Conservative coaches have one thing in common; they are unemployed.

One of the most important qualities for any young athlete is the ability to believe in oneself. If you have confidence in yourself, in your teammates and your coach, you will succeed.

Practice without improvement is meaningless.

Repeated actions are stored as habits. If the repeated actions aren't fundamentally sound, then what comes out in a game can't be sound. What comes out will be bad habits.

Winners bring reality up to their vision. Losers bring their vision down to reality.

Don't bemoan your fate. Everybody's not going to be dealt the same hand. Everybody's going to go through tough times.

Winning and losing are both very temporary things. Having done one or the other, you move ahead. Gloating over a victory or sulking over a loss is a good way to stand still.