Tony DiCicco Quotes:

It takes courage to dream big and then to allow nothing to prevent you from realizing that dream.

source: - Tony Dicicco, Colleen Hacker, Charles Salzberg (2003). “Catch Them Being Good: Everything You Need to Know to Successfully Coach Girls”, p.67, Penguin

Topics: Dream, Courage, Realizing

To some, challenges are exhausting. To others, they are opportunities in waiting.

source: - Tony Dicicco, Colleen Hacker, Charles Salzberg (2003). “Catch Them Being Good: Everything You Need to Know to Successfully Coach Girls”, p.45, Penguin

Topics: Opportunity, Waiting, Challenges

Have a vision and then create your own reality. Otherwise, someone else may create it for you.

source: - Tony Dicicco, Colleen Hacker, Charles Salzberg (2003). “Catch Them Being Good: Everything You Need to Know to Successfully Coach Girls”, p.141, Penguin

Topics: Inspirational Life, Reality, Vision

Placing blame on others is easy. Taking responsibility for yourself is empowering.

source: - Tony Dicicco, Colleen Hacker, Charles Salzberg (2003). “Catch Them Being Good: Everything You Need to Know to Successfully Coach Girls”, p.123, Penguin

Topics: Sports, Responsibility, Empowering

When you set a goal, write it down and then it's like making a promise to yourself.

Topics: Sports, Writing, Goal, Promises To Yourself

Chemistry is a contribution that teammates make to each other, but it's also something a coach can create or facilitate.

source: - Tony Dicicco, Colleen Hacker, Charles Salzberg (2003). “Catch Them Being Good: Everything You Need to Know to Successfully Coach Girls”, p.57, Penguin

Topics: Team, Chemistry, Building

Don't whine. Find the positive in difficult situations.

source: - Tony Dicicco, Colleen Hacker, Charles Salzberg (2003). “Catch Them Being Good: Everything You Need to Know to Successfully Coach Girls”, p.84, Penguin

Topics: Basketball, Famous Basketball, Difficult

Don't get angry; get better.

source: - Tony Dicicco, Colleen Hacker, Charles Salzberg (2003). “Catch Them Being Good: Everything You Need to Know to Successfully Coach Girls”, p.149, Penguin

Topics: Basketball, Famous Basketball, Get Better

Talent is not enough. It's an important component in a successful performance, but it's really only a starting point.

Topics: Basketball, Successful, Important

At a youth soccer game you'll probably hear parents and coaches on the sidelines yelling, 'Pass the ball! Pass the ball!' ... When we continually tell our young players to pass the ball, we're not allowing them to develop their full potential, especially those who have the ability to take their opponents on and beat them one-on-one. As a result, we run the risk of diminishing a player's artistry and potential.

Topics: Soccer, Running, Player, One On One, Soccer Game

The smartest thing is knowing that I don't know it all and that there's more to learn.

Topics: Knowing, Know It All, Knows

Coaching soccer, like disciplines including journalism, you'll always learn if you're open to it, you'll learn from your players. If that's being smart, fair enough.

Topics: Soccer, Smart, Player

Overseas, kids grow up in a soccer culture. The German player sees the game eons above the American player the same age.

Topics: Soccer, Growing Up, Kids

I don't know how smart I am, but I was a student of the game and I still watch games and still pick up things. If you watch individual players you will see genius.

Topics: Smart, Player, Games

You can't have assistant coaches who aren't loyal - but you can learn a lot from your assistant coaches.

Topics: Loyal, Assistants, Coaches, Assistant Coaches

I put myself around good people, including my assistant coaches. A lot of head coaches are intimidated by their assistant coaches, they'd rather get people that are far less talented than them because it's not threatening.

Topics: People, Assistants, Threatening, Assistant Coaches, Head Coaches

If I win, I attract other good players and by doing that I win more games.

Topics: Winning, Player, Games

Youth soccer is big business. If I don't win, it doesn't matter if I'm developing players, my business is going to hell.

Topics: Soccer, Winning, Player

I don't blame the players, I don't blame the parents, I blame programs and I blame the coaches.

Topics: Player, Parent, Blame

If you put good people around you, I guess you're smart. You learn from them and that makes you a better coach.

Topics: Smart, People, Coaches