Coaching Quotes
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My general rule, which I have followed throughout my coaching career, is that everyone doesn't necessarily get treated the same way, because I'm not sure that's possible. But everyone has to be treated fairly. Moreover, they have to know and trust that they will be treated fairly. Dennis Green, NFL Coach There's nothing worse than the feeling of wishing you had another chance at a play because you weren't ready. Every athlete has those feelings to mull over, and over, and over... Don't even expose yourself to the possibility of being caught off-guard.
Karch Kiraly
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Starting a business is similar to an athletic endeavor, like serving a tennis ball. Telling you how to do it is useless. You actually get better through a combination of practice, coaching, and repetitions with money on the line.
Andrew Yan
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It never stops. It's 365 recruiting. That cell phone you've got, these smartphones are the death of college coaching.
Kirby Smart
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A successful coach is one who is still coaching.
Ben Schwartzwalder
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When I got fired from coaching, I started coaching high school because my son played. I realized real quick that high school football is in trouble. There's no budget. A lot of kids have got to pay to play, and every year, coaches are getting out of the profession. Kids aren't playing like they used to. It bothers me.
Jon Gruden
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Anyone who really wants to coach and have a lot of impact on people's lives, high school's the way to go... To be honest with you, of all the jobs I've ever had, the one I really, truly enjoyed the most was teaching and coaching in high school. It just doesn't pay as well.
Charlie Weis
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Coaching is one thing and one thing only: It is creating an environment so the player has an opportunity to be successful. That is your job as a coach. When you teach him to do that, get out of his way.
Chip Kelly
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I understand how success is judged and calculated in the coaching profession. That's really all I care about. You go about this business a certain way. Everybody has a certain style and opportunities that are presented to them during your career. When it's over, I'll be judged by that. I care more about the people I work with.
Mike McCarthy
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Ninety percent of the coaches in the NBA are guards, and there arent very many big men people coaching, I happen to be one of them and when I coached, everybody on my team, including the guards, had a hook shot, so that it was their bail out shot.
Tom Heinsohn
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I was happy working for the N.B.A., but to be honest, I decided that I'd probably get back into coaching. I missed the teaching, I missed the games, I missed the competition.
Stu Jackson
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I really enjoyed coaching.
Joe Paterno
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By the end of the year, I'll have pure white hair from coaching these guys. It will drive you absolutely crazy. Especially with the teams I've had that were really mature.
Eddie Sutton
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Coaching doesn’t start with X’s and O’s. It starts with believing that players win games and coaches win players.
Bill Courtney
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But it will be a new test of his coaching skills. . . . He has to find a way to turn around an underachieving team.
Chris Spielman
