Coach McGuirk

"Imagination is wasted on adults."

"Technology breaks faster than we can understand it."

"History repeats because people don't pay attention."

"Philosophy is getting paid to think out loud."

"Books are just long ways of saying simple things."

"Politics is theater for people who take it seriously."

"War is politics with explosions."

"Motivation is temporary. Habit is permanent."

"Inspiration is when your brain suddenly works."

"Relationships require work. I prefer things that don't."

"Alone is better than with people you don't like."

"I'm not a role model, but I play one in my own mind."

"You gotta take life by the horns and wrestle it into submission."

"Success is just showing up, mostly."

"Life's too short to worry about what people think. Wait, no, that's a lie. I worry constantly."

"Love is like a soccer game - nobody really understands the rules."

"The key to happiness is low expectations and cheaper beer."

"Friendship is about being there for someone, even when they annoy you."

"Family isn't perfect, but it's yours, so you gotta deal with it."

"Hope is what keeps you from drinking on weekdays."

"Real courage is admitting you don't know what you're doing."

"Change is inevitable, like divorce."

"Education teaches you stuff, but life teaches you everything else."

"Knowledge is power, but mostly it just makes you anxious."

"Time moves faster when you're not paying attention to it."

"The truth is usually disappointing."

"Freedom means you get to make your own mistakes."

"Peace is what you find at the bottom of a bottle."

"Nature is pretty until you have to coach soccer in it."

"Art is subjective, like whether I'm a good coach."