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Sport fosters many things that are good; teamwork and leadership.
Sep 17, 2025
The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on.
Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It's being able to take it as well as dish it out. That's the only way you're going to get respect from the players.
The only way you're going to get through life, happily, is being yourself.
I don't look at myself as a basketball coach. I look at myself as a leader who happens to coach basketball.
It isn't about what you do, but how you do it
It's not so important who starts the game but who finishes it.
It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.
Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.
A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment.
It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.
The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.
Champions keep playing until they get it right.
The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.
There is no such thing as life in-between.
There may be people who have more talent than you, but there's no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do - and I believe that.
There are only two options regarding commitment; you’re either in or you’re out.
Winning takes talent; to repeat takes character.
Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.
Leaders aren't born they are made.
Leaders are not born, they're made.
My responsibility is leadership, and the minute I get negative, that is going to have an influence on my team.
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
There are three types of baseball players: Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen and those who wonder what happens.
Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision.
Champions are made from something they have deep inside of them-a desire, a dream, a vison.
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.
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.
Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.
Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.
Never mistake activity for achievement.
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.
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.
You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.
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