Coaches Quotes
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It always amazes me that spectators want to coach, coaches want to officiate, and officials just want to watch the game
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It feels good anytime you beat Texas and Tennessee. Wins over those great coaches are very special.
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I don't understand these new coaches who don't drink. What do they do when they get beat?
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My coach said I ran like a girl, I said if he could run a little faster he could too
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I don't hire good coaches, I hire good people. If they turn out to be good coaches, too, that's a plus.
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The shot clock and the 3-pointer have made the game more exciting. It's opened up the game offensively. It keeps teams in the game and also forces coaches to coach differently.
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As a coach you can influence the diet of your players. You can point out what is wrong.
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I owe all of this to the guys I've played with and all the coaches that have helped me get to where I'm at right now. I'm honored to be here.
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When I work a game as an analyst, all I do is look at the game like a coach. Why was something successful? What makes it work? I just try to use my expertise and whatever insight I have to the game.
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I wasn't used to sitting on the bench. I shouldn't have done it, but I did kind of start to lay back and not work as hard. It's taking a toll on me right now, but I feel I'm starting to gain the confidence of the coaches.
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My coaches are always my friends. I've always had a coach a year of my life and they're really important part of being a better human for me.
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That has to be the No. 1 point of discussion when the A-10 coaches get together after the season.
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We had a great preseason. The guys responded with what coach George Karl wanted early on in pace of the game, togetherness and defensive intensity. We've improved in those areas with a couple of setbacks, but we've improved each game.
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But something magical happened to me when I went to Reardan. Overnight I became a good player. I suppose it had something to do with confidence. I mean, I'd always been the lowest Indian on the reservation totem pole - I wasn't expected to be good so I wasn't. But in Reardan, my coach and the other players wanted me to be good. They needed me to be good. They expected me to be good. And so I became good. I wanted to live up to the expectations. I guess that's what it comes down to. The power of expectations. And as they expected more of me, I expected more of myself, and it just grew and grew.
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I love Oklahoma State basketball. And even though this has been a tough year for our coaches, team and fans, I know our team is in great hands with Sean. I am proud of Sean, as I am my entire family - and I know he will do a great job.
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Congratulations to Texas, they played an excellent football game. The team, coaches and players really executed well and made big plays. Our compliments go out to them. They are an excellent football team, which we knew coming in, and they showed it again today.
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I'd be talking to other coaches, and he walked up and joined the conversation.
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I have no desire at all to become the winningest coach at Notre Dame. The record belongs to Knute Rockne or some other coach in the future.
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Absolutely. There are a 1000 better coaches in the cities, but I'm the best in the country.
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In the end, they're here to go to school, and it should be our job as administrators or as coaches that if they're not, we can't put you on the field.
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The athlete makes himself, the coach doesn't make the athlete.
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It is great to see that D.C. hoops are back in a big way with as many as four possible tournament teams. You have quality coaches who recruit quality kids and they keep the great local kids at home. Yep, college basketball in D.C. is as good as any other area in the country.
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Gerard Houllier's thoughts on the matter international football echo mine. He thinks that what the national coaches are doing is like taking the car from his garage without even asking permission. They will then use the car for ten days and abandon it in a field without any petrol left in the tank. We then have to recover it, but it is broken down. Then a month later they will come to take your car again, and for good measure you're expected to be nice about it.
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I do think coaches need to get away from the game more, though. It's good for them.
