Message of the Day Quotes Part III
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Don’t practice until you get it right. Practice until you can’t get it wrong.
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When you put on that jersey, the name on the front is more important then the name on the back.
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“Coaching is about preparing kids not to be able to play, when they are as old as you.”
jaybate
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" Opinions are just that, opinions, and as such they are not right or wrong. We all have them and hopefully sharing them makes us see other valid points of view. This is what forums are all about."
JayHawkFanToo
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" Why can’t we be friends? " (repeat x 3)
" I know you’re working for the C.I.A. "
" They wouldn’t have you in the mafia "
" Why can’t we be friends? " (repeat x2)
WAR (and nuleafjhawk)
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" Why can’t we all just get along? " Rodney King (and nuleafjhawk)
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If you put your effort and concentration into playing to your potential, to be the best that you can be, I don’t care what the scoreboard says at the end of the game, in my book we’re gonna be winners. –Coach Norman Dale, Hickory Hoosiers
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There’s a, um tradition in tournament play- not talk about the next step until you’ve climbed the one in front of you. I’m sure going to the state finals is beyond your wildest dreams, so let’s just keep it right there.
–Coach Norman Dale, Hickory Hoosiers
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You know, most people would kill… to be treated like a god, just for a few moments
–Coach Norman Dale, Hickory Hoosiers
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I would hope you would support who we are. Not, who we are not. These six (18) individuals have made a choice to work, a choice to sacrifice, to put themselves on the line 23 (33+) nights for the next 4 (5) months, to represent you, this high school (college). That kind of commitment and effort deserves and demands your respect. This is your team.
–Coach Norman Dale, Hickory Hoosiers
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Survive and advance - Jim Valvano
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“Yes. I am the fan No. 1 of KU.” Col. Thomas Embid
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“Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It’s courage that counts.”
John Wooden
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“I’m no wizard, and I don’t like being thought of in that light at all. I think of a wizard as being some sort of magician or something, doing something on the sly or something, and I don’t want to be thought of in that way.”
John Wooden
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“My background playing soccer gave me a natural advantage over many of the American-born players.”
Hakeem Olajuwon
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“He never makes you go home hating him, you can hate him all day, but at the end he lets you know it’s family. He gets that across. Some people need to hate him to be successful, and some people need to get along with him to be successful. He knows the difference.”
Elijah Johnson
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@globaljaybird These are great quotes! thanks.
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“A life of frustration is inevitable for any coach whose main enjoyment is winning.”
- Chuck Noll (Steelers Coach)
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“Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.”
-Phil Jackson (NBA Coach)
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“Nothing will work unless you do.”
- John Wooden (Basketball Coach)
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“Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better and your better is best.”
- Tim Duncan (NBA MVP)
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“Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles.”
- Alex Karras (Football Player)
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“I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability.”
- Bruce Jenner (Track and Field Athlete, Motivational Speaker)
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“When I step onto the court, I don’t have to think about anything. If I have a problem off the court, I find that after I play, my mind is clearer and I can come up with a better solution. It’s like therapy. It relaxes me and allows me to solve problems.”
-Michael Jordan (Basketball Legend)
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“Difficulties in life are intended to make us better, not bitter.”
- Dan Reeves (Former NFL athlete and head coach)
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“Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward.”
- Vernon Law (Former Pirates pitcher)
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“If you can’t accept losing, you can’t win.”
- Vince Lombardi (Legendary Football Coach)
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“You don’t play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball.”
- Bobby Knight (Winningist Div. I Basketball Coach)
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Random internet poster,“your a idiot.”
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I don’t hate all the time, but when I do hate, I hate Missouri Tiger fans.
Stay Victorious my friends
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I give all my players lots of development minutes: they’re called “practices”.
Bill Self (as made up by me)
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Life’s tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.
- Benjamin Franklin
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“The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.”
- Phil Jackson
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“There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life.”
Frank Zappa
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“Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.”
Mike Tyson
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“It’s a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.” -W. Somerset Maugham
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“If you do not expect the unexpected you will not find it, for it is not to be reached by search or trail.” –Heraclitus
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“Men who wish to know about the world must learn about it in its particular details.” –Heraclitus
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“Justice will overtake fabricators of lies and false witnesses.” –Heraclitus
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“Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.”
–Diogenes
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“Many historical truths are false.” –jaybate
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“A conspiracy theory is whatever someone is incentivized not to want to hear.” --jaybate
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“A friend is one soul abiding in two bodies.” –Diogenes
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“All empires require an endless string of weaker opponents, or they collapse from within.”–jaybate
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“If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.” –Epictetus
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@jaybate 1.0 A variance on my own thought that " A conspiracy theory is any theory that does not agree with mine ". nuleafjhawk. lol
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“All religions must be tolerated… for every man must get to heaven in his own way.” –Epictetus
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Your’s is the better turned epigram. Thanks for sharing it.
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“Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempest.” –Epicurus
