Great Quotes for Coaches Podcast
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Kindness 2
We continue a short series that we started last week on the concept of Kindness. I am doing four (or more) quotes each of these weeks on how impactful simply being kind to one another can be for a team (or any other groups or individuals).<...
Kindness 1
We continue the month of June with an episode that starts off a short series of quotes on the concept of Kindness. With the month of June being one without a lot of choices in terms of heritages or other concepts that we celebrate, I decided to...
Inspiration for the Graduate 2
We continue the month of June with an episode devoted to quotes from my gift book for graduates called "Inspiration for the Graduate." I wrote it as a gift book for me to give to my graduating senior athletes whom I coached. Pretty soon after I...
Inspiration for the Graduate 1
We kick off the month of June with an episode devoted to quotes from my gift book for graduates called "Inspiration for the Graduate." I wrote it as a gift book for me to give to my graduating senior athletes whom I coached. Pretty soon after I...
Diversity & Inclusion 4
Happy Memorial Day! (Not sure if we are supposed to say that since it is a day to honor those who gave their lives in service of our country, but I just said it.)Today, we finish up with our theme of Diversity & Inclusion that we hav...
Diversity & Inclusion 3
We continue with our theme for the month of May of Diversity & Inclusion. With there being so many different groups being celebrated in May, I thought it would be good to talk about quotes that deal with these concepts. Also, as...
Diversity & Inclusion 2
We continue with our theme for the month of May of Diversity & Inclusion. With there being so many different groups being celebrated in May, I thought it would be good to talk about quotes that deal with these concepts. Also, as...
Diversity & Inclusion 1
We kick off a new theme for the month of May. With there being so many different groups being celebrated in May, I thought it would be good to talk about quotes that deal with the concept of Diversity & Inclusion. I am going bac...
Spring
April flowers bring May flowers!We kick off the month of May with this episode of The Great Quotes for Coaches podcast landing on May 1st. Therefore, I thought I would do quotes about spring since today is May Day, which was tra...
How Can You Say It's Just a Game?
It's just a game!With this being National Poetry Month, I have been reading and talking about poems that I find particularly powerful, inspirational, and meaningful. Today, we wrap up our series of poems with another great one for those ...
Keep Going & Don't Quit
With this being National Poetry Month, I have been reading and talking about poems that I find particularly powerful, inspirational, and meaningful. Today, I have another great one for those of you who coach, but it is also powerful for anyone....
How You Live Your Dash
With this being National Poetry Month, I have been reading and talking about poems that I find particularly powerful, inspirational, and meaningful. Today, I have a great one for those of you who coach, but it is also powerful for anyone. ...
Earth Day
"In wildness is the preservation of the world."That quote by Henry David Thoreau is a glimpse into what you will hear on today's episode. We take a departure from the poems we have been doing for National Poetry Month to honor Earth Day ...
A Man
"While fighting for his country, he lost an arm and was suddenly afraid:"This line opens the poem, "A Man" by Nina Cassian. The rest of the poem is the man's initial reaction to his loss and then the amazing transformation that he underw...
To an Athlete Dying Young
"Smart lad, to slip betimes away/From fields where glory does not stay..."This line indicates one of the key themes in the poem "To an Athlete Dying Young" by A.E. Housman. With this being National Poetry Month, I am reading and talking ...
If
"If you can keep your head when all about you/Are losing theirs and blaming it on you..."These lines begin the poem "If" by Rudyard Kipling. The entire poem is a series of "if" lines and concepts, all talking about the many trials and tr...
The Road Not Taken
"Two roads diverged in a wood..."We move to a new theme today, one that is based on this being National Poetry Month. I am going to read and talk about poems that I find particularly powerful, inspirational, and meaningful. I will do thi...
Fools 4 - Frost, Carnegie, & Twain
As you heard last week on April 1st, the focus was on quotes about April Fool's Day. Then on Friday, I decided I would do some more quotes about fools. However, I got so into talking about the first quote that I only did that one quote in Frida...
Fools #3 - Tusser, Aurelius, Akhenaton
As you heard last Wednesday, the focus was on quotes about April Fool's Day. Then on Friday, I decided I would do some more quotes about fools. However, I got so into talking about the first quote that I only did that one quote in Friday's epis...
Fools #2 - Lincoln, Machiavelli, Mizner
As you heard last Wednesday, the focus was on quotes about April Fool's Day. Then on Friday, I decided I would do some more quotes about fools. However, I got so into talking about the first quote that I only did that one quote in Friday's epis...
Shakespeare & Fools
Well, as you heard on Wednesday, the focus was on quotes about April Fool's Day. Today, I decided I would do some more quotes about fools. However, I got so into talking about the first quote that I only did that one quote in today's episode. T...
Speaking to My Heroes!
This is a special, special occasion for me. I have two of my biggest heroes with me on the show today - Dr. J & Coach K! To get one of them would be amazing, but both of them?!?! In the same episode!?!? It's unbelievable! This i...
A Work in Progress
We wrap up Women's History Month with five powerful quotes dealing with the tests that we face in life and the importance of being our best selves when we face them.As always, I am so grateful to all of you who support the podcast! I do ...