Coaching Quotes
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Deep down, your players must know you care about them. This is the most important thing. I could never get away with what I do if the players feel I didn't care for them. They know, in the long run, I'm in their corner.
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Well, I think it's pretty much established that I just didn't have any interest in coaching in the pros.
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I have no intention of coaching Boca Juniors, and no-one from the club has approached me to do so.
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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.
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I'm a Christian first. I'm a family guy second. As much as I like coaching, as much as I like basketball, it's third, fourth, or fifth down the line.
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Where I'm from, we don't do the kiss-on-the-cheek thing. Sometimes we can feel a bit awkward in England. Someone needs to let me know what the rules are because I don't want to be rude. I need a little more etiquette coaching.
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Geez, I just played cricket because I loved the game. I never thought about it much, never really had any formal coaching.
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I know there are a lot of people who say that great players have trouble coaching, but I do think he is a little different. Two things you value in a coach are patience and long-term focus, and I think Wayne has both of those.
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I find that in my own life and with the people I've been coaching, when people make the decision to get rich, they're available to do things that are outside of their comfort zones and stretch themselves.
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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.
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The most important thing in coaching is communication. It's not what you say as much as what they absorb.
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I learned this about coaching: You don't have to explain victory and you can't explain defeat.
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Coaching is about not being afraid to be challenged and, above all, trying to enjoy the experience.
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If somebody is going in the wrong direction, behavioral coaching just helps them get there faster. It doesn't turn the wrong direction into the right direction.
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I've been around the coaching circuit far too much.
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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.
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I fell in love with coaching. I loved interacting with young people, having the opportunity to make a tremendous impression on them.
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I told the commissioner that by the end of the year, I'll have pure white hair from coaching these guys. When you have young players like this, they'll drive you absolutely crazy, especially after you get spoiled by the teams I had the last couple of years.
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I can't imagine him not coaching. I just can't imagine it. It really puts everything in perspective for me. I never saw that day coming.
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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.'
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A successful coach is one who is still coaching.
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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.
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Failure is good. It's fertilizer. Everything I've learned about coaching, I've learned from making mistakes.
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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.
