#coach

Just sit tight. Reinforcements should be here soon. Hopefully nothing happens before-" Lightning crackled overhead. The wind picked up with a vengeance. Worksheets flew into the Grand Canyon, and the entire bridge shuddered. Kids screamed, stumbling and grabbing the rails. "I had to say something," Hedge grumbled. He bellowed into his megaphone: "Everyone inside! The cow says moo! Off the skywalk!" "I thought you said this thing was stable!" Jason shouted over the wind. "Under normal circumstances," Hedge agreed, "which these aren't. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#humor #jason-grace #humor

On my resume I have an awards category. It has one entry. It is the highlight of my life. I’m not trying to impress you or make you overly jealous. I’m merely documenting. OK, so maybe I am gloating a bit. Here it is, exactly as it appears on my resume. “Awards: I won third place in the 100-yard dash in the fourth grade. I still carry around my green ribbon with me wherever I go. The ribbon is available for authenticity inspection upon request, and my fourth grade PE coach’s phone number can also be provided to corroborate the validity of my claim.”
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— Jarod Kintz

#award #awards #category #claim #coach

Naturally, Coach Hedge went ballistic; but Percy found it hard to take the satyr seriously since he was barely five feet tall. "Never in my life!" Coach bellowed, waving his bat and knocking over a plate of apples. "Against the rules! Irresponsible!" "Coach," Annabeth said, "it was an accident. We were talking, and we fell asleep." "Besides," Percy said, "you're starting to sound like Terminus." Hedge narrowed his eyes. "Is that an insult, Jackson? 'Cause I'll—I'll terminus you, buddy! ↗

— Rick Riordan

#coach-hedge #heroes-of-olympus #percy-jackson #percy-jackson-and-the-olympians #terminus

People respected my experience, they hire me, they pay me what I am worth to coach their team. ↗

— Anatoli Boukreev

#coach #experience #hire #i #i am

To have the kind of year you want to have, something has to happen that you can't explain why it happened. Something has to happen that you can't coach. ↗

— Bobby Bowden

#coach #explain #happen #happened #kind

I never worked with a dialogue coach before, but I'd hate it if an American did a British accent and didn't do it well. It would be insulting. ↗

— Tracey Ullman

#american #before #british #coach #dialogue

It's not just about a coach telling you what to do and just following it unthinkingly. ↗

— Lynn Davies

#coach #following #just #telling #unthinkingly

When Jim Irsay called me five years ago, he told me, 'I want you to be our coach and help us win the Super Bowl.' He told me, 'We are going win it the right way. We are going to win it with great guys; win it with class and dignity. We are going to win it in a way that will make Indianapolis proud.' ↗

— Tony Dungy

#bowl #called #class #coach #dignity

I have a lot of respect for tough coaches. ↗

— Reggie White

#i #lot #respect #tough

Have an open mind! Have an empty cup! ↗

— Tae Yun Kim

#life-coaching #life-lessons #quotes-to-live-by #life