Season 2, Episode 6: Coach Geno Auriemma
Welcome to Season 2, Episode 6 of our Back to Life: Finding Fulfillment After 50 Podcast. I'm very excited for you to meet our guest today, Coach Geno Auriemma! Coach Geno Auriemma has been the head basketball coach for the women's program at the University of Connecticut for over 30 years.
His achievements include:
The highest winning percentage among NCAA basketball coaches at 88.5%.
11 NCAA Division I National Championships, the most in women's college basketball history
8 national Naismith College Coach of the Year awards
2 gold medals at the Olympics
In this episode, Coach Auriemma shares insights on:
What he tells his players before championship games
How he teachings people to expect success
Why it's more important to focus on the process than the outcome
And, why at 67 he is still coaching!
I know you are really going to enjoy the conversation with Coach Auriemma because of his wonderful experience, insight, heart & candor. Our discussion weaves through basketball, life and creating fulfillment. You are going to want to listen in and enjoy Coach Geno Auriemma.
QUOTES:
The biggest danger that people have, that they have to overcome, is this fear of criticism, of what people are going to say about them. - Coach Geno Auriemma
The only thing you can control is the process. - Coach Geno Auriemma
Sometimes you don't fail, it's just that it wasn't the right time. - Coach Geno Auriemma
Trust your instincts, they don't usually let you down. - Coach Geno Auriemma
Don't put a limit on what a particular age says you're supposed to be doing. - Coach Geno Auriemma
If you're starting a coffee shop and you say, okay, I got to hire five. Well, those five people that you hire are going to determine whether you're going to be successful or not. So you better find out right away what kind of people they are. - Coach Geno Auriemma
You have to embrace people, not push people away. - Coach Geno Auriemma
And if there's one message that I've tried to give my players, I don't care what you believe in. That's fine. I don't care who you voted for, that's fine. None of that matters to me. All I want to know is, how do you treat me? If you treat me with respect, then you know what, that's all I'm asking for. - Coach Geno Auriemma
LINKS:
http://www.genoauriemma.com/