“PCA seems to parallel the philosophy of our schools, which is that everybody is important, everybody is special and everybody can learn, but often our athletics run counter to that because of a win-at-all-cost approach. So we decided to try this as a pilot in one vicariate. We realized we should do this for all the schools in our vicariate because unless everyone has heard the same message, it won’t work.”
-- Sal Guccione, assistant superintendent Vicariate II schools, Archdiocese of Chicago
"I was at a tournament in South City and one of the managers came up to me afterward and said, 'You've got the model coaches and model players. They never hang their heads. They never cuss. They never argue with the umpires. How do you do that?' I said, 'Positive Coaching Alliance.' "He said, 'How do you get the coaches to go to PCA workshops?.' I said, 'You just tell them they can't coach otherwise.'"
-- Steve Sutter, Coach, Foster City (CA) Little League
"The PCA message is the single biggest contribution we will make in our organization this season and seasons to come. I spoke to numerous coaches after the presentation, some who were still in the parking lot talking about it an hour later, and they all agreed this was the best clinic they ever attended."
--Charley Stobbs, Hillsboro (OR) Girls Softball Association
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