Coaching Quotes
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A successful coach is one who is still coaching.
Ben Schwartzwalder -
In all the years that I've been in football - I went directly from coaching to broadcasting - I never really had a lot of experience watching it.
John Madden
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Did I ever think at the time, when I was with the Alouettes and the Chicago Blitz, that I would be head-coaching a team in the Super Bowl? It would be hard to believe. Is it a dream come true? Yes.
Marv Levy -
I think the most important thing about coaching is that you have to have a sense of confidence about what you're doing. You have to be a salesman, and you have to get your players, particularly your leaders, to believe in what you're trying to accomplish on the basketball floor.
Phil Jackson -
As a player, I was fortunate to work with coaching and medical staffs that underscored the importance of utilizing injury prevention exercises, which contributed to my healthy and long playing career.
Cobi Jones -
Jesus never gave advice
John Bevere -
People say, 'Is broadcasting the same as coaching?' I say, 'Hell, no.' Coaching, you win and lose. Broadcasting, you don't win and lose. Coaching was a lot bigger than broadcasting.
John Madden -
We must invest in tomorrow. And pay our teachers for teaching as we pay our coaches for coaching.
Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr.
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I'll admit I was curious about coaching a national team, but my experience with Greece was sufficient.
Claudio Ranieri -
I started coaching in the Interregionale league in Catanzaro. There were pitches with no grass; at times, we had no water, no training equipment. I had to do it all myself.
Claudio Ranieri -
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 -
It never stops. It's 365 recruiting. That cell phone you've got, these smartphones are the death of college coaching.
Kirby Smart -
I definitely see that out here in his coaching, ... He really stresses perfection out there for the bigs and for his point guards. Totally different style from what coach Skiles did. It's two different coaches, so I'm just trying to get used to everything and just take it all in.
Eddy Curry -
In no other profession does the character and personality of a director play a more vital role in the development of young people than in the coaching of athletics.
Clair Bee
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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 -
I didn't get into teaching and coaching for the number of wins or the money. It was a passion for trying to help young people.
Bo Ryan -
I've been around the coaching circuit far too much.
Anne Donovan -
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 -
I am going to miss Don Shula. I like him, and I admire him. I'm going to miss looking those 53 yards across the field and thinking, 'There is a coaching legend.'
Marv Levy -
Had I been a great athlete, I'm not sure I would have even gone into coaching. I may have turned out feeling that my life ended when my athletic career ended, as happens so many times with various athletes.
Lou Holtz
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Coaching to me is the ultimate high, especially when you have a game plan and you see that game plan executed to perfection. To see those players take what you put in front of them in preparation and turn it into a masterpiece - it doesn't get any better than that.
Dick Vitale -
I never ever gave ownership a thought. My thoughts before I retired were coaching and broadcasting.
Steve Kerr -
I've started late, I was 19 years old. I've trained with Victor Zilberman - he's a Russian-Jewish from Moldova. His son David who is coaching me represented Canada in the Olympic games. There were a lot of very good wrestlers there and they took me underneath their wing when I was young.
Georges St-Pierre -
I wound up through a wild set of circumstances getting into coaching. I went in and volunteered with Don Coryell, who was a big part of my past, great coach. A lot of people say he was one of the greatest coaches ever. He was very good in high school, college and pro. Another guy on that staff was named John Madden.
Joe Gibbs