12 Great Quotes From 12 Great Coaches

Written by: Tim Miles in Filed Under: Keeping Good Company, Meatloaf

In the spirit of a 12-seed perennially whooping up on a 5-seed, here are a dozen great quotes from a dozen great coaches.

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Accountability is essential to personal growth, as well as team growth. How can you improve if you're never wrong? If you don't admit a mistake and take responsibility for it, you're bound to make the same one again. -Pat Summitt — Accountability is essential to personal growth, as well as team growth. How can you improve if you’re never wrong? If you don’t admit a mistake and take responsibility for it, you’re bound to make the same one again. -Pat Summitt

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Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books - especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day. -John Wooden — Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books – especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day. -John Wooden

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My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me. -Jim Valvano

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There is a point in every contest when sitting on the sidelines is not an option. -Dean Smith

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I don't hire good coaches, I hire good people. If they turn out to be good coaches, too, that's a plus. -Geno Auriemma — I don’t hire good coaches, I hire good people. If they turn out to be good coaches, too, that’s a plus. -Geno Auriemma

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The will to succeed is important, but what's more important is the will to prepare. -Bob Knight — The will to succeed is important, but what’s more important is the will to prepare. -Bob Knight

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Today's society wants to skip the process. And I hate that. -Tom Izzo — Today’s society wants to skip the process. And I hate that. -Tom Izzo

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Help one kid at a time. He'll maybe go back and help a few more. In a generation, you'll have something. -Al McGuire — Help one kid at a time. He’ll maybe go back and help a few more. In a generation, you’ll have something. -Al McGuire

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If you want to have a lot of success, you need to have a lot of failure. -Rick Majerus

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Yelling doesn't win ball games. It doesn't put any points on the scoreboard. And I don't think words win ball games all the time. Players do. Preparation does. -Jerry Tarkanian — Yelling doesn’t win ball games. It doesn’t put any points on the scoreboard. And I don’t think words win ball games all the time. Players do. Preparation does. -Jerry Tarkanian

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You learn in life that, you give everything you possibly can. And when that's not enough, you learn to accept that. -C. Vivian Stringer — You learn in life that, you give everything you possibly can. And when that’s not enough, you learn to accept that. -C. Vivian Stringer

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Always give back. It strengthens humanity. John Thompson

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