Seek opportunities to show you care. The smallest gestures often make the biggest difference.
John WoodenRead
Teaching players during practices was what coaching was all about to me.
Interpretation
Coaching is primarily about educating and developing players during practice.
This quote by John Wooden emphasizes the fundamental role of teaching in the coaching profession. For Wooden, the essence of coaching lies not just in winning games but in the instruction and growth of players during practice sessions, highlighting the importance of preparation and skill development in sports.
In practice
During a coaching seminar, I quoted John Wooden to emphasize the importance of teaching in sports.
Seek opportunities to show you care. The smallest gestures often make the biggest difference.
Adaptability is being able to adjust to any situation at any given time.
I think you have to be what you are. Don't try to be somebody else. You have to be yourself at all times.
Your energy and enjoyment, drive and dedication will stimulate and greatly inspire others.
A leaderβs most powerful ally is his or her own example.
The most important thing in the world is family and love.
Some students start thinking of their intelligence as something fixed, as carved in stone. They worry about, 'Do I have enough? Don't I have enough?'
Read widely, and without apology. Read what you want to read, not what someone tells you you should read.
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Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.
I had a stormy graduate career, where every week we would have a shouting match. I kept doing deals where I would say, 'Okay, let me do neural nets for another six months, and I will prove to you they work.' At the end of the six months, I would say, 'Yeah, but I am almost there. Give me another six months.'
letters are not the first, but the last step in the progression from barbarism to civilisation.
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