Coaching Quotes
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Jim Udinski has been coaching in the league for the past fourteen years, and his Division II team, the Lenape Valley Indians from suburban Philadelphia, has already made history - twice.
Jeanne Marie Laskas
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Football has always been a big part of my life. Almost from the day I was born, playing and coaching football were all I really ever wanted to do.
Bobby Bowden
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I'd be satisfied just coaching in high school. I turned down a number of colleges when I was teaching in South Bend, Indiana, before I went into the service. I honestly believe that if I hadn't enlisted in the service, I would never have left high school teaching. I'm sure I would have never left.
John Wooden
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You get different philosophies in coaching, usually depending on what position the coach himself played.
Ara Parseghian
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I think as far as any kind of pressure on a football team or on an individual in professional sports really depends not only on that individual but the leadership they have on the team and the leadership they have on the coaching staff. A lot of times, they can divert some of those pressures off of the individual and off of the team.
Jimmy Johnson
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Today in coaching, it's a two-way street. They can fire you whenever they want. Bottom line: It's all about what you can do to better yourself professionally. This is a better move.
Dick Vitale
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Man, coaching is a hard job, and it requires a lot of time... I hear stories from coaches who tell me that players call them in the middle of the night not knowing where they parked their car.
Joe Montana
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I won't miss coaching. What you miss is that camaraderie with those boys and the other coaches. You miss that.
Bobby Bowden
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When you think about 19 years, it has been a heckuva ride. Physically, I want to be able to participate in activities with my kids, so it has taken a toll. It is time to move on and think about maybe coaching or doing some broadcasting.
Jason Kidd
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Each person holds so much power within themselves that needs to be let out. Sometimes they just need a little nudge, a little direction, a little support, a little coaching, and the greatest things can happen.
Pete Carroll
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When I first started coaching, one of the worst things that I think I heard was 'It will be O.K.' I would wonder, 'How the hell is it going to be O.K.?' The worst word in the English language is 'hope.'
Bobby Knight
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I was still enjoying coaching, but there was a repetitious manner about it.
Darrell Royal
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Experience shows that those people who were selected to be a head coach in the NFL met with more success if they had had head-coaching experience.
Bob McNair
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Coaching is about, "How do I get people to play at their peak level?" It is a spiritual quest. And if it's not that, you don't have a challenge, you don't have a mission. Forming a brotherhood and trying to move it forward - that's what coaching is.
Phil Jackson
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I lost money, coaching jobs, a shot at the Hall of Fame.
Curt Flood
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I was a pretty good coach and working with marketing was like coaching.
Bernard Ebbers
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I have been coaching recently. I coached high school basketball in Arizona, and I hope that more opportunities become available.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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A closing team is so important in the NBA. The last seven minutes is what you are always coaching to get to. Now you have your team set, you have the match-ups you want, you have your time-outs, your chance to finish the game, and that's my job, to get us to that position during the course of the game.
Doug Collins
