“The Lessons of A Lifetime Can’t Be Learned in a Day” (Bob Dylan Lyric) 60 Ideas in 60 Minutes on Life, Love, Coaching and Swimming. John Leonard
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“The Lessons of A Lifetime Can’t Be Learned in a Day”
(Bob Dylan Lyric)60 Ideas in 60 Minutes on Life, Love,
Coaching and Swimming. John Leonard
Based on Dinner Conversations with…
• Coach Peter Daland – “DAD”
• Coach Richard Quick – “The Emotional Son”
• Coach Mark Schubert – “The Intense Son”
• (both Known as the “good sons”)
• Coach George Block – “The Intellectual Son”
• Myself – “one of the two problem children” (with George)
• “the conversations of a lifetime.”
Life
1. The Meaning of Life….
Is Found in Service to Other people.
Life
• 2.
• Happiness comes from Meaningful Work to Do, Something to look forward to, and Someone to Love.
Life
• 3.
• Emotional Richness is the difference in a Coach’s Life.
Life
• 4.
•CHOP WOOD, HAUL WATER.
• (the path to enlightenment is..)
Life
• 6.
•Money and “stuff” will not make you happy. It WILL trap you. (soon your stuff owns you)
Life
• 6.
• “Kind and Humble” • (like the country song says…)
Life
• 7.
• Lifelong Learning is something to Love.
Life
• 8.
• You can’t “spend yourself” to solvency.
• Save Money. (it keeps your family safe)
Life
• 9.
•Priorities.
• Set by goals.
•Make the main thing, the Main thing.
Life
• 10.
•Multitasking is Nonsense. • (anyone can do ten mindless tasks at once.
Why are you doing mindless tasks?)
• FOCUS.
Life
• 11.
•HERE AND NOW. • (the only place you can make your life better.)
Life
• 12.
• TEAM EFFORT. • (everything comes from….)
• Thanks Peggy!
Life
• 13.
• “no one ever said “I wish I worked more” on their deathbed.”
Life
• 14.
• “left foot, right foot, Breath”
• (yes, its hard, of course its hard!)
Life
• 15.
• “It’s the hard things in life that you overcome, that makes you who you are.”
• Seek the Hard Things (take the stairs)
Life
• 16.
• “Inspiration is for Amateurs, I Just Get to Work”
• (artist Chuck Close)
Life
• 17.
• “Persevere without Exception.”
• Thank you Jackson!
Life
• 18.
• “Give to your country, give to your community, serve your family” .
• (we need a DRAFT)
Life
• 19.
• “Be More Concerned with Your Character than with your Reputation.”
• “your reputation is what people think of you. Your Character is Who You Are.”
• Albert Einstein.
Life
• 20.
• “Love is All There Is”
• John Lennon.
Love.
• 21.
• Success in life is largely a product of Marrying Well”
• Thank you Coach Peter Daland.
Love
• 22.
• “You can Love Anything. A person, a flower, a job, a moment in the sun. You should always be “in love”. “
• Gloria Vanderbilt.
Love.
• 23.
• “Work is Love Made Visible.”
• From a great religious leader, but I heard it from Coach Tim Welsh.
Love
• “24.
• FAMILY FIRST.
• Thank you George Block.
Love
• 25.
• “Be Here” “Show Up”• (with your heart, your mind, your body)
Love
• 26.
• Love without Reservation. • (and it will hurt, often, and a lot)
Love
• 27.
• “the Heart has a mind of its own”
• “Predictability is not part of the equation”
Love
• 28.
• “one of few things (maybe the only thing) that all of humanity has in common is that we all Love Our Children”
Love
• 29.
• “it IS about you.”
Love
• 30.
• “We are all flawed human beings. Love us anyway”.
• Thank you Coach Doug Ingram.
Love
• 31.
• “everyone gets cranial-rectal insertion syndrome once in awhile”
• What you need to know is how to get out of it.
• The Answer is….FIND SOMEONE TO HELP WHO NEEDS IT MORE.
Love
• 32.
• “you don’t know what you have, until you have been through the hard times together.” then you know.
Love
• 33.
• “If you love someone, set them free. If they come back to you, they’re yours. If they don’t, they never were.”
Love
• 34.
• “Hold hands.”
• Thank you grandma and grandpa Leonard.
• Try it. You’ll be amazed.
Love
• 35.
• “God is in the flowers. In the woods, in the city, in the slums. In the wind, and in the water. In peace and in war.
• Everywhere. Look harder. Listen better. Smile more. God is there.”
• Thanks Karen Coe. (letter to Vietnam in 1968)
Swimming.
• 36.
• Train Double the Distance you want to compete at successfully.
• Coach George Haines.
Swimming
• 37.
• “There is a place for EVERY type of training. The art is knowing what goes where and when”
• Coach Sherm Chavoor, Arden Hills, CA.
Swimming
• 38.
• “Three Secrets of Speed…Rhythm, Range, Relaxation.”
• Track Coach Arthur Lydiard, New Zealand
Swimming
• 39.
• “sometimes it not enough to do your best, You have to do What is Required.”
• Coach Mark Schubert.
Swimming
• 40.
• “Speed through Endurance”
• Coach Forbes Carlile, Australia
Swimming
• 41.
• “an athlete with good technique has no limitations. An athlete with poor technique has nothing but Limitations”
Swimming
• 41.
• “get comfortable with being uncomfortable”
Swimming
• 43.
• “Honor Your teammates with your Effort.”
• Coach Frank Busch.
Swimming
• 44.
• “What is the Importance of Jerusalem?”
• “NOTHING”
• “EVERYTHING”
• (From Movie, KINGDOM OF HEAVEN)
Swimming
• 45.
• “at the end, you won’t remember your times, your meets, your medals.
• You’ll remember your friends and your Coach.”
• Olympic Gold Medalist and World Record Holder Bruce Furniss.
Coaching
• 46.
• “He who hears everything soon goes Deaf.” Coach George Haines.
Coaching
• 47.
• “if the student hasn’t learned, the teacher hasn’t taught”.
Coaching
• 48.
• ITS ALL PERSONAL.
• (and that’s a good thing.)
Coaching
• 49.
• “question EVERYTHING”.
• Coach James “Doc” Counsilman.
Coaching
• 50.
• “Science is JUST ONE TOOL”
• Coach Don Talbot, Australia
Coaching.
• 51.
• TEAM.
• (together everyone achieves more.)
Coaching.
• 52.
• “Its mostly Art, so its mostly context”. Experience matters. “
Coaching
• 53.
• “Strange Enough to be Great”
• Coach Bob Mattson
Coaching
• 54.
• “Each Coach has Two Jobs; Help the swimmer swim better/faster and help their parents raise better people.”
Coaching
• 55.
• “Better learn to Laugh a Lot if you’re going to LAST!”
• Coach Jon Buzzard.
Coaching
• 56.
• “Hard work trumps talent when talent doesn’t work hard.”
• My high school track coach, Mr. Frank Benjamin.
Coaching.
• 57.
• “All coaches want and need as reward are the two magic words.”
• Coach John Wooden.
Coaching
• 58.
• “Computers can’t help you Coach. TALK to your athletes, that’s where the job is.”
Coaching
• 59.
• “You have more influence than their parents, in some cases. In ALL cases Some of the Time. Every word you say, matters, and can last forever. Be Careful”
• Coach Richard Shoulberg.
Coaching
• 60.
• “Children Don’t Starve for Food Alone, John”
• (the Aunt Joan Story)
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