Quote of the Day

Time, the devourer of all things.

Ovid

Quote of the Day

I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the

harder I work the more I have of it.

Thomas Jefferson

Quote of the Day

Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal.

My strength lies solely in my tenacity.

Louis Pasteur

How Do They Do It?

How do the folks on the U.I.L. Legislative Council keep from laughing at some of the presentations?

Here are a few proposals that were denied/rejected/tabled:

No coach can coach his son on a varsity team.

Is it okay for a mom to coach her daughter?

Coaches not be allowed to run alongside their athletes during cross country meets.

I guess that means swimming in open lanes during races would be out for swim coaches, too.

Allow players to take a drink during a thirty-second time out in basketball.

Does that mean they can’t now? That's pretty idiotic!

Acrylic or artificial nails shall not be allowed in girls basketball.

Next, they'll want to limit hair weaves!

Regulate the length of basketball pants.

I hope we're not going back to short shorts!

Create a rule to dictate hair length.

Do they mean shorter for guys, longer for girls, or both?

Allow fifth year seniors to play football.

Let's lower the bar to reward failure!

Freshmen and sophomores should not be allowed to play on a varsity team until he or she reaches their junior year.

That would have meant last year's guys' team of ten would have been trimmed to a much more manageable four, while the gals' squad of eight would have been a team of two. At least there wouldn't be any relay controversies.

All youth participating in athletics be given equal playing time in all sports.

I couldn't agree more. It's just not fair that an eight-minute 500 freestyler has all the fun while a twenty-one second 50 freestyler barely gets any "playing" time!

I'll bet you hoped I'd include something funny about U.I.L. sponsoring water polo, didn't you?

Sorry, but I'm not going there...

Quote of the Day

I don't make jokes. I just watch the

government and report the facts.

Will Rogers

Quote of the Day

I owe my success to having listened respectfully
to the very best advice, and then going away
and doing the exact opposite.

G. K. Chesterton

Quote of the Day

Never interrupt your enemy

when he is making a mistake.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Advice

This list appears in the most recent edition of Texas Coach magazine. It's from former Corpus Christi ISD athletic director Richard Avila. It's aimed at first-time football coaches, but most items could apply to any new coach.

Advice for a First-Time Head Coach

1. Thank those who helped you get where you are today...parents, teachers, coaches, mentors, etc. Thank the Board, administration, principal, A.D., upon being awarded the position.
2. Be loyal to your district, board, superintendent, principal, school, coaches, athletes, etc.
3. Be careful what you say to the media, be short and to the point - be positive always.
4. Evaluate existing staff, allow them a chance to prove themselves. If they fit, keep them; if not, help them get another position.
5. Pick or hire two top assistants. If defensive-minded, get a strong offensive-minded coach and vice versa.
6. Share and write down your philosophy/goals with your staff and your team.
7. Loyalty is your number one priority when surrounding yourself with good assistants at all levels.
8. Support all sports by your presence and your actions: salary, budget, travel, equipment, assistants, etc.
9. Treat all coaches like you would have wanted to be treated when you were coming up the ranks.
10. Never run up the score on anyone and don't let other sports in your school do it either.
11. Never ask coaches to work on Sundays unless you have to, but don't ask them to miss church.
12. Never neglect your spouse and family - find time for them always.
13. Study the rules, know them inside out. If you break a rule, turn yourself in...tell the truth. Admit it...learn from it...Take your lumps...Don't do it again!
14. If an assistant breaks a rule, turn them in and administer a reprimand with approval of principal.
15. Re-visit Code of Conduct by committee: male & female coaches, student-athlete, assistant principal and you.
16. Make all meetings. Be professionally dressed, be on time, better yet - be early.
17. Always have a shirt and tie handy when asked to go "downtown".
18. Work with local officials' associations. Be courteous, respectful, accept their rulings, etc.
19. Keep in mind always that you are a role model. You never know who is watching.
20. Document...document...document

Quote of the Day

You can only be young once, but

you can always be immature.

Dave Barry

Quote of the Day

Good habits are as easy to form as bad ones.

Tim McCarver

Quote of the Day

Preach not to others what they should eat,
but eat as becomes you, and be silent.

Epictetus

Quote of the Day

The problem with people who have no vices is

that generally you can be pretty sure they're

going to have some pretty annoying virtues.

Elizabeth Taylor

Quote of the Day

You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do.

Henry Ford

Quote of the Day

It is dangerous to be right

when the government is wrong.

Voltaire

Quote of the Day

I have always found that mercy

bears richer fruits than strict justice.

Abraham Lincoln

Quote of the Day

Good parents give their children roots and wings.

Roots to know where home is, wings to fly away

and exercise what's been taught them.

Jonas Salk

Quote of the Day

I love argument, I love debate. I don't expect anyone

just to sit there and agree with me, that's not their job.

Margaret Thatcher

Quote of the Day

People ask the difference between
a leader and a boss.  The leader
leads, and the boss drives.

 

 

Theodore Roosevelt

Quote of the Day

I have no regrets. I wouldn't have lived my

life the way I did if I was going to worry

about what people were going to say.

Ingrid Bergman

Quote of the Day

The only reason to have money is to tell

any SOB in the world to go to hell.

Humphrey Bogart

Quote of the Day

I just want Texas to be number one in

something other than executions,

toll roads and property taxes.

Kinky Friedman

Quote of the Day

The outcome of the war is in our hands;

the outcome of words is in the council.

Homer

Quote of the Day

Some people are born on third base and

go through life thinking they hit a triple.

Barry Switzer

Quote of the Day

If I came in to recruit your son, I would tell you,

your wife, and your son, that I will be the most

demanding coach your son can play for.

Bobby Knight

Quote of the Day

Traveling to swimming meets took me beyond

my small-town existence, gave me a hint of the

exciting world outside of my own home.

Esther Williams

Quote of the Day

It's lonely and cold on the top... lonely and cold.

Judy Garland

Quote of the Day

Education makes a straight ditch

of a free meandering brook.

Henry David Thoreau

Flounder

Bobby w/flounder (and Al)

Quote of the Day

To rage and mock is gentlemanly,

to grumble and whine is not.

Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa

Quote of the Day

You do have to be fairly selfish when you

have a gift. You cannot afford to let

too many outside things get in the way.

Sarah Brightman

Bull Shark (4 a.m.)

Today's meet was called off, so the boys got a workout in by hauling in this fighter.

Quote of the Day

I have learned over the years that when one's mind

is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what

must be done does away with fear.

Rosa Parks

Quote of the Day

You can get much farther with a kind word

and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.

Al Capone

Quote of the Day

I was taught that the way of progress

was neither swift nor easy.

Marie Curie