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Today, you have 100% of your life left.

Perhaps the toughest call for a coach is weighing what is best for an individual against what is best for the team. Keeping a player on the roster just because I liked him personally, or even because of his great contributions to the team in the past, when I felt some one else could do more for the team would be a disservice to the team's goals.

Coaching is making men do what they don't want, so they can become what they want to be

There's a misconception about teamwork. Teamwork is the ability to have different thoughts about things; it's the ability to argue and stand up and say loud and strong what you feel. But in the end, it's also the ability to adjust to what is the best for the team.

A coach is someone who tells you what you don't want to hear, _x000D__x000D_who has you see what you don't want to see, _x000D__x000D_so you can be who you have always known you could be

Leadership is getting someone to do what they don't want to do but to achieve what they want to achieve.

I don't believe in team motivation. I believe in getting a team prepared so it knows it will have the necessary confidence when it steps on a field and be prepared to play a good game.

If you are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job.

Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it's so incredible, it's unbelievable.

I've learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.

The secret to winning is constant, consistent management.

A winner never stops trying.

Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan.

Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. If you're in control, they're in control.