Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ian Snell

It's a lot looser camp, and that's what we kind of needed. It helps you feel more comfortable on the mound, knowing the pitching coach ain't going to yell at you, he's going to teach you.

It's a lot different this year. We're looking forward to playing for something. Everybody was kind of down and out last year. Our coach was gone. What were we playing for?

It's a lot different. A lot harder under Coach Meyer. He's a straightforward guy. If he wants you to do something, you'd better do it. He's a guy who is going to put you in your place. He's a guy you don't mind doing it for because if you do right by him, he will do right by you.

Tom Flores

It's always been a tradition of the Raiders to keep former players and coaches involved in the game.

It's always been a dream of mine to be the head coach here. I've got so many goals and aspirations for this university. I just can't tell you how excited I am.

It's always good to be on top, but at the same time we're focused and coach Carroll always reminds us, 'Don't worry about who's No. 1 or No. 2. Just stay focused,'

It's always nice to have a marquee player on your team. To have a go-to type player makes coaching decisions easier and makes marginal players better. She has a ripple effect on the rest of the team.

Scott Jones

It's always fun to have kids you know are going to go out and play hard. You can put out kid after kid after kid. In these games, it's hard as a coach to screw up.

It's always disappointing for spring to end. As coaches we finally see that progress, and it's always at the tail end of spring.

Katherine Paterson

Trouble can always be borne when it is shared.

He always wanted to coach. He would come in my office and say, 'Let's talk coaching.' I would say, 'Well, it is kind of hard to divorce myself of the situation since you are one of my players. So we're not going to talk long.'?

He called one of the coaches to let him know.

(Head coach Dennis) Murphy got on me at halftime and I took that as a challenge. I went out with more intensity in the second half.

Heather is one of the up-and-coming coaches in our profession. I loved her competitiveness as a player and am excited to have her on the Utah volleyball staff.

Chan Gailey

He also said coaches coach, and administrators administrate.

Greg Schiano

He really has a great demeanor about him. I can't tell you what's going on inside but to all the players and coaches he sure is a cool customer. Sometimes in life if that's how you appear, even if you're not, it makes everybody else comfortable.

Ben Howland

Herb is a great coach. He's so smart and intelligent. Our league is a great league. It's getting tougher and tougher. Herb just made it tougher.

Rick Barnes

Herb hasn't been appreciated the way he should be appreciated. He deserves more than the way he's been treated. He has poured everything he has into the job. I don't think they could find a better coach for their program.

He probably transported more kids home than any two coaches in the entire state of South Carolina. They would get to some of the major Saturday meets a little later because Y.C. was going around picking his kids up.

Granted, we're 0-2 (this season), so it looks like the same old Newton, but it's not, ... With the youth and the coaching staff, it's a totally different attitude.

Billy Gillispie

Got a good whipping tonight. They played harder than us. They played much, much, much smarter than us. ... They executed, played with discipline, they played hard, they got to the basket, they did what they were coached to do. They have good players, and I can see why they are getting better in a hurry.

For the most part, coaches have the same philosophy, they are there for the kids. I've made a lot of great relationships with coaches. It's a working relationship for all of us.

For the Dutch people it was a mistake for the coach and that's why the jeering was so loud. I think you could say it was justified.

Tony Gwynn

For the coaching staff, when we pulled in and saw the ballpark, man, memories just start.

For the coach, I'm sure it's nice to coach when there's a lot less egos on the field.

For some people, the grass is always greener somewhere else. In my mind, there's not a better place to coach than Victoria.

For somebody to say it's not a big deal, I think they'd be lying. This is like a once-in-a-lifetime deal, and it's not going to happen for another century. We won't be alive, because you have to coach a long time to do what these guys have done.

Franco Harris

And, coaching has never been an option for me.

If it happens, it happens, ... I'll be proud of it, but I haven't mentioned it. I've been around a lot of years. ... I'll be proud of it, but I've had a lot of great coaches and great ballplayers. It'll be nice, but it's not something I dream about.

If I can't teach, I can't coach right now. You can't resign one and not the other, it's an all or nothing deal.

Daunte Culpepper

If I am not traded, I want to help coach Childress make a serious run for the championship this year.

If he was at a Midwest junior college... he would have ended up at a top 10 program. He wanted a coach that would let him lead. He hasn't lost in about two years. It's not in his DNA.

I feel like I've moved up, ... I really feel like the coaches and scouts and general managers, I think they're really interested in me.