Ron Jaworski Quotes

When things aren't going well, it's very easy to blame the coaching staff.

You have to have the mentality of executing your game when you don't feel like there's a lot of hope. I think the best feeling is when somebody pushes you to the limit and you dig down a little bit extra. By the same token, you also need a little luck. Sometimes they come together.

It's the playoffs. You find a way to get through.

I understand when you have great players on losing teams who are tired of losing, struggling in the playoffs every year. You're the lone star. I've been in that position.

All it takes is one guy to change a locker room. To change the complexity or nature of an atmosphere.

A captain has to be able to look a player in the eye before he starts his run-up or goes out to bat.

If they don't have a winning attitude, I don't want them.

He will know from and early age that failure is not disgrace. It's just a pitch that you missed, and you'd better get ready for the next one. The next one might be the shot heard round the world. My son and I are Americans, we prepare for glory by failing until we don't.

Champions adjust and pressure is a privilege.

A team that has character doesn't need stimulation.

Ignore the people who tell you it won't work, and hire people who embrace your vision.

The bone's 6 inches out of his leg and all he's yelling is, 'Win the game, win the game.' I've not seen that in my life. Pretty special young man. I don't think we could have gathered ourselves - I know I couldn't have - if Kevin didn't say over and over again, 'Just go win the game,' I don't think we could have gone in the locker room with a loss after seeing that. We had to gather ourselves. We couldn't lose this game for him. We just couldn't.

If you are going through a time of discouragement, there is a time or great personal growth ahead.

I feel the pressure but I embrace it. Whatever I have to do to make the sport catch on to other people, I'll do it.

Passion is the great slayer of adversity. Focus on strengths and what you enjoy.

The difference between successful people and others is how long they spend time feeling sorry for themselves.

You have to feel comfortable being uncomfortable. I'm always comfortable being uncomfortable. And to be comfortable being uncomfortable, I have to hone my discipline, which to me is doing what I have to do, but also doing it like I love it.

When you're not happy, you need to be strong to change, resisting the temptation of turning back. The weak goes nowhere

As soon as you start to get tired, as soon as you start to get behind, as soon as your coach starts yelling at you, a lot of doors open up to quit; you got to find that one reason to stay in that battle, one reason to stay in the fire and fight.

You take a team with twenty-five assholes and I'll show you a pennant. I'll show you the New York Yankees.

On every team, there is a core group that sets the tone for everyone else. If the tone is positive, you have half the battle won. If it is negative, you are beaten before you ever walk on the field.

You can never give up or get down on yourself. A true champion keeps his or her chin up and always takes life one race at a time.

I know that you that you may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. If you accept that you have been defeated, you give power to the force that is trying to defeat you.

When I'm smiling and having fun, that's when you should have a problem. If I'm out there frowning and looking mean, that's when you know you've beat me - because I'm not having fun. I've been playing basketball since I was three. Everybody since I was three tried to tell me to stop smiling. Even my dad. My dad apologized to me when I was ten.

Whenever I feel bad, I use that feeling to motivate me to work harder. I only allow myself one day to feel sorry for myself. When I'm not feeling my best I ask myself, 'What are you gonna do about it?' I use the negativity to fuel the transformation into a better me.