“Coaching is like riding a roller coaster with many ups and downs. The true test is weathering the storm. The average length of time anywhere in America that a man is a head high school football coach is three years.”
George M. Gilbert“Every time our great Country has been critically challenged either by dictators or terrorists, we as a Country have put aside our personal agendas and focused on doing what we need to do to win when threatened.”
George M. Gilbert, Team Of One: We Believe“The youth of America need routine, repetition toward excellence, a sound but not punishing discipline, and the opportunity to make mistakes without the feeling of failure.”
George M. Gilbert, Team Of One: We Believe“Being fired is part of the risk when anyone plans to take on the responsibility as a head coach.”
George M. Gilbert, Team Of One: We Believe“It is more likely that coaches have players go down in games they are losing than games they are winning.”
George M. Gilbert, Team Of One: We Believe“As of today, you do anything that I feel is disrespecting our program in any way, you are gone! From this day forward, everyone will be at practice in uniform as we will either build this program into something or we will destroy it!”
George M. Gilbert, Team Of One: We Believe“Coaches must take calculated risks all the time. One thing is to talk about what you plan to do and another is to prepare and then execute a plan toward change.”
George M. Gilbert, Team Of One: We Believe“The great cancer facing all of us during this ‘new millennium’ is entitlement.”
George M. Gilbert, Team Of One: We Believe“Winners accept responsibility because acceptance of responsibility nullifies excuses.”
George M. Gilbert, Team Of One: We Believe