Famous Coach Quotes:

Leaders are not born, they're made.

- Vince Lombardi

topic: Leadership, Discipline, Effort, True Leader, Sports Leadership

A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done.

- Vince Lombardi

topic: Inspirational, Determination, Believe, Inspirational Believe In Yourself, Life Determination

Somewhere behind the athlete you've become and the hours of practice and the coaches who have pushed you is a little girl who fell in love with the game and never looked back... play for her.

- Mia Hamm

topic: Girl, Athlete, Practice, Inspirational Athlete, Inspirational Coach

Besides pride, loyalty, discipline, heart, and mind, confidence is the key to all the locks.

- Joe Paterno

topic: Loyalty, Sports, Running, Inspirational Football Coach, Sports Psychology

Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.

- Al McGuire

topic: Sports, Simple, Forget, Inspirational Coaching, Sports Coach

The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.

- Tommy Lasorda

source: Twitter post from Aug 24, 2015

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Sports, Baseball Games, Inspirational Determination

You can't spell Citrus without UT

- Steve Spurrier

topic: Citrus, Famous Coach, Great Football, College Football, Trash Talk

If you make every game a life and death proposition, you're going to have problems. For one thing, you'll be dead a lot.

- Dean Smith

topic: Inspirational, Funny, Basketball, Best Coaches, Basketball Leadership

You know what FSU stands for, don't you? Free Shoes University.

- Steve Spurrier

source: Steve Spurrier, Buddy Martin (2016). “Head Ball Coach”, p.274, Penguin

topic: Shoes, University, Famous Coach, Florida State, College Football

Gentlemen, it is better to have died a small boy than to fumble this football.

- John Heisman

topic: Football, Boys, Gentleman, Sports Football, Nfl Players

Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.

- Vince Lombardi

topic: Football, Respect, Perseverance, Soccer Player, Inspirational Football Coach

People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit.

- George Allen

topic: Perseverance, Determination, Persistence, Inspirational Coaching, Inspirational Determination

The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.

- Vince Lombardi

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Basketball, Favorite Sports, Inspirational Commitment

Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.

- Vince Lombardi

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Leadership, Inspirational Football, Individual Performance

People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the problems of modern society.

- Vince Lombardi

topic: Motivational, Teamwork, Football, Inspirational Football, Inspirational Football Coach

If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm.

- Vince Lombardi

topic: Motivational, Positive, Graduation, Inspirational High School Graduation, Inspiring Sales

Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.

- Pat Riley

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Basketball, Inspirational Coach, Striving For Perfection

Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all time thing. You don't win once in a while, you don't do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.

- Vince Lombardi

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Determination, Best Coaches, Great Sports

The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.

- Vince Lombardi

source: Vince Lombardi, Balance Design (1998). “Motivation Lombardi Style”

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Inspirational Commitment, Sports Leadership

Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.

- Vince Lombardi

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Teamwork, Inspirational Football, Best Coaches

But the real tragedy was that 15 hadn't been colored yet.

- Steve Spurrier

topic: Sports, Real, Tragedy, Best Coaches, Funniest Sports

The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.

- Vince Lombardi

topic: Motivational, Teamwork, Volleyball, Inspirational Football, Inspirational Football Coach

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

source: Vince Lombardi (2012). “What it Takes to be Number One”, Thomas Nelson Inc

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Favorite Sports, 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

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Success, Best Success, Inspirational Football

Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.

- Vince Lombardi

source: President Robert Robbins' Installation Speech, president.arizona.edu. November 29, 2017.

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Business, Striving For Perfection, Inspirational Football Coach

If you can believe it, the mind can achieve it.

- Ronnie Lott

topic: Graduation, Sports, Football, Inspirational Football, Inspirational Athlete

You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.

- Michael Jordan

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness, Improve Self Esteem, Just Believe In Yourself

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

- Vince Lombardi

source: Vince Lombardi, Jr. (2012). “What It Takes to Be Number One”, p.31, Thomas Nelson Inc

topic: Love, Inspirational, Life, Inspirational Football, Softball Team

Quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.

- George Allen

topic: Perseverance, Determination, Men, Inspirational Coach, Inspirational Determination

Some of us will do our jobs well and some will not, but we will be judged by only one thing-the result.

- Vince Lombardi

topic: Inspirational, Motivational Sports, Jobs, Inspirational Winning, Winning Sports

Leaders aren't born they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.

- Vince Lombardi

topic: Motivational, Leadership, Graduation, True Leader, Funny Leadership

Your defense will save you on the nights that your offense isn't working.

- Adolph Rupp

topic: Basketball, Night, Coaching, Famous Coach, Basketball Coach

Confidence comes from being prepared.

- John Wooden

topic: Teamwork, Prepared, Motivational Wrestling, Great Coach, Famous Coach

He who controlleth the backboard, controlleth the game.

- Adolph Rupp

topic: Basketball, Games, Coaching, Famous Coach, Basketball Coach

Good defensive play is as much a matter of hustle, desire and pride as it is anything else.

- Tex Winter

topic: Basketball, Pride, Play, Basketball Coaching, Famous Coach

The truth is that many people set rules to keep from making decisions.

- Mike Krzyzewski

topic: People, Decision, Making Decisions, Basketball Leadership, Famous Coach