Herb Brooks

Herb Brooks
Herbert Paul Brooks, Jr.was an American ice hockey player and coach. His most notable achievement came in 1980 as head coach of the gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic hockey team at Lake Placid. At the games, Brooks' US team upset the heavily favored Soviet team in a match that came to be known as the 'Miracle on Ice'. Brooks would go on to coach multiple NHL teams, as well as the French hockey team at the 1998 Winter Olympics, and ultimately...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth5 August 1937
CitySaint Paul, MN
CountryUnited States of America
What is courage? Let me tell you what I think it is. An indefinable quality that makes a man put out that extra something, when it seems there is nothing else to give. I dare you to be better than you are. I dare you to be a thoroughbred.
Win, lose, or tie, you're gonna play like champions!
Everything goes in cycles, to a degree.
When you pull on that jersey, you represent yourself and your teammates, and the name on the front is a hell of a lot more important than the one on the back. Get that through your head!
My recruiting key - I looked for PEOPLE first, athletes second. I wanted people with a sound value system as you cannot buy values. You're only as good as your values. I learned early on that you do not put greatness into people...but somehow try to pull it out.
Write your own book instead of reading someone else's book about success
If I'd have went on the ice when this thing happened, someone would have speared me or something. It's a great feeling of accomplishment and pride. They had to do it; it was their moment.
You don't have enough talent to win on talent alone.
Risk something or forever sit with your dreams.
You win with people, not with talent. So the quality of the people is very important in building your team. I always looked for people with a solid value system. Then I recruited kids from a cross-section of different personalities, talents and styles of play.
This, is your time! Now go out there and take it!
The name on the front is a hell of a lot more important than the one on the back.
You must have goals in your life, or otherwise be prepared to be used by those who do have them.
You can't be common, the common man goes nowhere; you have to be uncommon