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Herb Brooks
American
Coach
About the author
You're playing worse and worse every day and right now you're playing like it's next month.
Herb Brooks,
American
Coach
#Right
#Now
#Day
You're looking for players whose name on the front of the sweater is more important than the one on the back. I look for these players to play hard, to play smart and to represent their country.
Herb Brooks,
American
Coach
#Play
#Country
#Name
You know, Willie Wonka said it best: we are the makers of dreams, the dreamers of dreams.
Herb Brooks,
American
Coach
#Dreams
We should be dreaming. We grew up as kids having dreams, but now we're too sophisticated as adults, as a nation. We stopped dreaming. We should always have dreams.
Herb Brooks,
American
Coach
#Now
#Kids
#Dreams
#Nation
And maybe I'm a little smarter now than I was before for all the stupid things I've done.
Herb Brooks,
American
Coach
#Now
If I'd have went on the ice when this thing happened, someone would have speared me or something. It's a great feeling of accomplishment and pride. They had to do it; it was their moment.
Herb Brooks,
American
Coach
#Feeling
#Accomplishment
#Pride
I'm a dreamer.
Herb Brooks,
American
Coach
Great moments are born from great oppurtunities.
Herb Brooks,
American
Coach
#Moments
This is your moment. You're meant to be here.
Herb Brooks,
American
Coach
Maybe I'm sort of like the players - there's still a lot of little boy in me.
Herb Brooks,
American
Coach
Everything goes in cycles, to a degree.
Herb Brooks,
American
Coach