Herb Brooks

thumb|Herb Brooks Herb Brooks (August 5, 1937 – August 11, 2003) was an American ice hockey player and coach, best known for coaching the American team during the 1980 Winter Olympics. Brooks's original expressions were known by his players as "Brooksisms". Quotes "You were born to be a player. You were meant to be here. This moment is yours." Coffey Wayne The Boys of Winter https://archive.org/details/boysofwinter00wayn registration New York Crown Publishers 2005 E 0-307-23731-1 44 "Write your own book instead of reading someone else's book about success." Spoken to his players during the Miracle on Ice game on Febraury 22, 1980. Dohrmann George http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/magazine/features/si50/states/minnesota/story/ High School Heaven: Never mind the Twins, Vikings, T-Wolves and Wild – there's nothing in Minnesota to match the state hockey tournament October 24, 2008 Sports Illustrated March 22, 2004 February 14, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140214072702/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/magazine/features/si50/states/minnesota/story/ dead "I've always said that coaching is like being a king. It prepares you for absolutely nothing." In a statement to the St. Paul Pioneer Press and Dispatch in 1985. Baker Chris 1985-07-26 Out of Miracles? : Herb Brooks Once Went for Gold, but Now Will Sell It--and Says He's Through With Coaching https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-07-26-sp-5135-story.html 2024-02-23 Los Angeles Times en-US Misattributed Several fictitious lines from the 2004 film Miracle were mistakenly attributed to Herb Brooks. They were instead written by screenwriter Eric Guggenheim. "When you pull on that jersey, you represent yourself and your teammates...and the name on the front is a hell of a lot more important than the one on the back." Spoken in the film during a lengthy bag skate drill after an exhibition game with Norway on September 17, 1979. Mistaken as an actual quote, as seen in The Minnesota Star Tribune in 2012. "Great moments are born from great opportunity." Spoken in the film as part of a locker room speech before the Miracle on Ice on February 22, 1980. Mistaken as an actual quote, as seen in some book publications published post-2004. Category:Ice hockey coaches Category:Ice hockey players from the United States Category:1937 births Category:2003 deaths