Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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We talk in coaching about "winners" - kids, and I've had a lot of them, who just will not allow themselves or their team to lose. Coaches call that a will to win. I don't. I think that puts the emphasis in the wrong place. Everybody has a will to win. What's far more important is having the will to prepare to win.

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Offense at Indiana is not equal opportunity. Those players who shoot best are going to shoot most. It is important that every player know his offensi…

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The will to succeed is important, but what's more important is the will to prepare.

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I've never felt my job was to win basketball games - rather, that the essence of my job as a coach was to do everything I could to give my players th…

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If the NBA were on channel 5 and a bunch of frogs making love were on channel 4, I'd watch the frogs, even if they were coming in fuzzy.

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In order to achieve to achieve positive results, one must work for them, not hope for them

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Do what needs to be done, when it needs to be done the best way it can be done, and do it that way every time.

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Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.

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Everybody wants to be on a championship team, but nobody wants to come to practice.

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As coaches we talk about two things: offense and defense. There is a third phase we neglect, which is more important. It's conversion from offense to…

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