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Quotes of the Day for 19 March 2004 - Coaching

A reader "down under" asked for quotes on coaching as he prepares to begin coaching a young soccer team. I don't have anything specific to soccer, even though my brother has coached soccer "down in California" for many years, but at least some of these should be general enough.

One loss is good for the soul. Too many losses are not good for the coach.
     - Knute Rockne

[Notre Dame football coach Knute] Rockne wanted nothing but 'Bad Losers.' Good losers get into the habit of losing.
     - George E. Allen

Failure is only postponed success as long as courage coaches ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.
     - Herbert Kaufman

Selecting the right person for the right job is the largest part of coaching.
     - Philip Crosby

If a man coaches himself, then he has only himself to blame when he is beaten.
     - Roger Bannister

Being in politics is like being a football coach; you have to be smart enough to understand the game, and dumb enough to think it's important.
     - Eugene McCarthy

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