Famous Quotes & Sayings

There were no other findings to show that coaching or not coaching was advantageous or harmful.

There were a lot of guys battling. If I had coached the game better, I'd have put ourselves in better position to win.

There were a couple of really special plays where if you were on defense you saw (defensive coach Roy) Simmons go after them. We played around with the defense for a little bit. We were able to have some nice, easy looks on offense.

There were a couple of college coaches there last night and they were impressed.

There were some assumptions made and some trust?extended that should not have been. We had a coach who was committing all of these violations and obviously he was concealing that from the University?we're going to be more vigilant than ever before in overseeing and verifying what people are doing so we can detect these problems so they don't go any further.

There's a couple coaches I've contacted to see if there may be some interest on their part, and there is. There's a real possibility one could be here Wednesday to visit the schools. We'll see what the next 48 hours bring.

Herman Edwards

There's a concern and I think every coach knows that,

Phil Jackson

There really is something nice about it as far as energizing this team. This team has some deadbeats on it, anyway, and the coach is one of them. It's good to have some people out there that are enthusiastic about the game.

Tuomo Ruutu

There's about 50 guys in camp. Some play some games, some play others. I don't think it was anything else. It was just what the coach decided.

There's a lot more TLC required from coaches now.

You're sad because as a competitor you'd like to go to the national championship game every year. I'm happy because six years from when coach (Bob) Knight was let go this is still a program. I'm very disappointed and sad I didn't get it done the way I would have liked.

Rod Marinelli

You would think, at this level, that you shouldn't have to coach tackling. No, you do. The people that don't, don't tackle well. You watch games and say, 'Man, that's sloppy tackling.' Well, you have to work on tackles and angles. It's your fundamentals. It's like if you are playing golf, you work on your golf swing even if you played 20 years, right?

You want the player to have a similar experience everywhere he plays in the system, so all of our coaches have to be on the same page. And if you run down the list of our coaches, you'll find that they share a lot of qualities. It's a low ego, high work ethic thing that runs through the whole organization, and as a result, a lot of the players we develop have those same qualities.

Seth McClung

You've just got to learn from a day like today. I'm a poor player if I don't come back and try to get better. I've been working a lot with the coaching staff, really trying to figure this thing out. All I can do is show up tomorrow and work as hard as I can to get ready for the next one." ()

You should have gone with coach to the Final Four. He would stop to talk to John Wooden, and he would talk to a fan. And you couldn't tell the difference.

You see that. He walks up to the player and he's very firm like a coach. He speaks like a coach.

Tyrus Thomas

You said I was on nobody's radar. That's other people's fault. I knew what I could do. Coaches knew what I could do.

Your goal is to coach the perfect game, and to have all your players, play the perfect game. That first year is difficult. You can never really be prepared for it. You are going to make mistakes. You just have to learn from those mistakes.

Your first head coaching job is the toughest year of your life,

Larry Brown

You're not supposed to have to coach effort. I've never been in a situation where that's ever been an issue. I've always been in places where I knew you could count on the effort. But again, this is as young a group as I've had in a long time.

Archie Manning

You're not even in there very long. And most coaches say the same things over and over. Probably 20 guys on the team could give his speech for him.

Avery Johnson

You're not always going to get a double-double but we want him to play with emotion and intensity. Does what he did tonight make coach happy for the rest of the playoffs? No way. He's still paying me back.

You're humbled to be part of one of the most elite groups of coaches in the world. This is good stuff.

You're going to be coached to be a pro. You're going to be pushed to where you may not even know you have this level. That's a big deal with me. You're not always going to like it, but you're going to be treated honestly and you're going to be treated fairly.

Larry Brown

You're coaching a storied franchise, ... I want to see this franchise respected, being a contender every year, having people come to the Garden and saying, 'Man, they played the right way.'

You never know what to expect with a new coach.

Joe Smith

You never know. It's a totally new system. When (former coach) Terry Porter was here the first year, we jelled right away. It could happen again. If we have everybody healthy, it shouldn't take too long.

You never have to worry about motivation with coach Meyer. He always has that part covered. He's going to motivate you, he's going to get you going. If he can't, then nobody can.

Clint Hurdle

You're a lot more involved in the coaching side. But it comes to a point where you have to let them play, you have to let them grow.

Dee Brown

You mean so much to me. When someone wears my number, I think it represents our whole team. My teammates make me better. My coaches make me better.

You never want to include the word 'fire' and the word 'Gretzky' in the same sentence. It's my decision, but it'll never come to that. Wayne is someone who, if he's not coaching to a level that he is happy with performance-wise, I'm sure he'll be the first one to recognize it.

You never stop playing; you never quit on each other. Bill's a real student of the game. You always see him talking with coach Kay.

Mathias Kiwanuka

This is going to be a big one for the coaching staff.