Top 200 Coaching Quotes (2025 Update)
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151. “Talent sets the floor, character sets the ceiling.”

— Bill Belichick

152. “A mentor is someone who sees more talent and ability within you, than you see in yourself, and helps bring it out of you.”

— Bob Proctor

153. “You’re never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you’re never as bad as they say when you lose.”

— Lou Holtz

154. “Take action in order to move toward your goals.”

— Les Brown

155. “It is what it is. But, it will be what you make it.”

— Pat Summitt

156. “Never make excuses. Your friends don't need them and your foes won't believe them.”

— John Wooden

157. “If you want to keep getting what you’re getting, keep doing what you’re doing.”

— Les Brown

158. “Decision is the ultimate power. Decisions shape destiny.”

— Tony Robbins

159. “Delegate – work smarter not harder; do what you do best and drop the rest; get control of your calendar; do what you love because it will give you energy; work with people you like so your energy isn’t depleted.”

— John C. Maxwell

160. “Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.”

— John Wooden

161. “Every day you either get better or you get worse. You never stay the same.”

— Bo Schembechler

162. “You can’t win together if you don’t work together.”

— Nick Saban

163. “The reason you’ll never be successful is that you procrastinate.”

— Eric Thomas

164. “The strongest force in the universe is a human being living consistently with his identity.”

— Tony Robbins

165. “Listen if you want to be heard.”

— John Wooden

166. “Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.”

— John Wooden

167. “Execution will trump knowledge every day of the week.”

— Tony Robbins

168. “Leaders are not born, they’re made.”

— Vince Lombardi

169. “Champions are champions not because they do anything extraordinary but because they do the ordinary things better than anyone else.”

— Chuck Noll

170. “Your Philosophy of life shapes you more than anything else.”

— Tony Robbins

171. “It’s not resources but resourcefulness that ultimately makes the difference.”

— Tony Robbins

172. “You design the life you want to have.”

— T. Harv Eker

173. “If you can’t, then you must!”

— Tony Robbins

174. “Engaging people is about meeting their needs, not yours.”

— Tony Robbins

175. “Don’t talk too much or too soon.”

— Bear Bryant

176. “As a leader of people, you have to be a great listener, a great motivator, be very good at praising and bringing out the best in people.”

— Richard Branson

177. “We didn't lose the game; we just ran out of time.”

— Vince Lombardi

178. “Change is never a matter of ability, it’s always a matter of motivation.”

— Tony Robbins

179. “Success leaves clues, Proximity is power. Love your family, CHOOSE your peers.”

— Tony Robbins

180. “There is no “I” in “Team,” but there is an “E” for “Everyone.” A team achieves more when everyone contributes.”

— Robert Cheeke

181. “Leaders create culture. Culture drives behavior. Behavior produces results.”

— Urban Meyer

182. “A leader’s job is not to do the work for others; it’s to help others figure out how to do it themselves, to get things done and to succeed beyond what they thought possible.”

— Simon Sinek

183. “Who will you have to become, to achieve all you want?”

— Tony Robbins

184. “As soon as you seek to inspire others, it inspires the best in you.”

— Brendon Burchard

185. “Activity equals results. If you want to increase your success, increase your activity.”

— Brian Tracy

186. “Strive for perfection, but settle for excellence.”

— Don Shula

187. “Early is on time and on time is late.”

— Bo Schembechler

188. “Lack of emotion causes lack of progress and lack of motivation.”

— Tony Robbins

189. “The only limits in our life are those we impose on ourselves.”

— Bob Proctor

190. “I challenge you to be the best you can be! I challenge you to behave in ways you’ve never behaved.”

— Eric Thomas

191. “Change Your Mind, Change Your Life.”

— Joe Dispenza

192. “If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.”

— Bill Shankly

193. “Set a goal to achieve something that is so big, so exhilarating that it excites you and scares you at the same time.”

— Bob Proctor

194. “If you’re ready to take your game to the next level, you gotta change that mindset.”

— Eric Thomas

195. “By changing nothing, nothing changes.”

— Tony Robbins

196. “There are no failures – only feedback.”

— Richard Bandler

197. “If you fail to prepare, you’re prepared to fail.”

— Mark Spitz

198. “As you reach your goals, set new ones. That is how you grow and become a more powerful person.”

— Les Brown

199. “They may outsmart me, or be luckier, but they can’t outwork me.”

— Woody Hayes

200. “If they want you to cook the dinner, at least they ought to let you shop for some of the groceries.”

— Bill Parcells