A Dozen Insights That Can Be Helpful For Coaches

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  1. Put five people in a lifeboat and they will get along splendidly. Put those same five people on a luxury yacht and they’ll fight over who has to serve the drinks.
  2. Even Jesus had trouble with twelve guys.
  3. In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.– Thomas Jefferson
  4. Victory is won not in miles but in inches. Win a little now, hold your ground, and later, win a little more.– Louis L’Amour
  5. A day of worry is more exhausting than a week of work.– John Lubbock
  6. Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.– St. Francis of Assisi
  7. It is easier to fight for one’s principles than to live up to them.– Alfred Adler
  8. If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you’ll never enjoy the sunshine.– Morris Wesley
  9. You can’t get much done in life if you only work when you feel good.–Jerry West
  10. Did you know that the term “Blue Chip” comes from the color of the poker chip with the highest value, blue?
  11. I always wondered why somebody doesn’t do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody.– Lily Tomlin
  12. Men, like nails, lose their usefulness when they lose direction and begin to bend.– Walter Savage Landor 
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