Quotations

Motivational quotations tend to get overplayed and cliched, especially by media commentators but also by coaches with a shallow approach to their calling. Here are some to add to the collection:



'Genius is energy, only directed energy. Genius is preparation.'
Gerry Spence

'To excel or not to excel is not a matter of talent, predisposition, character or destiny. It is a matter of decision.'
Dr. Keith Bell

'You have body like sausage. Go to gym and come back when body like swimmer.'
Gennadi Touretski

'You only feel wet when you're out of the water.'
Dr. Keith Bell

'Clive, you're the hardest coach I've ever worked with.'
Adrian Moorhouse, World record holder and Olympic Champion

'Expert performance requires at least 10,000 hours of deliberate practice.'
Ericsson & Charness, 1994

'You can see things underwater that the Coach can't see from the deck.'
Brad Bridgewater, Olympic Champion

'Victory remains the only acceptable reason for leaping off the starting block.'
Don Talbot

'A bicycle in a wind tunnel at 50 kph exhibits exactly the same drag characteristics as a swimmer at 1.2 m/s. The design of the bolt-heads holding the wheels in place makes a significfant difference to the drag co-efficient. Pay attention to the bolt-heads.'
Bill Boomer

'I have coached Danyon Loader (1996 Olympic champion 200m and 400m Freestyle) since he was 8 years old. I cannot remember him ever being sick or injured in all that time.'
Duncan Laing

'The first rule of sports nutrition is 'don't eat more than you can lift''
Tom McNabb

'Plan for the plan to be disrupted.'
Dr. Helga Pfeiffer


... and, if you want to distill them all down to one single philosophy by which to guide your career,

'Do, or do not; there is no try,'
Yoda. Star Wars - The Empire Strikes Back