Charles Best Quotes

At the end of the day, I write down an 'L' or a 'W,' whether or not the day was a 'Loss' or if it was a 'Win.' It really bothers you to have to write down an 'L.' An 'L' looks like a day I ate a lot of junk food, or I didn't work out when I was supposed to or train when I was supposed to train, or if I felt that I had a bad performance in the ring.

My style is to keep folks in place who are good managers and want to win.

We could all use more coaching.

When we make progress and get better at something, it is inherently motivating. In order for people to make progress, they have to get feedback and information on how they're doing.

If I didn't play well, Dad was the first one to tell me where I'd gone wrong and give great advice.

You need a long-term coach to be able to win.

The selfish thing about an athlete is you always look at the side of things where you say I could've done that better.

Milestones aren't what I think about much.

I could have coached better.

So I try not to have any actual expectations for myself for any level of success or failure.

Resolutions are a wonderful thing if we can keep them, but many resolutions go by the wayside because we have not done anything different with our mindset.

Sometimes we know the best thing to do, but fail to do it. New year's resolutions are often like that. We make resolutions because we know it would be better for us to lose weight, or get fit, or spend more time with our children. The problem is that a resolution is generally easier to break than it is to keep.

All I can say is that I'm going to try to coach the way I've coached in the past. And if it ends up not being good enough, then so be it.

Coaching is nothing more than eliminating mistakes before you get fired.

Researching Magic Johnson, I realized I clearly haven't done enough with my life.

It strikes me every time I do an interview that I don't really sit around thinking about my goals and my life and my career. I do what I love doing and I get a lot of feedback. I'm free as a bird, you know? If I do something good, it's, 'Wow, that was brilliant,' and if I do something bad, it just goes away.

Do not let your ambitions become a sanctuary for your failures.

Performance is always something that will be a part of my career.

You're always growing as a coach, and I am not done growing, and hopefully I'm not done winning.

I know a lot of actors don't watch themselves on TV, but I think it's good to see how else you can improve.

I've exceeded a few of my goals, but I'm behind on a couple of others.

To have success, there must be a very clear mission, a staff who understands the mission, enough autonomy to do the mission, and accountability for the success of the mission..

If all my bridge coach ever told me was that I was 'satisfactory,' I would have no hope of ever getting better. How would I know who was the best? How would I know what I was doing differently?

Most of the coaches just tell you, 'No, no, you're doing well. This is fine.' But I actually want someone who will tell me what I didn't do right so that I can improve.

When you look at myself, I'm a coach, and that's what it's all about. When you're a player, you get criticized, and when you're a coach, you get criticized even more because it's about wins and losses.