“The Lessons of A Lifetime Can’t Be Learned in a Day”

(Bob Dylan Lyric)60 Ideas in 60 Minutes on Life, Love,

Coaching and Swimming. John Leonard

Based on Dinner Conversations with…

• Coach Peter Daland – “DAD”

• Coach Richard Quick – “The Emotional Son”

• Coach Mark Schubert – “The Intense Son”

• (both Known as the “good sons”)

• Coach George Block – “The Intellectual Son”

• Myself – “one of the two problem children” (with George)

• “the conversations of a lifetime.”

Life

1. The Meaning of Life….

Is Found in Service to Other people.

Life

• 2.

• Happiness comes from Meaningful Work to Do, Something to look forward to, and Someone to Love.

Life

• 3.

• Emotional Richness is the difference in a Coach’s Life.

Life

• 4.

•CHOP WOOD, HAUL WATER.

• (the path to enlightenment is..)

Life

• 6.

•Money and “stuff” will not make you happy. It WILL trap you. (soon your stuff owns you)

Life

• 6.

• “Kind and Humble” • (like the country song says…)

Life

• 7.

• Lifelong Learning is something to Love.

Life

• 8.

• You can’t “spend yourself” to solvency.

• Save Money. (it keeps your family safe)

Life

• 9.

•Priorities.

• Set by goals.

•Make the main thing, the Main thing.

Life

• 10.

•Multitasking is Nonsense. • (anyone can do ten mindless tasks at once.

Why are you doing mindless tasks?)

• FOCUS.

Life

• 11.

•HERE AND NOW. • (the only place you can make your life better.)

Life

• 12.

• TEAM EFFORT. • (everything comes from….)

• Thanks Peggy!

Life

• 13.

• “no one ever said “I wish I worked more” on their deathbed.”

Life

• 14.

• “left foot, right foot, Breath”

• (yes, its hard, of course its hard!)

Life

• 15.

• “It’s the hard things in life that you overcome, that makes you who you are.”

• Seek the Hard Things (take the stairs)

Life

• 16.

• “Inspiration is for Amateurs, I Just Get to Work”

• (artist Chuck Close)

Life

• 17.

• “Persevere without Exception.”

• Thank you Jackson!

Life

• 18.

• “Give to your country, give to your community, serve your family” .

• (we need a DRAFT)

Life

• 19.

• “Be More Concerned with Your Character than with your Reputation.”

• “your reputation is what people think of you. Your Character is Who You Are.”

• Albert Einstein.

Life

• 20.

• “Love is All There Is”

• John Lennon.

Love.

• 21.

• Success in life is largely a product of Marrying Well”

• Thank you Coach Peter Daland.

Love

• 22.

• “You can Love Anything. A person, a flower, a job, a moment in the sun. You should always be “in love”. “

• Gloria Vanderbilt.

Love.

• 23.

• “Work is Love Made Visible.”

• From a great religious leader, but I heard it from Coach Tim Welsh.

Love

• “24.

• FAMILY FIRST.

• Thank you George Block.

Love

• 25.

• “Be Here” “Show Up”• (with your heart, your mind, your body)

Love

• 26.

• Love without Reservation. • (and it will hurt, often, and a lot)

Love

• 27.

• “the Heart has a mind of its own”

• “Predictability is not part of the equation”

Love

• 28.

• “one of few things (maybe the only thing) that all of humanity has in common is that we all Love Our Children”

Love

• 29.

• “it IS about you.”

Love

• 30.

• “We are all flawed human beings. Love us anyway”.

• Thank you Coach Doug Ingram.

Love

• 31.

• “everyone gets cranial-rectal insertion syndrome once in awhile”

• What you need to know is how to get out of it.

• The Answer is….FIND SOMEONE TO HELP WHO NEEDS IT MORE.

Love

• 32.

• “you don’t know what you have, until you have been through the hard times together.” then you know.

Love

• 33.

• “If you love someone, set them free. If they come back to you, they’re yours. If they don’t, they never were.”

Love

• 34.

• “Hold hands.”

• Thank you grandma and grandpa Leonard.

• Try it. You’ll be amazed.

Love

• 35.

• “God is in the flowers. In the woods, in the city, in the slums. In the wind, and in the water. In peace and in war.

• Everywhere. Look harder. Listen better. Smile more. God is there.”

• Thanks Karen Coe. (letter to Vietnam in 1968)

Swimming.

• 36.

• Train Double the Distance you want to compete at successfully.

• Coach George Haines.

Swimming

• 37.

• “There is a place for EVERY type of training. The art is knowing what goes where and when”

• Coach Sherm Chavoor, Arden Hills, CA.

Swimming

• 38.

• “Three Secrets of Speed…Rhythm, Range, Relaxation.”

• Track Coach Arthur Lydiard, New Zealand

Swimming

• 39.

• “sometimes it not enough to do your best, You have to do What is Required.”

• Coach Mark Schubert.

Swimming

• 40.

• “Speed through Endurance”

• Coach Forbes Carlile, Australia

Swimming

• 41.

• “an athlete with good technique has no limitations. An athlete with poor technique has nothing but Limitations”

Swimming

• 41.

• “get comfortable with being uncomfortable”

Swimming

• 43.

• “Honor Your teammates with your Effort.”

• Coach Frank Busch.

Swimming

• 44.

• “What is the Importance of Jerusalem?”

• “NOTHING”

• “EVERYTHING”

• (From Movie, KINGDOM OF HEAVEN)

Swimming

• 45.

• “at the end, you won’t remember your times, your meets, your medals.

• You’ll remember your friends and your Coach.”

• Olympic Gold Medalist and World Record Holder Bruce Furniss.

Coaching

• 46.

• “He who hears everything soon goes Deaf.” Coach George Haines.

Coaching

• 47.

• “if the student hasn’t learned, the teacher hasn’t taught”.

Coaching

• 48.

• ITS ALL PERSONAL.

• (and that’s a good thing.)

Coaching

• 49.

• “question EVERYTHING”.

• Coach James “Doc” Counsilman.

Coaching

• 50.

• “Science is JUST ONE TOOL”

• Coach Don Talbot, Australia

Coaching.

• 51.

• TEAM.

• (together everyone achieves more.)

Coaching.

• 52.

• “Its mostly Art, so its mostly context”. Experience matters. “

Coaching

• 53.

• “Strange Enough to be Great”

• Coach Bob Mattson

Coaching

• 54.

• “Each Coach has Two Jobs; Help the swimmer swim better/faster and help their parents raise better people.”

Coaching

• 55.

• “Better learn to Laugh a Lot if you’re going to LAST!”

• Coach Jon Buzzard.

Coaching

• 56.

• “Hard work trumps talent when talent doesn’t work hard.”

• My high school track coach, Mr. Frank Benjamin.

Coaching.

• 57.

• “All coaches want and need as reward are the two magic words.”

• Coach John Wooden.

Coaching

• 58.

• “Computers can’t help you Coach. TALK to your athletes, that’s where the job is.”

Coaching

• 59.

• “You have more influence than their parents, in some cases. In ALL cases Some of the Time. Every word you say, matters, and can last forever. Be Careful”

• Coach Richard Shoulberg.

Coaching

• 60.

• “Children Don’t Starve for Food Alone, John”

• (the Aunt Joan Story)