Famous Quotes & Sayings

Baron Batch

I got to talk to more of the players and the coaches this time. It just seemed like the right place.

I got the humility from Mom and Dad. But when I was here, coach (Lou Holtz) pounded it in; made sure it didn't leave. It was never about me, it was always about the team.

E. O. Wilson

I got that last year. All I said was 'If you really want to be here, coach is going to be here.' There's nothing on paper, but I knew he was going to be here.

If they have effort, we can coach them up on the rest.

Jerry Sloan

If they told me to take my shoes off, I'd coach barefoot,

We know we are getting a good coach and teacher. It's better than getting a brand-new coach.

We knew we had to redeem ourselves. Coach told us to keep our cool and do what we had to do.

We learned to be more efficient this year. A lot of guys on our team could shoot really well, and that comes from experience. Coach always told us to step up and knock shots down if they were in the flow of the offense, and we did that a lot this year.

Steve Spurrier

Welcome Coach Spurrier. He was always a little cocky.

There are many jobs that pay more than coaching in high school. But they don't print currency the value of what I have experienced with everything that has happened with our school this season, and Meghan's miracle.

Dominique Moceanu

I don't mind sacrifice. I don't mind discipline. But a good coach allows people to blossom. I've seen that. I didn't have it.

With all the scandals and miscellaneous B.S. we've gone through the last few years it's just nice to have a steady rock like coach Willingham.

Chris Rogers

With all the rain we've had, we had only one practice since our last tournament back on Aug. 6. I and my coaching staff decided to use the first two pool games to work on some things before the elimination round started.

Lee Corso

The program slipped after he left, but Coach Nugent was the one who first showed everyone what could be done at Florida State.

This was a great win for our football team. The emotion that the guys played with, and the passion, and the character, is just unbelievable. Every player and every coach on our staff got a game ball. What else can you say?

Karl Malone

This was a great team win. We scored just 12 points in the fourth and coach wasn't too happy with that.

Brian Schneider

This was a great opportunity for me professionally and personally. I already know several people on this coaching staff and how much they have accomplished here at Iowa State. This is also a great place to raise a family.

This was a great match-up. They're so athletic...They have a great coaching staff. Our kids worked as a team, and kept playing forward.

John Thompson

The parity, from top to bottom, is terrific. It's unlike any other league with quality teams, quality players and quality coaches from top to bottom.

Chris Davis

The parent volunteers did a really good job. It was a successful meet that ran very smoothly, and the coaching staff gives thanks to them all.

Richard Hamilton

The only thing I know is he's supposed to coach his team. He don't need to be on the sideline running his mouth, trying to talk trash from the bench. He's not a player no more, he's a coach. His job is to coach his team, not to have little slick stuff to say from the bench.

We've been practicing with a sense of urgency to our preparation. Duquesne's program has been very successful. A new coach won't drive us.

We're hoping to get 60 kids signed up, but if we get 120 I can tell you we won't turn them away. It will be a structured program, with coaches teaching the kids how to hit and field properly.

We seem to play better from behind. When that sense of urgency kicks in, the kids seem to realize they?d better start doing what their coaches have been telling them or else.

Candace Parker

We're the only team ever to be part of a coach winning 900 games.

We're talking about Texas, we're looking forward to Texas. I coach 15 kids right now and we're looking forward to competing in the NCAA Tournament.

We've been knowing we can do it. Our coach has been telling us we can do it. He's been preparing us to get ready for these type of games.

Luke Walton

We've been a very focused team in trying to do what the coaches have set up for us to do.

We've been a streaky shooting team all year. When we're on, we're fun to watch and they're fun to coach because I don't have to do too much.

We need to get much sharper in the upcoming months. From what I see in practice so far, the coaching staff and I are very excited about our potential, and we should be a very good team throughout the year.

We need to sharpen up our receiving and passing skills, and the indoor style will be a good environment for us to improve on these fundamentals. Spring competition is also great in that it allows for players who were not in the starting lineup during the regular season an opportunity to gain experience and confidence. Each year when your seniors graduate, there are always new players who emerge as your core group and as your leaders making it exciting for coaches to watch happen.

The defense is playing great. That's a credit to our coaches and the work that they put in every week.

Jimmy Johnson

I think as far as any kind of pressure on a football team or on an individual in professional sports really depends not only on that individual but the leadership they have on the team and the leadership they have on the coaching staff. A lot of times, they can divert some of those pressures off of the individual and off of the team.