If you are coaching kids, the smile on a kid when he does the right thing, when he puts the ball in the net, that's the reward right there.
Interpretation
The true reward of coaching is witnessing the joy and achievement of children in sports.
This quote emphasizes the intrinsic rewards of coaching youth sports, highlighting that the most fulfilling aspect is seeing a child's happiness and success when they perform well. It reflects the idea that the impact of mentorship is measured not by accolades or personal gain, but by the joy and growth of the children being coached.
In practice
During a coaching seminar to inspire other coaches to focus on the joy of their players.
Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again.
Men dislike being awakened from their death in life.
It is often said that New York is a city for only the very rich and the very poor. It is less often said that New York is also, at least for those of us who came there from somewhere else, a city for only the very young.
That's the worst of growing up, and I'm beginning to realize it. The things you wanted so much when you were a child don't seem half so wonderful to you when you get them.
Growing up in New Orleans as Archie Manning's son, I felt like a target, and I've always known that whatever I'd do, people would hear about it. So I've had my guard up, and maybe that's molded my personality.
And life goes on, which seems kind of strange and cruel when you're watching someone die. But there's a joy and an abundance of everything, like information and laughter and summer weather and so many stories.
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