RIP Coach Quick

Just a reminder, here's the info on Coach Quick's memorials taking place this Friday the 19th
Funeral:
Start: NOON
Westlake Hills Presbyterian Church in Austin Texas on the corner of Barton Creek Rd and Bee Caves Road (Route 2244). Address:
7127 Bee Caves Road
Austin, Texas 78746
PHONE: (512) 327-1116

Celebration of Life:
Start: Approx 2pm
Royal Memorial Stadium
Belmont Hall, 9th Floor
Centennial Ball Room
Austin, TX 78713

yeah where can we get Swim Quick tshirts?

I was at the university and wrote some paper about the use of stroke frequency paced training in swimming. I was a young frenchy, starting to coach, and someone called me on the phone. It was Richard Quick, he stayed one hour with me on the phone, telling me that my paper was interesting. I thought I was dreaming. Some great man like him calling a young french coach like me ? I think that is one of the many things that made him the man he was. All my respect to him. Rest in Peace.

This is from Richard's CaringBridge journal today:

Hello everyone,
Please join us at a Memorial service held at Westlake Presbyterian Church, on the corner of Barton Creek Blvd and route 2244(Bee Caves Rd) at noon on Friday June 19th. Pastor Greg Bland from Pedernales River Fellowship will be presiding. Hopefully Richard's last speech will be part of the service... His farewell to us on Earth.
Following the Memorial Service there will be a Celebration of his Life from 2 until about 5pm. Have not confirmed the venue but more than likely will be at or near University of Texas. Come and share stories of his life that we may all reminisce. Let's enjoy each others fellowship at this difficult but monumental time in his life's journey to eternal life.
For those wanting to send flowers please wait for the address to be announced for the Celebration of Life.... In lieu of flowers please feel comfortable sending donations to the Richard Quick Memorial Fund... Where we will give to causes trying to make a little heaven here on earth:) See The journal entry before this for details...
Thank you and appreciate you all...
Love the Quick, Brown and Robbins(my son and daughter Tiffany and Ben) Families

He started my love for Stanford, he coached so many and I was always jealous of those people who were coached by him. This is a big loss for the swimming community, I wonder how Skip Kenney and Milt Nelms have to say. Rest in peace, you did so much.

garrett where can I purchase the SWIM QUICK t-shirts?

heart breaking, one of the best coaches ever

"its time to believe..."
-Richard Quick

iv never met him face to face, hell i dont even swim at auburn. i do run past the outdoor pool everyday on my way to track practice for auburn. my goal is to be a coach and my dream is to do as good as him at it. i saw fist hand how his attitude and love for the sport elevated the athletes around him. he impacted my life and he never met me. i can only imagine the impact he had on those who know him. he will be missed, he will never be forgotten.
War Eagle coach Quick

i heard he is starting a swim team in heaven, apparently jesus is really bad at fly

The family has a website up if you care to offer condolensences.

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/richardquick

I saw Richard give a talk at a coaches clinic this past fall. I was a bit skeptical going into the clinic and wanted to be impressed. It took about 5-10 minutes and he had me sold. Very positive speaker and motivator. I would have swam for him in a heartbeat. I am very fortunate to have seen him speak his mind about the sport, and I do believe he has influenced one of the best seasons I have had as coach so far. Thank you Richard

I met him at auburn swim camp. He was very inspirational and probably one of the most educated and passionate coaches in the sport. He has done wonders to this sport and may he always live on. God Bless

"Wow, I'm sick of doubt.
Live in the light of certain.
South.
Cruel bindings.
The servants have the power.
Dog men and their mean women pulling poor blankets over our sailors.
I'm sick of dour faces staring at me from the T.V. tower.
I want roses in my garden bower, dig?
Royal babies, rubies must now replace aborted strangers in the mud.
These mutants, blood-meal for the plant that's plowed.
They are waiting to take us into the severed garden.
Do you know how pale and wanton thrillful comes death on a strange hour?
Unannounced, unplanned for,
like a scaring over-friendly guest you've brought to bed.
Death makes angels of us all and gives us wings where we had shoulders
smooth as raven's claws.

No more money, no more fancy dress,
this other kingdom seems by far the best,
until it's other jaw reveals incest,
and loose obedience to a vegetable law.
I will not go.
Prefer a feast of friends to the giant family."

When Death Comes

When death comes
like the hungry bear in autumn;
when death comes and takes all the bright coins from his purse
to buy me, and snaps the purse shut;
when death comes
like the measle-pox
like an iceberg between the shoulder blades,
I want to step through the door full of curiosity, wondering:
what is it going to be like, that cottage of darkness?
And therefore I look upon everything
as a brotherhood and a sisterhood,
and I look upon time as no more than an idea,
and I consider eternity as another possibility,
and I think of each life as a flower, as common
as a field daisy, and as singular,
and each name a comfortable music in the mouth,
tending, as all music does, toward silence,
and each body a lion of courage, and something
precious to the earth.
When it's over, I want to say all my life
I was a bride married to amazement.
I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms.
When it's over, I don't want to wonder
if I have made of my life something particular, and real.
I don't want to find myself sighing and frightened,
or full of argument.
I don't want to end up simply having visited this world

- Mary Oliver

he coached at my high school and club team long before i was ever born, god bless

god bless

Rest in peace Coach.

He's now up in Heaven teaching folks front quadrant cloud surfing!

it seems like hes really one of the first people to start talking about posture, line, and balance; these are topics that dominates alot of swim discussion today, he will be missed, and im sorry i never got to meet the guy

I will never forget my posture, line, and balance thanks to Richard Quick. The man taught me how to swim. This is a sad day for the world of swimming.

The swimming world has lost a legend.

Fortunately we have some DVD's, ASCA Speeches and Floswimming videos to reference him by. I am gonna go watch some snow angels butterfly drills.

from what i hear, this man was one of the great coaches,and an even better man.my deepest condolences to all his family..

the swimming community loses a legend...my condoleances to his family and swimmers!

thank you, coach quick.

That pretty much sums up what I was going to say.

I never had the pleasure of meeting Coach Quick. He has been a true inspiration in his writings and videos. I hope for the best for his family and friends.

Posture Line and Balance? Anyhow his DVD's are always a good watch. Suppose I ought to better myself and watch some more in memory of him.

Coach Quick was a great coach and will be missed. My condolences go out to his family and all the swimmers who knew him over the years.

in honor of coach quick we should make wristbands if there not already being made that say like swim quick or something, just to keep a part of him with us

I met this man last spring working his swim camp, it changed my life and got me to my first HC job. I have never met someone so caring, full of energy and so focused on the people in front of him. Truly a great human and one we will sorely miss. Thank you Coach for all that you have given me, everyone else you have met and the world of swimming. We are forever in your debt and I will continue on my journey with you and for you.

Rest in Peace Coach Quick.  You will be missed by the sport you did so much for. My sympathies go out to all his family and friends.

swim Quick

I never knew Coach Quick, only of him. As I read his caring bridge site, it was evident there was so much more to Coach Quick then his swimming. His faith in Jesus Christ is what drove him to excellence (from what I have heard about him from countless others) in every aspect of his life. He is in no more pain. Thank God for that opportunity for him to be whole again.

I followed your journey on the caring bridge site. I was very impressed with the love your wife
showed for you! May you be truely at peace now. May your wife find peace now also.

i had a brain tomer when i was born, thankfully im blessed and there was somone watching over me, i cant imagine what his family is going through now. Best regards goes out to all his family and friends. He was a true inspiration for the sport.

Swim Quick this summer.

RIP Coach.

I had the chance to meet coach Quick 2 times, the first time I had no idea who he was. We talked about football and high school and never once talk about swimming. I thought I had just met a nice regular coach who was watching a swim meet, after my mom told me who I just met, I felt so dumb that I didn't even ask any questions about swimming. Yet he was so nice I felt like I had just met a new friend and saw that sometimes just having a good conversation with coaches of his caliber are better then drilling him with swimming questions. The next time I met him was visiting my brother at Auburn, and we talked briefly about the mental aspect of tapering and some things to think about when in the tapper phase of the season. Both times I met Coach Quick I felt like I walked away a happier and better person, and I will never forget him for that. Not just swimming but the world lost a great man today. RIP Coach Quick

rest in peace sir

rest in peace coach

RIP

Richard,

Thanks for showing me what a good life really looks like. With your example, I have something to aspire to.
See you on the flip side. War Eagle!
-Erica

R.I.P

I think I'm going to go watch some of his instructional swim videos.
-"hook line and balance"

The swimming community has lost a wonderful coach and friend. He will continue to inspire.

RIP

The world lost a great man today! Heaven gained a great man today

I am speechless. What a void...

RIP

This is very sad news for the swimming community. Richard was one of the most enthusiastic and passionate coaches out there. I remember watching him speak at an ASCA clinic about butterfly, and he showed Misty Hyman's Olympic Gold medal swim in the 200 fly, and the way he described it was like he was watching it for the first time.

RIP coach, thanks for inspiring so many others with your passion and knowledge.

Legend and one of the best who did it and best who ever will. R.I.P.

Someone who will never be forgotten....R.I.P

Sad news tonight. Richard was truly a legend in the sport and while he is now gone his spirit will forever live on in the thousands of swimmers he coached, mentored and befriended during his life. May all those remember him not only for his titles won but his lessons taught. Rest in Peace.

This is sad news. My sympathies to his family, his swimmers and all who were touched by him