Pep Talk Master Gifts

"OK, let's try the old 'tell Mommy her sweatpants make her look skinny distractor' on three."

"To be clear, I said I want your 'A' game, not your 'Eh?' game."

"How to talk to people" "Make them rue the day"

"I always try to give out at least one genuine compliment per day. I don't always succeed."

'Let's go! Let's go! Hustle! ...Relatively speaking.'

Soccer coach of the year.

"When you put on the uniform, you surrender a part of yourself."

'This is gonna be one of those teamwork talks, isn't it?'

A push in the right direction: 50c.

"I believe in the carrot-and-stick approach, Dempsey."

"Remember, I want to hear fifteen solid minutes of small talk before you ask for the Wi-Fi password."

'Get out there, Holmes, and pile on!'

'We got here too late. All his fizz is gone!'

'I wish i could think of some way to get away form him.' 'I wish i could think of some way to get away form her.'

I'm giving them Henry V's speech before Agincourt...

"I'll run through it again. Hit those keys."

"What might you have written that I might say I've read?"

You guys aren't living up to your preseason hype!

'I don't want to mention any names, but one of you isn't giving 100% out there.'

"C'mon guys—birds gotta fly."

'Have we met someplace? Yes, that's why I quit going there.'

"Be patient with Ed. You can skip his political harangue in 15 seconds and move right onto sports."

"Way to go, guys! When I gave you that pep talk before the game I didn't actually think you'd score a goal!"

He took every chance to practice his talk.

'I just love to watch you get the sales staff fired up, Johnson.'

"Actually, I don't consider myself to be a have or a have-not. I'm more of a have-to-have."

Motivational backup speakers

'If you carry a big enough stick you don't have to worry about treading softly.'

'What are you doing at the weekend?'

"Settle down and try to remember why we call you Lefty."

"Do I make you nervous, young man?"

"And remember, kid, you've got Blue Cross."