Famous Quotes & Sayings

Aaron Gray

He does a great job of getting people to play their best. One of the reasons we are such a good team is that every day in practice is like a game to us. Everything we do is competitive, and everything we do we want to win, no matter what the drill is. He knows you have to coach everyone differently.

He does a great job. He's still the same guy I knew when he was 18 years old at Southern Illinois. He's a hard-working guy. Very thorough, very sincere. He's a small-town guy who has a passion for coaching basketball.

He'd much rather be walking. In college, he had the right to use a cart, and he didn't for two years. He'd drag that leg around during those 36-hole days, refusing to get in a cart. Finally it got to be too much and his coach insisted he ride.

He'll stop down at Rutgers one more time before that day and he'll listen to (Florida) coach (Billy) Donovan before that day (May 4). We just wanted to have a date set for him.

He may try to go to school in Poland. He was a major part of our greatest year and obviously, if he had come back, we'd be a top 20 team this year. There had to be a deadline. A lot of coaches might have done everything they could to convince him to come back, but I felt that because he was still wavering at such a late date, if he's not sure he should be here than he probably shouldn't be here.

He makes you feel good about doing tough things. That's what I think makes him the exceptional coach that he is. In times of crisis, he's still cool, he's still excited about us competing and playing ball. He's still pushing us forward.

Mark Johnson

He not only made me a better player, he made me a better coach.

He never pushes us or anything. He doesn't coach us, but if I say, 'I need help on my serves,' he'll give us pointers. It's great having that.

He'll be remembered more for the type of person he was than the coach he was. And that says a lot.

Brenda Lee

He loves the kids and does whatever he can to make them do their best. He is a wonderful father and coach and we are all proud of him today.

He loved teaching, whether it was football or academically. He was always laughing and telling jokes but he still got his point across. Clayton was one of the first coaches who tried to make in fun and he saw the wisdom in that.

He molded a lot of young kids. He was a tough, fair and likable guy as a coach.

This wasn't a real difficult decision. I knew in my heart that I wanted to play for coach Davis and that's what I'm going to do.

Tedy Bruschi

Whatever my coach decides to do, I trust that.

What means the most is that it's voted on by my coaching peers.

Marshall Faulk

What makes me laugh is how people are saying he let his team down, ... How many times does a coach get rid of a player right before the season, and that player is left with nothing? Players want to know, How come you got rid of guys who could have helped us, over and over? That's letting your team down.

There is no coaching in the minors or the majors that compares to the kind of coaching we got here in terms of individual attention. He makes you into a man. He does everything that is needed to get you ready for the next level.

There is more stress as a coach because you want to make sure you do everything possible to put your players in a position to have success. I try to think of every little drill and everything I can to say to help them.

We try to pick it strategically. There's only so many Saturdays during the evaluation period that the coaches can come. It gives enough time to get away from the other (combines). When they're in Pennsylvania, we'll be out West or down South. It doesn't make sense for everyone to compete for the same kids.

Al Groh

We try to get everybody involved with every prospect. Players had relationships with most of the coaches on our staff.

Kirk Morrison

We think he's coming back next year. All we can do is try to improve. He's a good coach. We think it was more the players than the coach.

We think he (Rothschild) is one of the most respected pitching coaches in the game and he has two World Series rings to show for that.

What we need is a win. Our team wants to get better each week and a lot of times when you get young guys in there, you can lose focus. That's one thing coach Dungy preaches, staying focused.

Norv Turner

There are some (penalties) that are going to be called every game and there are some that can be avoided. We have to continue to coach it and eliminate those situations.

Mario Williams

The only way to stop someone like him or myself is for the coach to not play him.

Anthony Grant

We're playing in the last game. It's the thing that every coach wants when the season begins. And it's a very good feeling.

We're playing a very good fundamentally coached team. They play man-to-man defense and they run up and down the floor.

We really had a lot of talent (at Frederick). It was the youngest team in the league and the staff (including pitching coach Scott McGregor, the former Oriole) did an incredible job. They just kept improving.

We ran out of gas. We didn't have any legs. Jay County kept coming at us. Their coach did a nice job of subbing guys in and getting rest. They have a very deep team.

Billy Donovan

We didn't want to put David into the game, but we didn't have much of a choice. Anthony (associate coach Anthony Grant) was out of eligibility.

I actually introduced her to her new coaches at Kamehameha. She's going to do really well up there.

I also coached Alexander's dad (Gary). That's the first time that's happened.

Russ Rose

I always felt that Mike was going to replace me as the head coach at Penn State. The question is, am I replacing my opening or am I trying to select my replacement?