Quotes

This page contains quotes I have posted on the CBA Soccer website over time.  There are some really good ones and others that are merely my favotites meaning they might hold more value to me than someone just scrolling through looking for an inspirational quote to use with their team.  As with articles I write, please feel free to share any of the quotes. All I ask is that you mention where you found them. By doing so, you help us build this site and enable us to bring even more information to you.  Thanks so much!

The process of reaching our goals takes place every day.

The process is taking place when working on your own, in every practice and during every game.

The process is taking place at every meal and in the amount of rest we get each night.

We cannot allow ourselves to become bored with the process.

Ultimately the quality of our performance, our ability to achieve the goals we have set, will be determined by the attention paid to the details within the process.

 

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Don't run away.

Overcome obstacles.

Eliminate interference.

Find a way.

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Dream of Playing your Best

Then Play your Dream

 

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Great defensive teams move on the movement of the ball.

Poor defensive teams move on the completed pass.

 

 

 

 

Great offensive teams move before the ball moves.

  Poor offensive teams move when or after the ball moves.

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DISCIPLINE is choosing between what you want NOW

and what you want MOST

 

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If you don't have the time to do it right,

when are you going to make time to do it over?

Let's get it right the first time.

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Humility isn't thinking less of yourself.

It's thinking of yourself less.

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Play for a CAUSE ….... Not for APPLAUSE

 

Play to EXPRESS …... Not to IMPRESS

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Experience has taught me the importance of having "Buy in" in your program

Head Coach, Assistant Coaches, Players, Parents, Administrators

Success requires everyone to buy into The Process.

When committment and dedication to one another are present

The Process will take care of the outcome.

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Lack of confidence is born from lack of preparation.

 

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"I have a few tricks and dribbles which I use a lot

and when I am playing well,

it is natural that they become easier.

But the tricks I use are the ones that will hopefully benefit the team.

What I do as an individual player is only important if it helps the team to win.

That is the most important thing."

Cristiano Ronaldo

 

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"I play very simply.

That's what it's all about.

Playing simple football is the hardest thing."

Johan Cruyff

 

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Our style of play is entrenched around responsibility.

We want you to experience and enjoy freedom in your play

In order to achieve this, an understanding must be developed

that with freedom comes incredible responsibility.

You simply cannot have one without accepting the other.

 

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No matter the level of play

Every player seeking success

Asks and answers one essential question

How would I rate myself as a teammate?

 

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Discipline builds winners,

Winners stay disciplined!

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There is no glory in practice,

but without practice,

there is no glory.

 

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Discipline is the foundation upon which all success is built.

Lack of discipline inevitably leads to failure.

 

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Invincibility lies in the defense;

 the possibility of victory in the attack

 

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The Game begins at the end of your comfort zone.

 

 

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INTEGRITY

PASSION

DILIGENCE

APPRECIATION

UNITY

 

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True motivation comes from within.

No one can hand it to you,

but no one can take it away, either.

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The level of Intelligence a player demonstrates in the game

determines the Quality of his Performance.

 

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Change is constant in the world.

You either modify your dreams and magnify your skills

or

find yourself reminiscing about the past as the world passes you by.

 

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The enemy of GREAT is very good.

Do not settle for less than you can be.

 

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Team Work Makes OUR Dreams Work!!!

 

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“If you control the ball, you control the score.”

Pele
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The best and fastest way to learn to play the game is to

watch and imitate a champion.

 

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Today I do the work others will not

So that tomorrow I will make the plays others cannot.

 

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Three ideas about mistakes

1) Own up to making them

2) Learn from them

3) Do not repeat them

 

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FEAR has two meanings

1) Forget Everything And Run

or

2) Face Everything And Rise

The choice is yours!

 

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I’m not the strongest,

I’m not the fastest,

I’m not the most athletic,

but if I can think this game

and be one step ahead of everybody else,

it will put me in the right positions

to make plays

and influence the game for my team.

 

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The greatest mistake is to continue practicing a mistake.

Don't get beat the same way twice.

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Ability is what you’re capable of doing.

Motivation determines what you do.

Attitude determines how well you do it.

 

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The point of possession is to create

numerical advantage to attack the

opposition in a fashion that will lead

to a GOAL for your team.

 

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"Preparation is the key to victory in any game that you play.

 

The prepared people win a lot more than the unprepared people.

 

You can never spend too much time on preparation.

 

The will to prepare to win is far more important than the will to win"           

 

Bob Knight

 

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INTEGRITY

  

PASSION

 

DILIGENCE

 

APPRECIATION

 

UNITY 

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True motivation comes from within.

 

No one can hand it to you,

 

but no one can take it away, either.


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The Game begins

at the end of your comfort zone.


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Invincibility lies in the defense;

 

 

the possibility of victory



in the attack.

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The enemy of GREAT is very good.

 

 

Do not settle

for less than you can be.

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Team Work Makes OUR Dreams Work!!!

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Change is constant in the world.

 

You either modify your dreams and magnify your skills

 

 or

 

find yourself reminiscing about the past

as the world passes you by.


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There is no glory in practice,

 

 but without practice,

 

there is no glory.

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No matter the level of play

 

 

Every player seeking success

 

 

Asks and answers one essential question 

 

 

How would I rate myself as a teammate?

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“If you control the ball, you control the score.”

Pele

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Play for a CAUSE …....  Not for APPLAUSE

 

Play to EXPRESS …...  Not to IMPRESS

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Humility isn't thinking less of yourself.

 

It's thinking of yourself less.

 

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If you don't have the time

to do it right,

 

when are you going to make time 

to do it over?

 

Let's get it right the first time.

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DISCIPLINE is choosing between

what you want NOW

  

and 

what you want MOST

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Getting Gritty

 

 

 

Leads to

 

 

 

Playing Pretty

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Dream of Playing your Best

 

 

Then Play your Dream

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Good teams become great teams

when the members trust each other enough

to surrender the me for the WE.

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High achievement  

always takes place

in the framework of 

high expectations.

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Coming together is a beginning.

 

Keeping together is progress.

 

Working together is success.

 

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"Preparation is the key to victory

 

in any game that you play.

The prepared people win a lot more

 

than the unprepared people.

 

You can never spend too much time

 

on preparation.

 

The will to prepare to win

 

is far more important

 

than the will to win" 

 

 

Bob Knight

 

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Ability is what you’re capable of doing.

 

Motivation determines what you do.

 

Attitude determines how well you do it.

 

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"I have a few tricks and dribbles

which I use a lot

 

and when I am playing well,

 

it is natural that they become easier.

 

But the tricks I use are the ones that will

 

hopefully benefit the team.

 

What I do as an individual player is only

 

 important if it helps the team to win.

 

That is the most important thing."

 

Cristiano Ronaldo

 

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Experience has taught me the importance of having "Buy in" in your program

 

 

Head Coach, Assistant Coaches, Players, Parents, Administrators

 

 

Success requires everyone to buy into The Process.

 

 

When committment and dedication to one another are present

 

 

The Process will take care of the outcome.

 

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 DISCIPLINE

  

DEDICATION

  

DETERMINATION

 

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Good teams become great ones

 

when the members trust each other enough

 

 to surrender the Me for the We.

 

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If you train hard,

 you'll not only be hard, 

you'll be hard to beat. 

Herschel Walker

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It can never be about me.

 

 

The coaches and players of great teams understand this.

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Personal agendas must never get in the way of team agenda.

 

When this does happen,

 

selfishness replaces TEAM

 

followed by a break in trust

 

and a disruption in team chemistry.

 

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Victory

 

isn't a result of spontaneous combustion.

 

You must set yourself on fire.

 

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Never underestimate the importance

of a teammate.

 

They can create a great environment

 

or can spoil the environment.

 

Be aware of the spoilers!

 

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The toughest opponent you will ever face

 

is the one you see in the mirror each morning.

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L. ive
E. veryday to
A. chieve your
D. reams

 

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You do not become successful

by seeking success.

 

 Success is a bridge you cross

on the path to

 

EXCELLENCE

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