Great Quotes for Coaches Podcast

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 have integrity, nothing else matters." I wanted to wrap up this series with this idea that no matter what else you say and do and live by, if you have integrity, none of the other...

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 following universal and timeless principles like honesty, integrity, treating people with respect." There are a couple of key messages in this quote that I unpack in the episode. If you ar...

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 nobody's going to know whether you did it or not." There are a few things to unpack here in this quote, and they are very good lessons for coaches to use with their athletes and team...

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 looking, There are too many people who think that the only thing that's right is to get by, and the only thing that's wrong is to get caught." We have probably all known pe...

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 quote, Stone talked about how we need to have the courage to do the right thing. In today's quote, Dr. King says, "It's always the right time to do the right thing." This is suc...

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 Inspiration for the Graduate was written for coaches to give to their graduating seniors, I wrote Senior Salute for coaches to give to their seniors on their Senior Night or at the End-of-Seas...

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. This final quote on courage comes to us from President John F. Kennedy. "Being courageous requires no exceptional qualifications, no magic formula, no special combination of ti...

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 courage to do the right thing because it is right." So many good things to cover in this one, so rather than do that here, listen to the episode! Support the show For more info...

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 discuss them both at the same time. The first one comes from the English author, Samuel Johnson. "Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no...

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 of fear." So often we think people who are courageous are "fearless." While some of them may be fearless, it is not fearlessness that makes one courageous. Most people who are...

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 one has always made me a little uncomfortable. I often feel he is hitting me upside the head with this one, reminding me that I need to behave this way more in my life. "To see...

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 Americans (Trail of Tears), this quote is an excellent quote about the power that one person with courage carries in a group. "One man with courage makes a majority." These quotes ar...

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 not a household name like Dickens or Twain, but she is a very popular author in her own genre, and she has had her share of quotes. This quote of hers is one I have always loved: "C...

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 are showing great courage every day. Doctors, nurses, police, and first responders are all risking their lives every day to try to save others. So the theme of courage was on my mind as I looked thr...

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 others. No matter who said it first, it has stood the test of time because it is so meaningful. "If you always do what you've always done, you will get what you've always gotten.&qu...

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 and Men . Most people don't realize that that title came from the following line in the poem: "The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry." As you hear the explanati...

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 quote as kind of a mantra. Even before I first heard the quote in the mid-to-late 1990's, I strongly believed in this concept. I had just not heard it put as succinctly as motivational spea...

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 lived on to this day. Today's quote is one of my favorites - "I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it." This one made an impression on me a...

#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 learned about honesty and integrity - that the truth matters... that you don't take shortcuts or play by your own set of rules... and success doesn't count unless you earn it fair and squ...

#001 - The famous quote, "Success is a journey, not a destination," kicks off our inaugural episode of Great Quotes for Coaches. Listen in as Scott describes how this impactful quote can help you focus on what is most important with your teams. Support the show For more information to help you on your road to becoming your best, check us out at SlamDunkSuccess.com or email me at scott@sl...

#002 - Today's quote comes from John Wooden. (We'll probably see more from him in future episodes!) This is his definition of success on which his Pyramid of Success is based. Wooden says, "Success is a peace of mind that is the direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming." I love so much about this definit...

#003 - Today's quote comes from the inventor of the electric light bulb, Thomas Edison, who said, “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is to try just one more time.” There are a few things I unpack in here that I think are great messages for coaches and for their teams. Support the show For more information to help you on your road to becoming your best, c...