Everyone enjoys a good motto. A motto embeds the triad of organizational philosophy, identity, and culture. Some make us laugh, cry, or ask why? Let's survey the best, the brightest, the weirdest.
UNC Women's Soccer shares, Excellence Is Our only Agenda. Anson Dorrance's slogan suppresses ego, hubris, and selfishness.
The All Blacks rugby squad reminds players to, leave the jersey in a better place among their many mantras. If you haven't reread James Kerr's Legacy, you're missing out. “Aim for the highest cloud.”
"Take the stairs." "I want our team to know that we're not taking any shortcuts to building this program, and we're going to do it the right way. We're going to attack each day and take the stairs."
Coach Popovich reminds the Spurs to pound the rock. You have to pound the rock a hundred times to break it. Don't skip steps.
"Do your job." The Patriots' simple slogan reminds players to take care of their business.
"It's not who starts, it's who finishes." Be a closer, part of the group the coach wants on the floor in crunch time. It served as one of our hoop mottos almost fifty years ago.
Upstart Coach Ted Lasso kept it simple, "BELIEVE."
"Ubuntu" (translated above) the Swahili word encompasses identity and community. The Celtics rode it to a championship.
I used this Kingsman quote before each game for one of our girls' teams.
"Our goal is stopping yours."
The Replacements shared this odd tricolon.
Weird slogans are out there.
"Intensity is not a perfume!"
"We drink the tears of our enemies."
Lagniappe: Haruki Murakami on running failure.
Lagniappe 2. It's not the tools, it's the workman.
Just sharing some beauty on my timeline https://t.co/zipCO1ArCv
— Tim Herron (@CoachTMHerron) December 4, 2020
Lagniappe 3. Overcoming the limitations of human memory.
Remember the number 3305. Did you repeat it? Did you visualize it? Or did you chunk it?
