Coach Quotes
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Winning isn't worthwhile unless one has something finer and nobler behind it. When I reach the soul of one of my boys with an idea, or ideal, or vision, then I have done my job as a coach.
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I give a lot of credit to Coach (Jerry) Farber and his team. They were extremely ready to play tonight. This is a team that is going to cause people fits.
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The coach and the players know after the Italy defeat just how important this match is. We anticipate a strong reaction from the team.
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One of the learning curves I'm not going to have is being a head coach.
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Matt Williams the coach said that he saw my role as coming off the bench as an impact player but obviously I see myself as more than just that.
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The more games you coach, the more comfortable you feel.
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Things are a little different ... The way the organization is run is a lot different, but who's to say the correct way to run it? It's stable. There's not a lot of in and out. You know who the coach is. You know who the core guys are. I thought I was one of the core guys there, but obviously I got out of there.
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Coach (Bear) Bryant wanted to see who was tough in the spring, who he could count on in the fall.
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A successful coach is one who is still coaching.
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What makes a good coach? Complete dedication.
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Some guys were frustrated, and some guys were down. But definitely the locker room at halftime was more lively. Usually we just sit in there and wait for Coach Williams, but everybody was talking and being positive with each other.
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When we are in possession, tactically, he is the best coach in the world for me. He works hard, watches a lot of games, and prepares us really well. Guardiola has the feeling for gaping spaces, and he already had that as a player.
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“I know I have plenty of enemies, but I’d rather be the most-hated winning coach in the country than the most-popular losing one.”
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A pleasant companion is as good as a coach.
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You can take Saban's record when he was at Michigan State and when he was a coach in the Big Ten and put it against mine, and he can't compare.
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I'd tell any coach not to move for money... Stay at your job if you're really happy.
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I just got addicted to getting better. My coach gave me a goal to get a tip dunk in a game - you know, a putback dunk off a rebound. I had never done that. He told me that he'd get me a pair of new shoes if I did it. I just kept trying. I couldn't get it, couldn't get it, couldn't get it. It took me a year or so. Finally, one game, I got it.
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No man is too good to be the athletic coach for youth.
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“If they don’t let me coach, they might as well take me to the Lexington cemetery.”
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The one thing I knew as a head coach was I wanted to hire coaches that are good and eventually, as people know how good they are, people are going to want to try and hire them. Unfortunately, it was way too fast in this instance.
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I definitely feel comfortable with talking about that with Coach and giving him what I'm seeing out there, ... Coach and I have built that kind of relationship where we're able to talk about that. I can tell him how I feel about certain things.
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When my coach and team-mates went abroad for competitions, I had to lay on the bed alone, so I felt extremely upset and even thought of retiring. But leaving the platform like that was not the result that I wanted, so I did not give up.
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My family has always been there to support me along the way. My coach, John Nicks, is a great influence.
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Tennis is not like other sports where the coach is hired by an independent entity, and that makes a huge difference in the dynamic.
