Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

If I had that answer, we'd be winning games. It's frustrating, obviously. We've been making critical mistakes at critical times. It's a very tough thing for a coach to accept.

If I'm the head coach and I'm down on the goal line, a thousand times out of a thousand I'd run the same play and give him the ball.

If I'm open, I'll shoot the ball. I take shots that coach will be OK with. I don't try and create too much.

I figured that would happen when he went up there. He and his family really put a lot of time into the recruiting process; they really did their research. I know that they were really impressed with (head) coach (Sylvester) Croom.

Ray Lewis

If I'm a head coach and my starting quarterback leaves for the season, and I have the leading rusher in the NFL last year, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to know my game plan,

If I'm a Division I coach, this is an event I want to be at. But they've put more restrictions on Division I coaches on the weekends they can come out and the events they can attend. But if I'm a Division I, II or III coach and I can make it, this is a great recruiting tool. If you don't come out, you're missing the boat.

Carl Crawford

I called it a step (in the right direction). When I was hitting. and the coaches were pitching, I was feeling no pain.

Cedric Benson

I definitely want to be a starter. I have no desire to sit with the coaches on the sidelines. So I'm going to be working toward making that happen,

I definitely think it is scary for opposing defenses because we have so many weapons out there. I'd hate to be an opposing coach trying to stop us. These guys are explosive.

Eddy Curry

I definitely see that out here in his coaching, ... He really stresses perfection out there for the bigs and for his point guards. Totally different style from what coach Skiles did. It's two different coaches, so I'm just trying to get used to everything and just take it all in.

Jimmy Johnson

I'd hate to be the coach that sits him down.

I'd give everything, I mean everything, to get a win for coach in this one.

I'd hope kids would see that our coaching style is a little different. We're trying to have more fun and not be so worried about mistakes. We're focusing on improvement. Some of the years when you have a legitimate state title expectation, it has been more intense.

I can't tell you the feeling of seeing a guy you coached run out and play in a big game like that. For a 35-year-old man, he's doing pretty good.

Bobby Hamilton

I can't worry about the coaches and who's going to be here next year and who is not. I know I want to be on a positive to end on this mug.

I can say that I know what Coach Dungy is going through. That's no easy thing.

I can say that I don't recruit players -- they end up here, ... Whether other coaches (recruit), that's something they have to answer.

I can relate to him (Saunders), we have similar values, backgrounds, ... (Saunders) coming from Cleveland, being a Big Ten man -- I'm a University of Michigan man, he's University of Minnesota -- I just relate much, much differently to Flip than I do the other two coaches (Rick Carlisle and Brown). ... From the beginning, you can start with low maintenance, can start with not having an ego, or he's going to overwhelm everybody, Flip's going to work the way I'd work, as I see it.

Allan Ray

I couldn?t find my shot in the trials, ... I couldn?t make anything. Playing defense in the one thing that Coach Wright has instilled in me. You?re going to have off day offensively, but you can never have an off day defensively.

I couldn't even get in a defensive stance, so I told Coach I couldn't go. It's great now. It's weird. I can't even explain it.

Randy Carlyle

I couldn't even fathom to judge who it's going to help or not help. I think every coach is doing the same thing, just trying to put together a plan that allows their group to hit the ice, whenever they start, on all cylinders.

I couldn't do much as a coach. I just had to let the kids play. The kids did it. Players make coaches look good and we've got some great players. They pulled it out. I'm so proud of my team.

I could tell the very first day. You coach 20 years at the college and high school level, and you can quickly tell how good a kid can be. And I thought this kid could be a state champion. And I saw that in the seventh grade.

Bruce Pearl

I don't think the ranking is going to mean anything to the coaches and the players as it relates to this team. It's just what it could mean at the end of the year and what it could mean in recruiting and what it could mean in fan support.

I don't think that will be a problem here because we've never had a problem with graduation rates here. I think that will continue no matter who the coach is.

I don't think there's any question it's put us on the map. A lot of coaches didn't have any idea where we were in the beginning. They know about South Panola and Tupelo and Starkville and Meridian and Moss Point, but it's been nice to hear our school get some recognition.

Joe Paterno

I don't think there's any football player who's done more to rejuvenate a squad than Michael Robinson has done. Michael Robinson is one of the greatest football players I've ever coached and I've coached a couple of pretty good ones.

I don't take anything out of it personally because as a coach I know what will happen if we lose the next couple of games.

I'd say that we are working on our doubles play. Doubles is always something the tennis coaches in the conference work on. It's a tougher game to learn. We're gaining on that. There are some things I've seen great improvement on.

I'd say if we win 16 games and get zero picks, the coaches won't be upset with us.

Mark Fox

I'd say every team has a chance. That's not coach speak. You better come ready to play.

I'd sure entertain it. It'd be a lot of fun if they had the right setting and conditions. You'd have to find two coaches who would be willing to do it.