The Favorite Quotes segment of this website is a fun way for coaches and fans

   to share words of wisdom, quotes from coaches, political and business leaders,

   famous people, or from anyone with something entertaining to say.  Coach Kish

   enjoys adding quotes to his practice plan for a "quote of the day," on scouting

   reports, motivational material, recruiting information, and uses them when working

   with players.

   There will be a variety of quotes listed from a multiple sources.  Most sources will

   be listed.  Coach Kish has several quote books, has collected them from other

   coaches, clinics, and would like for your input in making this an always changing

   webpage.  Please E-mail your favorite quote to add to this list, remember to include

   your name and information.

"Your intellect may be confused... But, your emotions will never lie to you."

    * QuoteWorld.com

"Some people like my advice so much that they frame it upon the wall instead of

  using it."
     * Gordon R. Diskson

"Life is often compared to a marathon, but I think it is more like being a sprinter;

 long stretches of hard work punctuated by brief moments in which we are given

 the opportunity to perform at our best."
    * Michael Johnson

"Nothing is really work unless ... you'd rather be doing something else ."

    * James Matthew Barrie

"Practice is for coaches... Games are for players."

    * Larry Graham (Lindenwood University)

"Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a joke

  about a father-in-law?"
     * Dick Clark

"A friend is somebody you want to be around when you feel like being by

  yourself."
    * Barbara Burrow

"The greatest motivational act one person can do for another is to listen."

    * Roy E. Moody

"What to do with a mistake--recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it."

     * Dean Smith (College Basketball Coaching Legend)

"There are NO traffic jams along the Extra Mile!"

    * Roger Staubach (NFL Legend)

"Character is not made in a crisis it is only exhibited."

    * Rose Dorothy Freeman

"To be early is to be on time.... To be on time is to be late....To be late is to be

  forgotten."

    * Charlie Wallace

"Opportunity knocks at the strangest times, It's not the time that matters, but how 

  you answer the door."

    * Steve Gray

"Just because the season starts in October doesn't mean you can equate trick-or-

  treating with basketball.  Some kids think playing time is like candy: you put a

  suit on and it gets handed to you.  That's not true, you have to EARN playing

  time during every practice."

    * Derek McCord (Dyer County (TN) HS - Head Basketball Coach)

"Yes, risk-taking is inherently failure-prone. Otherwise, it would be called sure-

  thing taking."

    * Tim McMahon

"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the

  opportunity in every difficulty."

    * Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

"You can have anything you want.... if you want it badly enough.  You can be

  anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish.... if you hold to

  that desire with singleness of purpose."

    * William Adams (famous English seaman & samurai)

"I don't know any other way to LEAD but by EXAMPLE."

    * Don Shula (Retired NFL Coach)

"Education is the most powerful weapon that you can use to change the world."

     * Nelson Mandela

"You know you made a mistake... you can't change the past, just do it right in the

  future.  Don't remember the mistake, just understand you owe the team a play

  to make up for it."

     * Chad Kish (Mineral Area College)

"If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster ."

     * Tommy Callahan (Tommy Boy)

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To Make a Submission to the Favorite Quotes segment, please send an E-mail with your Quote, your Name, your School, and Position.