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In 1972, journalist Bill Libby wrote a book called The Coaches where he detailed the wisdom he’d picked up from covering coaches such as Vince Lombardi, Bill Russell, Billy Martin, Casey Stengel, Tom Landry, Woody Hayes, Bear Bryant, and Red Auerbach.
Chapter 1 is about Los Angeles Rams head coach George Allen, where Libby notes: "He does calisthenics and runs lonely laps after practices. He wants to protect his health because if he were not healthy he could not coach the way he wants to."
Allen coached 50 years ago, during the golden age of coaching workaholism and debauchery, but he committed to a lifestyle that included not smoking, drinking papaya juice, eating eggs, and advocating for regular sleep.
He was undoubtedly ahead of his time.
But Allen was also a win-obsessed maniac like the other coaches of that era. His wife would say (jokingly) that his favourite food was ice cream because he didn't have to chew it; because chewing would distract him from thinking about football.
Winning is the only true goal. Only the winner is alive. The loser is dead, whether he knows it or not.
I’m not here to judge how you want to go about your coaching. Lots of different approaches work. Whichever way you want to go about it, coming from a place of health and wellbeing is the best foundation.
If you want to work hard; be healthy.
If you want to work smart; be healthy.
"... if he were not healthy he could not coach the way he wants to."
That's the killer line.
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