Famous Quotes & Sayings

Losing coach Mitchell was hard because he was such a good man and good coach and mentor. But coach Hill hasn't lost a beat. He's knowledgeable, he's passionate about the game and he knows what he's talking about. He wants us to be better. We didn't lose anything there. As far as the scheme, it's taken some getting used to ? that happens any time ? but we're learning it quickly. I think it will be a formidable defense when we learn it.

Darnell Jackson

Last year we'd go three hours and might be back for more. We're learning just as much, maybe more. It's real intense. From the moment Coach walks on the court, he's yelling at us and making us play hard.

Last year, that was me in that role. But I tell him: Every little thing you do, Coach sees it.

Last year we wanted things to come to us. With coach Willingham, we know we have to go out and get it. You can't do it the easy way, you have to go out there and get it.

George Vecsey

Many of the most successful coaches and managers have come from players who never reached the highest level. The one exception seems to be basketball, where many of the greatest stars at least tried to coach a team.

Many people don't realize that women's wrestling is now an Olympic sport, ... It was a great experience for me to coach that team. It was an honor to be selected to do so.

Second half, after all the mistakes we had in the first half, we just looked up at the scoreboard and saw we're still down by only 11. Coach told us in the second half to play hard, leave it all on the line. That's what we did. We did what we could to come back, but it didn't happen for us.

So far, the people have been great and it's been very enjoyable. I've got a good coaching staff, everybody's on the same page and that makes a big difference.

So, generally the coaches will go out on the other nine, play four or five holes, then get back to collect the scorecards and do the scoring. It's sort of a perk we enjoy.

She's the most competitive player I've ever coached or played with. And I consider myself very competitive.

She's the leader and the extension of the coach on the floor and she gets more comfortable each time.

She's still part of this team and always will be. We listen to her. When she cusses us out, we get the message. When a coach yells at you, you never know; maybe he's thinking about his paycheck or his job. But she's one of us.

She's so much more than a coach to us.

She was adamant to play. There was no way this old coach could get a 24-year-old kid to look at the big picture.

She was a coach that just wanted to get into anything she could get into. She loves working with kids and coaching.

She told me she wanted to meet the real coach Shula.

She was a very bright, talented young coach and a wonderful person. We are all at a loss because she is not going to be with us here. But she left quite a legacy with that program and with the people's lives that she touched.

She was a pain in our (butt) all night. We were on her. I had a coach from their conference come up to me and said she's never played that good. She was on tonight.

She's the opposite of a coach potato. She spends her days hunting on a farm. She's already lived that life.

She's a very mature athlete. When I coached her she was one of the leaders on the team. She's encouraging and impacts the players around her. She'll never give up. That's what you need out of a defensive player.

She's just a tremendous inspiration for me as a coach and I use her as well as many other former players here to inspire my team. I say whatever you want to do, you can do it.

She's just an outstanding coach and not just from the Xs and Os. She understands the players. She's dedicated herself to her school and team. Before she hangs up the whistle, there will be many more wins.

She's invaluable. Honestly, without having me being a literacy coach, there is no way we could run the program.

Linda Jones

She's been here the last two years. For some of the seniors who played as freshmen, this would be their fourth coach in four years.

Atul Gawande

Coaching done well may be the most effective intervention designed for human performance.

We're continuing to move forward. The idea of the setback of time is not really an issue. I had a couple of other coaches in mind and I visited with them over the weekend.

Pete MacArthur

We're not doing anything special. We're just doing all the little things that coach talks to us about everyday in practice. We're just benefiting from it right now. We're just going to keep doing that.

Man, four state placers and the school's first top 10 finish. It's a head coach's dream come true and speaks to my great coaching staff.

Like coach said, we've done what we're supposed to do. Now we've got to take it up a level.

Like coach said, we're not playing well right now, but we're getting better and we're going to keep fighting. Football's a rough game. It's a tough game. Things don't always go your way. It's a test of manhood to see what kind of guys we have on this football team.

Like anything else, it's a lot of on-the-job training. The more experience you have, the more you see and the better you are at what you do. It's no different than if somebody was trying to coach in the Super Bowl.

Life is not fair. You're one game away from a championship one year, the next year they let him go somewhere else. His coaching didn't change. You never want to be where you've proved you can win but there are still questions.

Flip Saunders

Like I said, I think a coach is as good as the players he has. You do have to drive them. You've got to make sure to put them in the right situations. And we have a group that's very committed as far as what we're doing.