The Impact of the Coach

I have come to a frightening conclusion.
I am  the decisive element on the field.
It is my personal approach that creates the climate.
It is my daily mood that makes the weather.
As a coach, I possess tremendous power.  
The power to make an athlete's life miserable or joyous.
I can be the tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration.
I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal.
In all situations, it is MY response that decides whether a crisis 
will be escalated or diffused and an athlete humanized or denigrated.

-- Source Unknown