Coaching Reflections: Be the Light
- tonyabbatinewebsite
- Nov 6, 2024
- 1 min read
Sports teams, business teams, nations. This classic quote resonates brighter today than ever.
From an Anonymous Coach.
"I have come to the frightening conclusion, I am the decisive element on the field.
It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather.
I possess tremendous power to make an athletes life miserable or joyful.
I can be the tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration.
I can humilate or humor, hurt or heal.
In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis can be escalated or de-escalated, and an athlete humanized or de-humanized".
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