One of the areas that I want to improve in my coaching is in the area of “FUN”. Of course the game is fun and even a challenging practice can be a form of fun, but I want to improve my use of humor both as a way to improve the mood of the team and introduce some motivational ideas. Here are some “Motivational Humor” ideas … let me know which one(s) you like the most!
Adapted from https://onelinefun.com/motivational/
- When everything’s coming at you, you’re in the wrong lane and going the wrong way.
- Improve your memory by doing unforgettable things.
- The road to success is always under construction.
- Failure is not falling down, it is not getting up again.
- If you’re going through Hell, keep going.
- Your life doesn’t get better by chance. It gets better by choice.
- Sometimes the best helping hand you can give someone is a good, firm push.
- Nothing is fool proof to a sufficiently talented fool.
- Whenever someone calls me ugly, I get super sad and hug them, because I know how tough life is for the visually impaired.
- Always stop before the game and take a moment of silence… for your competition.
- Whatever you do always give 100 %. Unless you are donating blood.
- Ok, what’s the latest possible date that I can still make something of my life?
- Dream carefully, because dreams come true.
- You’re not fat, you’re just… easier to see.
- Books are just TV for smart people.
- Birthday: The anniversary of the day God slapped you on the butt and said, “Okay Kid, go get in the game. Play hard, play fair, and don’t get too many penalty flags.”
- Some people say “If you can’t beat them, join them”. I say “If you can’t beat them, beat them”, because they will be expecting you to join them, so you will have the element of surprise.
- Warning: Dates in calendar are closer than they appear.
- I’ve only been wrong once, and that’s when I thought I was wrong.
- I got called pretty yesterday and it felt good! Actually, the full sentence was “You’re pretty annoying.” but I’m choosing to focus on the positive.
- Imagine that you are in the forest where there is a tiger in front of you and they are about to eat you. What do you do? U stop imagining…
- Life is like a shit sandwich. The more bread you have the less shit you have to eat.
- You’re not sure – outrun and make sure.
- The grass is always greener on the other side because its fertilized with bullshit.
The next ones are adapted / copied from http://www.funny-jokes-quotes-sayings.com/funny-inspirational-quotes.html
- Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. – Mark Twain
- It’s okay to look at the past and the future. Just don’t get caught staring. – Anonymous
- Follow your dreams, except for the one where you’re naked in church.- Rev. David Ault
- Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake. – Napoleon Bonaparte
More Motivational Humor for athletes!
Here is one of my favorite (longer form) joke…
(from http://www.mondaymorningmemo.com/got-to-be-a-pony-in-here-somewhere/)
The Pony Joke.
“The joke concerns twin boys of five or six. Worried that the boys had developed extreme personalities – one was a total pessimist, the other a total optimist – their parents took them to a psychiatrist.”
“First the psychiatrist treated the pessimist. Trying to brighten his outlook, the psychiatrist took him to a room piled to the ceiling with brand-new toys. But instead of yelping with delight, the little boy burst into tears. ‘What’s the matter?’ the psychiatrist asked, baffled. ‘Don’t you want to play with any of the toys?’ ‘Yes,’ the little boy bawled, ‘but if I did I’d only break them.’”
“Next the psychiatrist treated the optimist. Trying to dampen his out look, the psychiatrist took him to a room piled to the ceiling with horse manure. But instead of wrinkling his nose in disgust, the optimist emitted just the yelp of delight the psychiatrist had been hoping to hear from his brother, the pessimist. Then he clambered to the top of the pile, dropped to his knees, and began gleefully digging out scoop after scoop with his bare hands. ‘What do you think you’re doing?’ the psychiatrist asked, just as baffled by the optimist as he had been by the pessimist. ‘With all this manure,’ the little boy replied, beaming, ‘there must be a pony in here somewhere!’”
– excerpted from How Ronald Reagan Changed My Life by Peter Robinson
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Do you want to win? Do you want to win all of the time? Really? What if you did? What if every attempt was successful and nothing ever went wrong? What if it became way too easy to do? How long would it take for you to tire of it? Winning is special because it is so difficult to do. We tend to value things in direct proportion to the price we pay for them. We do not learn very much standing on the top of the summit. All of the becoming happens on the way up the mountain. I hope you are having a lot of challenges along your journey of a dream. Resistance makes you stronger. If you are not having problems your goals are too low.