Great Quotes for Coaches Podcast

Today's episode comes to us from the late, great college basketball coach, John Wooden. We could actually devote an entire podcast to the quotes of John Wooden and never run out of material to talk a…

Today's episode is the sixth and final episode in our short series on Integrity. This quote comes to us from Former US Senator Alan Simpson. "If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't…

Today's episode is the 5th episode in the short series I am doing on Integrity. Today's quote comes to us from educator, author, and self-help guru, Stephen Covey. "Moral authority comes from followi…

Today's quote is the fourth in our short series on Integrity. It comes to us from one of the icons of the world, Oprah Winfrey. Oprah says, "Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobo…

Today's quote is the third in our series on Integrity. It comes to us from Congressman and former college football player, J.C. Watts. Watts said, "Character is doing the right thing when nobody's lo…

Today's quote is the second quote in my new series on Integrity. It comes to us from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This quote is a great one to follow up the last quote by W. Clement Stone. In that quo…

Today we start a new series. This one is on the concepts of Character and Integrity. The quotes will come from the chapter called "Character/Integrity" in my book Senior Salute.

Much like my book Ins…

Today's episode is the final episode in my mini-series on "Courage." If you didn't listen to the other episodes and you would like to listen to the series in its entirety, they began with episode 9.
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Today's quote comes from businessman and author from the 20th century, W. Clement Stone. He states, "Three daily reminders: Have the courage to say 'no.' Have the courage to face the truth. Have the …

Today's episode actually contains two quotes. The reason I am doing two quotes here is that they are so closely related in concept and meaning that I thought I should just include them both and discu…

Today's quote comes to us from an anonymous source, but it is oh so good, and I think gets right to the heart of what actual courage is. "Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence …

Today we move into the 4th episode in our short series on "Courage." Today's quote comes from the wise Chinese philosopher, Confucius. I have loved so many quotes by Confucius, but I'll admit, this o…

Today is the third episode in a short series we are doing on "Courage." This quote is from President Andrew Jackson. While he is a controversial figure in our history due to his treatment of Native A…

Today's quote continues our series on "Courage" that we started last time in Episode 9. This quote comes to us from an author that many of us probably have not heard of - Mary Anne Radmacher. She is …

Today's podcast kicks off a mini-series of podcasts dealing with the theme of Courage. During this extremely difficult time when we are fighting the Coronavirus pandemic, people all over the world ar…

Today's quote comes from a source that is shrouded in a mild bit of controversy. Various people have been attributed as the one who said it first, from Henry Ford to Jessie Potter to Moms Mabley and …

Today's quote comes from the poem, "To a Mouse," by the Scottish poet, Robert Burns. The line that I am quoting was made even more famous by John Steinbeck when he titled one of his novels, Of Mice a…

Today you will actually get two quotes. The first quote is a short 3-word quote that has been the biggest influence in my life for the last 30+ years - "Attitude is Everything." I have lived this quo…

Thomas Jefferson, our third president of the United States, left a lasting impression on our nation in a variety of ways. But one way was the many different written and spoken lines of his that have …

#004 - Today's episode comes to us from former First Lady Michelle Obama. Her quote has a few different sections to it, each an important point for us as coaches and for our athletes, too. "We learne…