, and you demoralize him.
Praise in public; criticize in private.
If you continually ask yourself, "What's important now?", you won't waste time on the trivial.
You must have dreams and goals if you are ever going to achieve anything in this world.
All you need is something to say, and a burning desire to say it... it doesn't matter where your hands are.
The standards you establish for others must reflect the standards you set for yourself. No one will follow a hypocrite.
Brains without competitive hearts are rudderless.
A good executive goes around with a worried look on his assistants.
Battles are won in the hearts of men.
In golf, the player, coach and official are rolled into one, and they overlap completely. Golf really is the best microcosm of life - or at least the way life should be.
What's important now? - To evaluate the past, focus on the future, and tell you what you have to do in the present
Coaching is nothing more than eliminating mistakes before you get fired.
Most people fail, not because of lack of desire, but, because of lack of commitment.
In life, be a participant, not a spectator.
Running a football team is no different than running any other kind of organization.
Don't tell me how rocky the sea is, just bring the ship in.
Don't ever promise more than you can deliver, but always deliver more than you promise.
Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.
Do what's right! Do the best you can and treat others the way you want to be treated because they will ask three questions: (1) Can I trust you? (2) Are you committed? (3) Do you care about me as a person?
Teamwork is the foundation of success. The three universal questions that an individual asks of his coach, player, employee, employer are: Can I trust you? Are you committed to excellence? And, do you care about me?
It always amazes me that spectators want to coach, coaches want to officiate, and officials just want to watch the game
Actually, all I ever wanted to be was the best in my field.
Never settle for second when first is available
Gentlemen, this is the football.
If you're bored with life - you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things - you don't have enough goals.
One thing about me is I try to be honest.
Football coaches don't have real problems.
The team that's on defense first (in overtime) has the advantage because they know whether they need a touchdown a field goal or just a score.
If you burn your neighbors house down, it doesn't make your house look any better.
No, but you can see it from here.
Leaders are not born, they're made.
The answers to these questions will determine your success or failure. 1) Can people trust me to do what's right? 2) Am I committed to doing my best? 3) Do I care about other people and show it? If the answers to these questions are yes, there is no way you can fail.
Winners never quit and quitters never win.
I don't play well enough to be allowed to throw my clubs.
Behind every successful person, stands a very successful mother-in-law.
Once a man has made a commitment to a way of life, he puts the greatest strength in the world behind him. It's something we call heart power. Once a man has made this commitment, nothing will stop him short of success.
People eyeing you as a potential leader tend to ask three questions: Are you committed? Do you care about me? Can I trust you?
Nothing on this earth is standing still. It's either growing or it's dying. No matter if it's a tree or a human being.
Build for your team a feeling of oneness, of dependence on one another and of strength to be derived by unity.
We aren't where we want to be; we aren't where we ought to be; but thank goodness we aren't where we used to be.
The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.
All right mister, let me tell you that winning means you're willing to go longer, work harder, give more than anyone else.
You always have to prepare for the obstacles that are going to come. Consequently, when they do come, it doesn't affect you mentally near as much as when you're unprepared for them.
Gentlemen, we are going to relentlessly chase perfection, knowing full well we will not catch it, because nothing is perfect. But we are going to relentlessly chase it, because in the process we will catch excellence. I am not remotely interested in just being good.
I asked you to pack your headgear and shoulder pads, but more importantly your defense and your kicking game, because that's what wins game like this.
