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Benjamin Franklin

“Laws gentle are seldom obeyed: too severe seldom executed.”

I’m not sure if Ben’s use of language exactly fits the sports mentality of today, but I have always believed that a few really important rules work much better for a team than too many do. By the same token , if there are too few [...]

Phil Jackson

“My goal as a coach was to find a structure that would empower everybody on the team, not just the stars, and allow the players to grow as individuals as they surrendered themselves to the group effort.”

Mine, too, and I like to do that by things like not letting the seniors treat the freshmen [...]

John Wooden

“BE QUICK BUT DON’T HURRY”

I love John Wooden and would recommend reading anything he has ever uttered or put in print. I have used this one a lot over the years. For me and my teams it means always play with pace, but never play with panic. These two things will lead a team [...]