DON MEYER: “Most parents would rather see their child make the All-State team rather than their team win the state championship.”
PASSION
SKIP BERTMAN: “I’ve always believed that anything you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe and enthusiastically act upon, must, absolutely must, come to pass.”
PERSEVERANCE
MIKE SHANAHAN: “I’m sure you’ve heard that adversity builds character and strength. These are, in my mind, the two most important components of persevering.”
PHILOSOPHY
JACK RAMSAY: "Determining his philosophy is, therefore, a coach's primary task; he must decide, before anything else, what it is he wants to say of himself through the game."
PRACTICE
JON GRUDEN: "Teach your players how to practice. That's even more important than teaching them what to practice, because if you don't establish the pace you want and if you aren't consistent about it, they're going to work the way they want to and it's going to change with each day. You have to let them know that you want them practicing with a sense of purpose, every time."
PREPARATION
KEVIN EASTMAN: “Pressure always hits hardest when you are unprepared. Preparation is pressure's greatest obstacle. Be prepared every time; in every way.”
PRESSURE
JOHN WOODEN: “Pressure is healthy. It can lead to improvement. Stress is unhealthy. It can lead to mistakes.”
PROBLEM SOLVING
DALE BROWN: "The greatest of problems is the greatest of opportunities."
PROCESS
NICK SABAN: “If you don’t get result-oriented with the kids, you can focus on the things in the process that are important to them being successful. That is the only way they are going to compete the way you want them to.”
PURPOSE
VINCE LOMBARDI: "Success demands singleness of purpose."
