"The thread running through it is love. It is love, really — the connection between people, or presence, as I'm now thinking of it in coaching terms."

— Mary Anna Wright

"Maybe a more courageous version of themselves, maybe stepping into—instead of 'Tell me what to do!'—seeing possibilities for themselves which they haven't saw before, being a calmer version of themselves, more mature . . ."

— Zsofia Juhasz

"There's the external visible game of power and money and wealth, and and there's an internal game where people don't see the changes."

— Boris Prigmore

"We cannot become ourselves until somebody has seen and heard us the way we truly are."

— Norbert Izsák

"The first Picasso Toro looked almost like a photograph, incredible. The last Picasso Toro was like five lines on a page. Is one better than the other? No. Is the one with the fine lines probably more emotionally grasping? Probably. I like to compare that with how coaching can evolve — less ends up being more."

— Ellen Kocher

"I spent the first part of my life trying to find the truth. And now I realize I know my truth and I accept that my truth is not everyone's truth. And I am curious about what their truth is."

— Carrie Williams

"Coaching is the gift that keeps on giving. The more you give away, the more you have."

— Shelly Heath-Watson

"Listening is giving, because it's giving your time, giving your presence, your full presence… a way of telling someone: I'm here, I'm here for you with all of myself—my body, my brain, my heart, my guts."

— Anna Gallotti

"Model the conversations we want to see. Model the people we want to be. We're not perfect, but those are the ripples that are sent out. If I can be a part of that in a positive sense in this world, Wow!"

— Amy Warshawsky

"Relatability is [. . .] a precursor to trust. And trust is foundational, whether it's one on one or it's a group. Once you have that trust, then it can blossom into psychological safety, which then invites vulnerability, and that's when true magical interactions can happen."

— Barrhonda White