” Almost no one goes through life unscathed, and the ability to overcome obstacles is often what separates the haves from the have- nots.” – John Calipari Bounce Back
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Bounce Back – John Calipari
Posted: May 14, 2011 in College CoachesTags: Basketball, College, John Calapari, Kentucky
Being a Great Leader – Nick Saban
Posted: May 13, 2011 in College CoachesTags: Alabama, College, Education, employees, Football, How good do you want to be?, individual responsibility, Leadership, leading, lesson, National Football League, NFL, Nick Saban, organization, Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Excerpt taken from Nick Saban’s book, “How good do you want to be?“) Being a Great Leader Lesson 1: Great leaders stand up when adversity arises Times of adversity are when we need leaders the most. In business, employees will look to you when a bad earnings report comes out or when there is a [...]
Developing Game Changers – Notes from Al Brown
Posted: May 10, 2011 in College CoachesTags: Al Brown, Basketball, Coaching, Jaida Williams, NCAA Championships, sport
There are several AMAZING coaches in this business. Everyone with his/her unique flavor. I have enjoyed talking to and learning from several different coaches in my short seven years of coaching. In each meeting, I have humbly taken away bits and pieces of their knowledge and have built my own coaching “style”. This may [...]
Loyalty above all EXCEPT honor by John Margaritis
Posted: May 4, 2011 in College CoachesTags: Basketball, Jaida Williams, John Margaritis, Loyalty above all except honor
I have had several encounters with John Margaritis over the three years I have coached at UC Santa Barbara. He was always a man of many words! But more then that, he was always humble, kind, and respectful. Win or lose he ALWAYS had something positive to say to our staff. (It reminded me [...]