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Coach's Diary

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Coach's Diary

@ACoachsDiary

A youth, high school, and college teacher and coach who helps coaches, teachers, and parents leverage relationships to drive performance and resolve conflict.

Texas, USA

Joined January 2018

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Nov 18, 2024
Nick Saban; Do we have ‘Show Dogs’ on the team, or do we have ‘Hunting Dogs’ on the team? Hunting Dogs are focused on discipline, commitment, accountability, doing the right things and getting better. Show Dogs are worried about how they look and playing time.
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Feb 16, 2023
“Kawhi is part of the reason I made the defensive team in my second year. He told me, ‘Don’t worry about trying to get 15-20 points, go make the all-defensive team. I guarantee you - defense gets you on the court, and if you are on the floor, you will have to play offense too.’”
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Jan 10, 2025
“In your lowest moment, you find the most out about yourself.” - Marcus Freeman; Notre Dame Football When you have a locker room full of people who CHOOSE to put the team first, great things can happen.
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Jan 10, 2023
Great quote from Kirby Smart: "Just hard work. We don’t run from hard work; our kids don’t run from work. As long as you don't have entitlement in your program, you got a shot.”
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Jan 9, 2025
Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman says they don’t love leaders who lead by example because they need leaders who are willing to hold people accountable. Every great team has culture-builders who keep people connected and truth-tellers who hold people accountable.
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Mar 17, 2023
“Sports is the only job in the world where we let people call in who have never touched a ball give their opinion and we listen. We wouldn’t do that if we were doctors. Like, hey, let the public call in and talk to us about surgery. We would never do that.” - Charles Barkley
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Oct 21, 2024
Kirby Smart: Tuck in your shirt. Touch the line. Do simple better.
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May 26, 2023
I love this message by @CoachJoniTaylor !! You can be a thermometer or a thermostat. A thermometer tells you the temperature; a thermostat changes the temperature. Which one are you? Read more: acoachsdiary.com/post/week-of-m…
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Jan 6, 2024
Fall in love with the process…
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Dec 28, 2022
Let your coach coach you. If you have a coach who has the courage to coach you and hold you accountable, be thankful and let them. “To really get the best out of what you have, somebody has to pull it out of you, and there has to be a little confrontation.” - Isiah Thomas 👇🏿
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Jul 25, 2023
Mike Tomlin is one of my favorite coaches to listen to!! Here he tells his team they have to keep finding ways to get better. “What made you successful in the past won’t make you successful in the future.” #NFL #PittsburghSteelers
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Jan 17, 2023
COACH: "What do we gain from playing an opponent who is much weaker than us, and how do I keep my players motivated?" KOBE"Excellence is a habit. It's a way of life; it's not just, ‘I show up on Monday and be EXCELLENT.’ It doesn’t work that way.
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Mar 8, 2023
HOW DIFFERENT IS IT COACHING TODAY’S ATHLETES? Here, coach Dawn Staley tells how she finds the balance between being a ‘cusser and a fusser’ and a ‘chest-bumping high-fiver.” # This is a solid message for all coaches in how to hold today’s kids accountable without losing them.
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May 12, 2020
“Winning has a price. Leadership has a price. I pushed people when they didn’t wanna be pushed. I challenged people when they didn’t wanna be challenged. But I never asked them to do something I wasn’t willing to do myself.” Michael Jordan #TheLastDance