The fewer rules a coach has, the fewer rules there are for players to break.
John Madden.
“You got one guy going boom, one guy going whack, and one guy not getting in the endzone.”
“There definitely needs to be water on the sidelines for these players, but I also had some Gatorade just in case they were allergic to the water or vice versa.”
“Trip Hawkins - and this was the early 1980s - was saying there's going to be a day when everyone has a computer and they're going to want to do more on it, including playing games. So he started up...”
“That's the biggest gap in sports, the difference between the winner and the loser of the Super Bowl.”
“Sports has always been a pass-through. You pay for something, and then you pass it through to television, you pass it through to advertisers, or you pass it through to season-ticket holders, luxury...”
“I tried golf for a while, but I wasn't very good at it, so I didn't play a lot of golf. I enjoy all sports, not just football. I like basketball, baseball, and I got into the World Cup. So really, ...”
“This was about more than semantics; it represented a dangerous shift in perspective.Rio was not at war, I pointed out; and even if it were, wars have rules.”
“Rules are for people with the luxury of time.”
“Rules are for those who can't think of a better way.”
“The essence of one life is empowering another life, and so your passion has to be linked to the liberation of other peoples happiness.”
“Self-discovery is life recovery.”
“We do not get to choose how we start out in life. We do not get to choose the day we are born or the family we are born into, what we are named at birth, what country we are born in, and we do not ...”
“Love is never supposed to hurt. Love is supposed to heal, to be your haven from misery, to make living fucking worthwhile.”
“Great leaders do not fear challenges, because challenges don't break leaders but sharpens them.”
“He stood in a room, looking around, seeing thousands of himself. He banged the walls made of mirrors, but they wouldn't break. Thier laugh filled his heart and with fear, he curled up and sat there...”