Motivation Quote by Mike Quade

Grief isn’t just for funerals; it’s also for instructions. When Mike Quade says, "You go through all the emotions when you're told to move on", he’s talking like a coach who’s watched people pretend they’re fine because the schedule demands it. The line lands because it treats "move on" not as advice, but as a shove. It’s a command that arrives before the body has processed the loss, the benching, the firing, the breakup, the end of a season.

Quade’s intent is practical: name the hidden turbulence so it stops leaking out sideways. In sports, the official language is clean and motivational - next game, next rep, next man up. The subtext here is that this language can be a kind of denial dressed as toughness. "All the emotions" gestures at the messy sequence coaches see in real time: disbelief, anger at the decision-maker, bargaining ("if I just..."), shame, then the numb competence of going through drills while your head is elsewhere. The phrase "when you're told" matters: it’s not self-directed growth, it’s externally imposed closure.

Contextually, this is the locker-room version of a larger cultural problem. We fetishize resilience, but we love it most when it’s immediate and photogenic. Quade punctures that fantasy. He gives permission to feel the full arc while still acknowledging the reality that, yes, you will be expected to keep playing. The toughness isn’t the speed of recovery; it’s staying honest about what recovery costs.