Famous Quotes & Sayings

Pete Carroll

It's nice to have Nick back. He's an outstanding coach with great enthusiasm and fire. (He) knows our system well and was using it at Idaho.

It's nice to have a couple of coaches who've played the same position. I've watched a lot of tape and tried to work on my game.

It's strange because they have a good team and a good coach. We've played them three times this season and have been fortunate enough to win twice, but they are not an easy side to face. They are too good a team to keep losing games. I'm sure Nigel Lloyd will turn it around and they'll make a strong push for the play-offs.

It's something that we met with Coach about ... putting the game on our shoulders. We just want to know that we determined the outcome and I'm really happy that Ann made those shots, because it's just further proof that we're still trying to embrace this team and put it on our back and lead us to victory.

It's something that coach Olson determines and it's determined by production at practice and production in the games.

Brad Richards

It's special to even be mentioned with such great players. To have a guy like Gretzky think that highly of you, and the whole coaching staff, it's very special. I guess you get rewarded for success and hard work. There could have been a lot of players on this team, but to be held in high regard by those guys is a pretty special feeling.

It's special because very few times that I've been coaching have we been what I would say the underdog. If you told me after watching us play in November that we'd be here in March, I'd say no way.

It's something we haven't done in a while. And all the guys and the coaching staff are hungry for it, and that is our main goal this season.

Vince Young

It's something I still have to sit down with my family and coaches and talk about.

It's something I go to confession about. But I was a coach. I coached African-American kids. There's no way I think any less of people because of their skin color.

Steve Alford

It?s something coach Knight used to always do. It?s a long season. It?s a grind. Back when I played, there were 18 (conference) games. It gets to be very long and can mentally really wear your team down.

It's stressful for a coach in the CIML. You've got to be ready every night.

It's so disappointing it has to come to an end. After having the experience of playing for SMS, an incredible coaching staff and with an incredible team, it's been a great ride and I didn't want it to end.

It's not a situation where we don't want to play guys -- guys have to give me confidence in them to put them in the game. I'm not a guy that can jump in there, wave a wand and say, 'OK, I give you confidence.' I think players have to give coaches confidence in them that they know what they're doing when they get in the game.

It's not a practice problem or a coaching problem. It's a performance problem. I don't know how to fix that.

each of the members of our first team is much better than our coach.

Everyone is invited out for the weigh-in. It's a great opportunity for the public to come out and meet the football team's coaches and players.

Everybody is such a team player. I love it after a game that Jason Shay has scouted or Tony Jones has scouted, and someone will say, 'Let's give it up for Coach Shay or Coach Jones.' That's all a part of winning.

Everybody is focused in. We know what we've done the past couple of years. We always had letdowns. But we've got enough experienced players and coaches not to let it happen again.

Everybody on the field, coaches and players, are devastated by the loss. A loss like that, that comes right down to the end is very hard to live with.

The big thing is just remaining calm. Coach says you can't peak emotionally before the game.

Joseph Garcia

Audra had a visit at Western (New Mexico University) and their coach was here watching. I've been telling people she can shoot the three. After she hit one, I could see him smiling.

At some point after the hiring of Coach Linehan, we all decided to go through the current draft and then re-evaluate.

Ryan Hollins

A win like that just feels good, something that was well-deserved. Coach has always told us that we deserved this (NCAA Tournament run), that this is our moment.

Back then, you didn't have the quarterback-coach communication (through the speaker system in the helmet),

As of right now, he is still the head coach, but all indications are that he will be the next coach at Sumrall.

Barry Alvarez

As I visit with some of the other coaches in leagues that have playoffs, I don't think that there's any excitement about the playoff. Sure, it's a big payoff for one game, but I think it diminishes some of the season. I think it's a let down for a team that has a great season and then puts their season on the line for a playoff game. And it all seems done for no other reason than a paycheck.

Rich Rodriguez

As I told the team, we're not only looking for guys who can learn the system, we're also looking for guys who love to compete every day. The greatest players I've ever coached were guys who not only had talent, but wanted to win every drill they were in, and every play.

As our coach says, we got a lot of guys that can score 20 points on any given night.

Gary Bettman

As in other instances involving players, coaches or managers, we hold all members of the NHL family to a higher standard than the general public,

That was a big win for us. We prepared for them in two days, but the coaches gave us a really good game plan and we stepped to it. This is our season, we're trying to turn things around.

That's what we were talking about as coaches after the game, the fact that we didn't fold when Kenny went down. It's great to have guards.

John Hunter

That's what we stress - four turnovers a game. We saw some things on film and we knew that Coach Wilkins was going to do something with that play at some point in the game.