Instructions to change your life: 12 motivational quotes from Coach Carter

Instructions to change your life: 12 motivational quotes from Coach Carter

These are not just pretty words, but real advice that will help you become a winner.

The movie “Coach Carter” is based on real events. It’s the story of a man who rescued teenagers from the ghetto who were facing an unenviable fate. How? By teaching them how to win. Not just on the court, but in life. And the latter is more important to him. The main character makes you think about important things. He’s tough, but he’s fair. What does Coach Carter teach you?

From today, you will play like winners, act like winners, and most importantly, you will be winners.

The thing we fear most is not our inadequacy, the thing we fear most is our inordinate power. It’s our brilliance that scares us, not our darkness. Being small and humble is not the most noble role. Insignificance inspires no one, even if it is comfortable to those around us. We want to shine and sparkle. Not just some of us, but everything and everyone. And as we learn to shine, we unconsciously encourage everyone around us to do the same. When we free ourselves from our fears, we automatically free others…..

It’s not about winning the tournament, it’s about winning yourself.

I’ll do push-ups for him. You said we’re a team. One fights, we all fight. One wins, we all win, right?

A real athlete has to be a real person.

Now I want you to go home and analyze your life. Look at the way your parents live and ask yourself: “Do I want more?” If the answer is yes, we’ll meet with you tomorrow. And I promise you, I will do everything in my power to make sure you get into college and have a chance at a better life.

If you get one percent better every day, in one hundred days you’ll be one hundred percent better.

Your accomplishments go beyond the chronicles that will run in tomorrow’s sports papers. You’ve accomplished what people sometimes spend their entire lives doing. Victory has taken up residence in your souls.

The plan I came to Richmond four months ago failed… I came to teach basketball to boys, and you became men…..

Nobody’s gonna give you a win just because you deserve it. Sometimes you gotta pull it out with your teeth.

Did they do the same thing? Why should you copy them? Why can’t you act like champions?

Our future depends on us.