Some Altered Quotes for Coaching…

So in a different poston coaching and General W.T. Sherman, I mentioned the symbolic relationship of sports to war.  That got me wondering–what would happen if I looked at various famous quotes about war and replaced ‘war’ with an appropriate substitute such as ‘volleyball,’ ‘basketball,’ or ‘coaching.’   Let’s see what we get!!

• “God created sports so Americans could learn geography.” –Mark Twain

• “There is no game that can ever be the end of all games.” –Haruki Murakami

• “A game may happen and be a total lie; another game may happen and be truer than the truth.” –Tim O’Brien

• “Victory does not determine who was right or wrong.” –George Bernard Shaw

• “When all the games are ended, a butterfly will still be just as beautiful.” –Ruskin Bond

• “It doesn’t make any difference who plays or coaches to someone who is dead.” –Joseph Heller

• “In preparing for a game, I find plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.” –Dwight D. Eisenhower

• “A player will fight long and hard for a little medal.” –Napoleon

• “They won the first set.  Those poor [so and sos].” –Creighton Abrams

• “Before a game, sports science seems a real science, like astronomy.  Afterwards, it seems more like astrology.” –Rebecca West

• “Sweat prevents injury.” –Erwin Rommel

• “Real and lasting victories come off the court, not from the scoreboard.” –Ralph Emerson

• “Sports is a series of mistakes on both sides which leads to a victory.” –Albert Pike