Coach Ken Carter
The movie came out in 2005. I missed it and I don't know how because I like movies like that.
I recently attended a conference in Greenville http://www.greenvillesc.gov/. It was a great conference. One of the featured speakers was Coach Ken Carter.
Here is the link to the movie on IMDB http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0393162/?ref_=sr_1&licb=0.963996946811676 Samuel L. Jackson played Coach Carter in the movie.
I love passionate people and Coach Carter definitely is one. I took a few notes while he talked. I'm sure a missed a few gems, but I caught as many as I could.
- Validate your ability to be successful
- GOT TO WRITE THINGS DOWN
- Gotta get it done
- Ready, Ready!
- Average isn't good enough, period
- broke vs. poor. It is ok to be broke, it is not ok to be poor
- Add value to the family name
- Life: you got to live it
- JOB- is it "jumping out of bed" or "just over broke"
- You only miss practice because you died
- If a kid wears his hat backwards, then I will talk to the back of his head
- We all go through "personal winters"
- We play offense because it is a scoreboard not a rebound board
- Tore up from the floor up
- Change one kid and you change a family
- Haters are misdirected fans
- Acting up means to put me in the game
- Rise as a team
- It begins on the street. It ends here.
- What is my legacy going to be?
- Run east and you will never see a sunset
- Team will take the personality of the leader
- Opportunity will knock but won't pick a lock
- Everyone lives a movie, who will play you?
- Love all but like some more better than others
- Nothing like a praying mom
- Gotta get in people's faces
- Life delivers what you deserve, not what you need.
- Not you? Then who?
- You want to inspire vs. motivate. You want DISCIPLINE
- Advertise to your students: If you are not in my class, you are missing something.
- Just cause you think you deserve it doesn't mean they are going to give it to you.
- What I see you can be!
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| Coach Carter and Me |
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| This is one of my favorite parts of the movie (during the lockout) |
What I took out of it: I need to write things down, figure out my deepest fear, look out for personal winters, figure out my legacy, and find an actress to play me in my life movie.
I know the actresses would be fighting over who would get the job, but maybe it could be narrowed down to:
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| Anne Hathaway? |
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| Tina Fey? |
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| Katie Holmes? |
I will have to get back to you on that one.
Coach Carter was one of the reasons that made Greenville a memorable, enjoyable conference. It was probably the best conference I have ever attended- I didn't want to leave which rarely happens!
