Tommy Amaker quotes

Don't mistake routine for commitment, just showing up is not enough.
-- Tommy Amaker

#Mistake #Commitment #Routine

Think like a head coach, but act like an assistant coach
-- Tommy Amaker

#Thinking #Assistants #Coaches

Dan Spainhour is a terrific coach and educator. I had the pleasure of working several years with him, and I know that his knowledge and enthusiasm are first-rate.
-- Tommy Amaker

#Years #Enthusiasm #Firsts

Future generations may or may not judge Wittgenstein to be one of the great philosophers. Even if they do not, however, he is sure always to count as one of the great personalities of philosophy. From our perspective it is easy to mistake one for the other; which he is time will tell.

People think computers will keep them from making mistakes. They're wrong. With computers you make mistakes faster.

It is true that Mr. Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, after which there was a commitment to give 40 acres and a mule. That's where the argument, to this day, of reparations starts. We never got the 40 acres. We went all the way to Herbert Hoover, and we never got the 40 acres. We didn't get the mule. So we decided we'd ride this donkey as far as it would take us.

A child wants some kind of undisrupted routine or rhythm. He seems to want a predictable, orderly world.

FDA clearance is an important step on the path towards getting genetic information integrated with routine medical care.

A life spent in the routine of science need not destroy the attractive human element of a woman's nature.

I know, my dear Watson, that you share my love of all that is bizarre and outside the conventions and humdrum routine of daily life.

Establishing and keeping a routine can be even more important than having a lot of time.

But time passes. Fear becomes a memory. Terror becomes routine; it loses its grip.

Acting in a sitcom or a comedy movie is like a comedy routine with the setups.