A Quote by John Kessel

Coaches must be flexible, for then they won't get bent out of shape. — © John Kessel
Coaches must be flexible, for then they won't get bent out of shape.
Blessed are the flexible for they will not allow themselves to become bent out of shape!
What is perfection anyway in the physical? It is an idea we have. When it doesn't happen we get all bent out of shape and frustrated and angry and then unhappy, we take it out on everybody.
There's no evidence that coaches with a conservative bent are better coaches or more likely to get jobs.
I don't think the ebbs and flows - get in great shape and then get out of shape and then see if you can get back into shape - is a good thing. So I prefer to keep my arm always ready to go.
Bent out of shape from society's pliers, cares not to come up any higher, but rather get you down in the hole that he's in.
I think when judges are in the position of authority, they really get bent out of shape when someone tells them they acted inappropriately.
Bent metal is worse than bent wood and weight for weight is more flexible.
People get bent out of shape about the fact that when I was a kid, you could not drink out of certain water fountains. Well, the water was the same.
There is a difference in being in shape and being in football shape. Any one can out on the field and run around , but once you start getting hit and have to get up then you find out the difference between being in shape and football shape.
The Lord expects us to enjoy our lives. He says there will be some brutal times, but we shouldn't get all bent out of shape about it.
I don't know why people get so bent out of shape over stuff people say.
When I'm having a rehearsal and there are new guys who come in to try out for the job, I always let my conductor rehearse them. Because I don't want the guy to get bent out of shape, because I walk in.
Poetry is prose, bent out of shape.
The bottom line is, don't be a lifer. Get in, get a business, get five years of what you can, and get out. What happens is they start listening to the promoters, 'You'll get the next main event.' And then, all of a sudden, you become a lifer. That's the kiss of death there. Get in shape, go in, get the money, get out, and have a wonderful life.
If someone in my family is getting emotionally bent out of shape, I've had to learn to adapt.
We've lost a lot of coaches around here, but the philosophy and the approach, the standards we have set and the expectations we have maintained have always been upheld from one year to the next.I attribute that to the great character of the players and the willingness of the coaches to not get influenced and get off-message and to get out of the way.
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