A Quote by Franz Stampfl
Confidence is the most important quality in all athlete-coach relationships.
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When I look at Franklin Roosevelt's leadership, I think the most important quality he had during the Depression and the war was this absolute confidence in himself, in his country, really in the American people. He was able to exude that confidence and almost project it.
With one coach, you have a lot of confidence, and you play well. Then you go with another coach, and your confidence is zero. Football is this.
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The athlete makes himself, the coach doesn't make the athlete.
I have the full confidence of the coach, and that's extremely important to me.
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Perhaps the most reliable route to meaning and joy, to plunging below the surface and seeking more than the superficiality of material ambition, is connection with people, places, ideas and issues. Of these, the most important are people and relationships. And the most reliable route to relationships is conversation.
