Great quote about stage-fright

“You can't lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.”

~John Peers, American businessman

I realize that our first game and first pep-rallies are a long way off  in Aug/Sept but when I saw this quote, I just had to share it with you cheerleaders.

Think About It...

The way to gain a good reputation, is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear. -Socrates

One of my former cheerleaders from LA Luth had this as her facebook status. AWESOME.

In Madrid

"Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give."

~Eleanor Roosevelt

You girls have been a joy to coach and a joy to be with. It would make me very happy if you'd all come back out for basketball cheer. Each of you and all three of you are always in my heart and often in my prayers.

Thank you for a wonderful season.
Love,
Coach

Good quote for all of you

"Turn your wounds into wisdom." ~Oprah Winfrey

Love you girls,
Coach ________________________________________________
Boyer Valley Community Schools
Challenging all students to meet their full potential
http://www.boyer-valley.k12.ia.us

Hey ladies, SMILE! :)

“The expression a woman wears on her face is far more important than the clothes she wears on her back”

~Dale Carnegie

Think POSITIVE

"If you don't like something,
Change it.
If you can't change it,
Change the way you THINK about it!"

Feeling low? Sing this song

Hey Mr Grump Gills
You know what you gotta do when life gets you down?
Just keep swimming
Just keep swimming
Just keep swimming swimming swimming
What do we do we swim, swim, swim
OH HO HO How I love to swim
When you WAAAAAANNTTT to swim you want to swim

Potent Quote

Respect yourself and others will respect you.

~Confucius

Its all about attitude

“Words can never adequately convey the incredible impact of our attitudes toward life.
The longer I live the more convinced I become that life is 10% what happens to us
and 90% how we respond to it!”
~Charles R. Swindoll

potent quotes

"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase."
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Peace begins with a smile."
- Mother Teresa

Choose your Attitude!

"Take charge of your thoughts. You can do what you will with them."

~Plato

Did you know that it's Beautiful Women Month?

Did you know that it's Beautiful Women Month?
I know I'm a guy, but that doesn't mean I can't share some pro-feminist advice with you in honor of Beautiful Women Month. I want you all to know that every woman is beautiful:

"For attractive lips, speak words of kindness. For lovely eyes, seek out
the good in people. For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.
For beautiful hair, let a child run his/her fingers through it once a day. For
poise, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone. People, even more than
things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never
throw out anyone. Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you will find one
at the end of each of your arms. As you grow older, you will discover that
you have two hands; one for helping yourself, and the other for helping others."

~Audrey Hepburn

Five tips for a woman....
1. It is important that a man helps you around the house and has a job.
2. It is important that a man makes you laugh.
3. It is important to find a man you can count on! and doesn't lie to you.
4. It is important that a man loves you and spoils you.
5. It is important that these four men don't know each other.

"Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are."
~John Wooden

"Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights."
~John Wooden

Sports Quotes - Sports Quotations, Sports Sayings

Sports Quotes - Sports Quotations, Sports Sayings:

"If you can't accept losing, you can't win."
- Vince Lombardi

"Sports Do Not Build Character...They Reveal It"
- John Wooden

"You have to have confidence in
your ability, and then be tough
enough to follow through."

~Rosalyn Carter

Food for Thought.

●We've all had bad things happen to us, we all have skeletons in our closets, we all have dysfunctional families. But we don't have to let where we're coming from dictate where we're going:

"Its not what happens to you that determines how far you will go in life;
it is how you handle what happens to you."

~Zig Ziglar

●If people don't like us... could it be because we don't like ourselves? If we come off as costic, aggrivated or anti-social, is it because we're angry, negative, or feeling dorry for ourselves?:

"How we think shows through in how we act. attitudes are mirrors of the mind. They reflect thinking."

~David J. Schwartz American Trainer,

Author of ''The Magic of Thinking Big''

●Cheerleading is about becoming positive. That doesn't mean being Pollyanna or saccharine- it doesn't mean going through life in denial, thinking that everything is a happy Care Bear's movie. It doesn't mean being fake. But it does mean that we can't wallow in the past or obsess about our problems. Being positive means looking forward, and moving ahead, looking up. The following passages are often talked about in Christian circles as "cheerleader" verses. The ealy Church in Philippi was facing religious persecution, St.Paul was in prison, facing martyrdom. Yet Paul told them to work on their relationship with God and to focus on the positive. That's awesome advice:

⁶Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. ⁷And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

⁸Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable–if anything is excellent or praiseworthy–think about such things. ⁹Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me–put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.

¹²I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. ¹³I can do everything through him who gives me strength.

~Philippians 4:6-8, 12-13

Reps

"China, glass, and reputations are easily shattered but not easily mended."
~Ben Franklin