"Management is doing things right. Coaching is doing the right things." -Peter Drucker

"One of the true tests of coaching is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency." -Arnold H. Glasgow

"Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced." -James Baldwin

"If you want to know why your players are not performing well, step up to the mirror and take a peek." -Ken Blanchard

"The first responsibility of a coach is to define reality, the last is to say 'Thank you.'
In between the two, the coach must become a servant." -Max De Pree

"They don't care how much you know until they know how much you care." -Theodore Roosevelt

"The greatest coaching principle in the world is:
'the things that get rewarded and appreciated get done.'" -Michael LeBoeuf

"Excellence is...Caring more than others think is wise;
Risking more than others think is safe;
Dreaming more than others think is practical;
Expecting more than others think is possible."
-Winston Churchill

"You get the best efforts from others not by lighting a fire beneath them, but by building a fire within." -Bob Nelson

"Quality is never an accident: It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution.
It represents the wise choice of many alternatives." -William A. Foster

"Values are critical guides for making decisions.
When in doubt, they cut through the fog like a beacon in the night." -Robert Townsend

"A coach's job is to look into the future and see the organization not as it is, but as it should be." -Jack Welch

"Giving your players a little more than they expect is a good way to get back a lot more than you'd expect." -Robert Half

"The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity." -Zig Ziglar

"To lead your players, walk behind them." -Lao Tzu

"Though coaching may be hard to define, the one characteristic common to all coaches is the ability to make things happen." -Ted W. Engstrom