Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dean Smith

Michael, if you can't pass, you can't play.

Dean Smith

Over coaching is the worst thing you can do to a player.

Edsger Dijkstra

In the wake of the Cultural Revolution and now of the recession I observe a mounting pressure to co-operate and to promote "teamwork". For its anti-individualistic streak, such a drive is of course highly suspect; some people may not be so sensitive to it, but having seen the Hitlerjugend in action suffices for the rest of your life to be very wary of "team spirit". Very.

Earl Nightingale

You can predict a person?s future and divine his bank balance if you know two things: the books he reads, the people he associates with.

Edward Witten

As far as extra dimensions are concerned, very tiny extra dimensions wouldn't be perceived in everyday life, just as atoms aren't: we see many atoms together but we don't see atoms individually.

Alain Prost

A German team could be quite good. But maybe they are a little bit too convinced that they are the best.

Akio Morita

We will try to create conditions where persons could come together in a spirit of teamwork, and exercise to their heart's desire their technological capacity.

Chris Carter

I think that you appreciate that there are extraordinary men and women and extraordinary moments when history leaps forward on the backs of these individuals, that what can be imagined can be achieved, that you must dare to dream, but that there's no substitute for perseverance and hard work and teamwork because no one gets there alone; and that, while we commemorate the... the greatness of these events and the individuals who achieve them, we cannot forget the sacrifice of those who make these achievements and leaps possible.

Carl Sagan

Even Johannes Kepler, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Gregor Mendel, and Albert Einstein made serious mistakes. But the scientific enterprise arranges things so that teamwork prevails: What one of us, even the most brilliant among us, misses, another of us, even someone much less celebrated and capable, may detect and rectify.

Jim Leyland

Makes a big difference. Players always make the difference.

Zeke Moreno

L.T. is fast. It takes 11 players to stop him. If 11 players are on the same page, then it's cool. But it's going to be very hard.

Calvin Branch

Scouting is something I'll be able to do later, but a player can play only so long.

Tim Purpura

Scouting and player development are the R&D of baseball,

Gary Wadler

One high-profile player tests positive, and look at the chaos. The problem, once again, is in the system.

Zydrunas Ilgauskas

Obviously, you can't replace a player like that.

Dick Vermeil

Now the players are going to say we don't need to practice on Thursday.

Paula Creamer

When the No. 1 player in the world is in the field, everything starts higher. It will be more known. But a win is a win at the end of the day.

Chris Davis

I'd like to credit my speed to my grandfather. But he was also a quiet player. He didn't talk much. He just went out there on the field and did his own thing.

Todd Fox

Man, four state placers and the school's first top 10 finish. It's a head coach's dream come true and speaks to my great coaching staff.

Terrell Buckley

Life is not fair. You're one game away from a championship one year, the next year they let him go somewhere else. His coaching didn't change. You never want to be where you've proved you can win but there are still questions.

Elaine MacDonald

Life coaching has received a lot of press recently; it seems you can hardly pick up a newspaper or magazine without reading a quote from a life coach.

Ron Dickerson

So far, the people have been great and it's been very enjoyable. I've got a good coaching staff, everybody's on the same page and that makes a big difference.

Joe Glenn

Mike is a veteran coach, and he has been at it a long time. Mike also has a good support group. We have 120 years together on our coaching staff collectively. The right hand and left hand pretty much know what each other are doing. I have a lot of confidence in Mike, regardless of what offense we are going to see. Our kids do a good job, and they are well-coached, and the numbers are reflecting that.

Cliff Thompson

My junior year, we played Fort Thomas in the championship game, and that was a lot of fun. I really enjoy the tournament even more now. Even if I wasn't coaching in it, I'd be there watching it.

Dave Magarity

My lasting memory of her will be as one of the great communicators with young people that I've ever been around in my coaching career. It's tragic. My lasting memory will be of her smile. We just had so much fun.

Rob Scheidt

One thing we want to do is eliminate the big play. I think our coaching staff and players understand (Madera) is going to score their points. We just can't give up the big plays like we did last year.

Jim Duggan

My first head coaching job in high school stands out because it is where I really grasped the power of what a 'team' could do that talented individuals could not do alone.