I love quotes. I use a couple of my own from time to time and I love finding quotes that fuel me.
If I talk to one of my kids before their games I always end with, “Play hard and have fun!” When I sign my memoir I use, “Always believe in you.” And when I was coaching I searched out quotes to encourage and inspire. Our locker room walls were covered in quotes, my coaches and I would text quotes to the players and I would use quotes in my pre-game speeches. Our team was surrounded with positive energy, added fuel to the fire of our intended goals.
During the five years that I was head coach, I watched the energy change with our team. My final year, we were in no way perfect, but we grew as a team and placed 6th in State and more importantly, we grew as a group of young women who learned to stay positive in the face of a challenge, and positive quotes were one small piece of the puzzle.
What are some of your favorite quotes?
Just do it. – Nike
Not my circus, not my monkeys. – Polish Proverb
“There is no limit to the goals you can attain, the success you can achieve – your possibilities are as endless as your dreams.” – D Crowe