Famous Quotes & Sayings

Casey Jones

Any time you can win on the road, it's a big win. Bastrop plays extremely well at home. Coach Patrick does a good job with his deliberate offense, making you play defense for a long time. We were fortunate enough to create some turnovers and get some easy buckets.

Any time you play a new coach it's hard because we really don't know their stuff yet. Their kids are playing with great energy because they have a new coach.

Any time you make a coaching change, numbers probably fluctuate.

Corey Brewer

Any way humanly possible, he'll be playing. If the doctors and coach let him play, he'll play.

Any time you see an eighth grader take it to a senior like that it always makes the other coaches cringe and it makes me smile.

So far, so good. Practice has been going well. Coach Johnson tells us we are improving every day, so that is always good to hear.

Skinner and I did a real good job today. We took 1-2-4 in the 500. Even the East coach said that made a statement.

So Coach Turner called for a hitch-and-go. It was a great call.

Dwight Howard

That sent us off on a good note. Even the coaches are smiling lately. It's good to see old, grumpy men smiling.

Ken Hitchcock

That second period felt like the longest period I've ever been through as a coach. The first question was whether we could skate with them. We can. They've got speed and so do we.

That's amazing. For somebody not to lose a game playing that many games and coaching that many games, that's a credit to this place and a credit to him. That's just crazy.

That's a stat that can help you win games, so you know the coaches will harp on it so much. But I think the guys responded in the preseason.

That's a real good group of captains. I know the coaching staff and the team are extremely pleased with that foursome.

That's always a big honor for a coach to have a player in the all-star game. She was really excited about it, and that's what it's all about. It's a great way to end her high school career.

Alex Smith

That's all that my coaches are harping on now -- technique. He sees the will and the want to and the fight, and once that technique is down, then that's what makes the difference.

Chauncey Billups

That's crazy, man, crazy. I never thought that it would get like that. I can't imagine going through that, having to deal with that as a coach and a player. But for us, we don't worry about that. We just worry about us.

That's Coach Williams. He made a huge adjustment, and it turned the game around for us. Switching to zone probably made a big difference in the game, and that's why he's so good.

DeShawn Stevenson

That's Coach Sloan; he'll tell you what he thinks.

Every week here is a new challenge. Coaches want to see consistency and not ups and downs.

Every week as a coach, you give your philosophy, and you don't quite know if the guys are listening. This week, everyone is very focused.

Ben Howland

Arizona's an outstanding team. I have the utmost respect for coach (Lute) Olson. He's one of the great coaches of all time.

Around here, our coaches don't let us get back on the field unless we're ready, ... I was ready to go out and play. They let you work your way back in and get on the field at your pace.

As a coach you try to be creative, but when you see something from a coach, a legend, you take a napkin, or a piece of paper and you write something down and keep it.

As a coach, you look at your team a little more critically than others do. But you do respect the fact that coaches look at you as the No. 1 seed.

As a coach, you expect these kinds of reactions... but it is another thing to look at the faces of the young players.

Mike McConathy

As a coach you don't like the switch routine, flip the light switch off and on. Fortunately, we're able to do that. One of the things that was interesting tonight was we didn't create the electricity for (the crowd) to be here where they are hungry and excited to be a part of it. The players have to do something to make the crowd excited." ()

As a coach you are always optimistic, you always look forward to next season. And that's what I'm doing.

As a coach, you always worry about the distractions of the week and keeping your feet on the ground.

As a coach you always wonder what it's like to walk out on that floor at state, and now we get to find out.

Mike Kelly

As a coach, the greatest compliment from another coach is to say your kids worked hard. I have the utmost respect for Mark Morris. What a solid team they are.

Mark Gottfried

As a coach, sometimes that's a difficult thing to do.

As a coach or a player, you just dream about something like this. I thought (the shot) was a miss at first.

As a coach I was looking into the eyes of my battery, two sophomores. When you can get them to look you in the eye and then do what you say, you feel pretty good.