Famous Quotes & Sayings

This is a great day for the club. To sign someone with as much experience as a player and a coach as Mick Potter is a great testament to the project we have here.

This is a hard working group, ... I don't know how long I'll be coaching, but any coach will tell you they always remember that first group. Win or lose this season, they will always be the first ones.

All I know is that the coaches said we're wearing yellow. Sometimes we wear yellow uniforms for big games. Sometimes we even wear yellow uniforms on the road.

All I know is it's Florida State-Miami, and it doesn't get better than that. You'll see some massive hits. You'll see great plays. And I'll be coaching my butt off, but I'll be enjoying it too. It'll be an unbelievable thing.

Tony Meola

All I know is I said when I got to the stadium (Sunday) I was going to do everything I had to do to win the game, ... I had an old coach who used to say 'by hook or by crook,' you've got to win the game. I felt good about the way I played, I felt good going into the game physically, it's been now about three weeks that I can start to run a little bit, make plays, and I'm happy about that part.

Jeremy Wariner

All he tells me is to listen to what coach Hart says and if I have any nagging injury then I shouldn't try and run it off.

(Allen) hasn't been playing real well, so as a coach I feel real good about his game. Everybody and the janitor are guarding him, every night. (Mason County) respected our outside game a little more, so Walt was able to get going inside.

All Coach Karl does is talk about UNC, ... And I can't say nothing about it.

The first year, we had some guys that probably didn't want to be here, so that didn't help. This year, Coach Gibbs was just determined. That was the key word, he was determined to make that change, to get this team back to where it needs to get to. He was determined not to be in that situation again.

The flattering part of it is it seems like every year it takes place. That means our program is really progressing every year. To me, that's what it's all about. I'm the head coach here, and that's what I'm dealing with right now.

You don't have to have any talent to play hard. You can't coach playing hard.

You don't have to coach as much (with them around). They know where they're going and what they need to do.

You know me, give me a field and a blackboard, and I'm ready to coach football. I don't mean to sound insensitive, but that's just how it is. But I think, for all the personal reasons, we need to know where we are going to be for this season.

You could see how good she was last year. And she's easy to coach.

You coach patience and tell the girls to stay focused. But, we were playing a strong pitcher. You could tell that she was the core of their team.

Greg Davis

You coach every player differently. With Vince, we discuss things a lot. That's the way he responds best.

Kevin Butler

You can't tell me there's been a better kicking coach ever .

You can't say enough about him. He's a coach on the floor, he keeps us organized and he's a competitor. You always miss a floor leader like Nelson.

Sue Enquist

You can try as a coach to instill confidence in a team. But this team doesn't need it. They've lived it. They have all the confidence they need.

We're worried about Spartanburg right now. Doc (Spartanburg coach Doc Davis) has a great program up there and I'm sure they'll be waiting for us.

We're trying to get a win any way possible. We have to execute. Coach White likes to have his guys ready, so we just have to come out and try to get it done.

Van Buren is a senior-laden team with several key players back. They've got a new coach, and I'm sure they're playing with a lot of enthusiasm right now.

Vestal's a good football team. I thought Vestal is as good a coached team as we've seen in two years. They're excellent.

Flip Saunders

Very much so. It's something as coaches that we're not used to. You don't really go through that very much. I guess I would liken it to maybe the last week of the exhibition season when you're trying to get ready for the regular season. You want to improve and you want to keep sharp, you want to give people opportunities, you want to be competitive and you still want to win.

Very much so, I think going there, and the connections Coach Tyler had, and the staff on the field, gave me the confidence in my abilities to get to this level.

Very much so. He's a looser coach nowadays. He's not so uptight and not so vocal out there. He sits back and lets the leaders do their jobs. I think that's definitely helped to mold the team.

We know that Harlan has a very good coaching staff and tradition, and we give them a lot of respect.

You give a lot of credit to our coaches because they had a great game plan. We just wanted to put it down their throats, and that's what we did.

Ray Allen

You have to stand up and be heard. You have to make a coach see you.

You have to rethink, can you play somebody in? As a coach that was the challenge.

Skip Bertman

You have to remember these two have a long history that we don't know about. And the Baylor coach is high strung.

Jay Wright

You feel like they take coaching out of your hands. You feel like they're coaches on the court. They're going to make the right decisions and if they get fouled, they're going to make their shots.

Rick Pitino

I never thought that shoes would be the reason that you recruit players, but it's a factor. I think we need to get the shoe companies out of the lives of the athletes. I think we need to get it back to where parents and coaches have more of a say than peripheral people, but that's easier said than done.