Famous Quotes & Sayings

When I was manager (of Liverpool) in England the national team coach was much more understanding.

When I was in school 20 years ago, it wasn't all that important. And if the coach was mad at you, denying you water was something they used as punishment.

Pat Riley

When it comes right down to it I coached a horrible game. I started the wrong lineup, I made the wrong substitutions and I called the wrong plays.

We respect New Zealand hugely. They are a great team, they've got great players. They are superbly coached and they've got a great record.

We're so much deeper, and there's so much more competition. Not only do coaches see it, but players see it as well. Any time you have some competition at a position, it really makes everyone a lot better.

We're going to have a grading system for the players. As coaches we'll give grades so the players know how they have done on the field. What I really want is for all of the players to feel like they got a fair shot.

Ben Roethlisberger

We're going to go out and pound the ball. Whatever coach has in store.

Were going to go back and do what coaches do by looking at video and try to make corrections.

We're going to give this one to Doc, even though he's not here with us. We know he's going through some tough times right now, but from the coaching staff to the players, we want to send this out for him.

Al Horford

We're going to get together and talk about things, but I really like being here and I enjoy playing under coach (Billy) Donovan. As far as I'm concerned, I would definitely like to be back here next year.

When we first got to know Coach this past summer, we could tell that he was a nice guy and that we would have fun playing for him.

Avery Johnson

What a great young player. You turn over No. 6, and there's Tony's No. 9. But he's better, he's quicker, and just a terrific player. He and Timmy (Duncan) just make a great one-two punch. He plays the game the right way. He sticks to what he does very well, and I'm looking forward to coaching him on All-Star weekend.

What he does is really what maybe no one in our program does. He makes plays that you can't anticipate, that you can't coach for.

We'll be glad for them to come to us, obviously. (Heidelberg) coach (Eugene) Harmon said their field had a few trees down on it.

We'll be back. Coach (Wooldridge) was positive with us. He just said to just come back tomorrow and get after it again. We've got heart; we'll be ready.

We'll see where we get with it. He's a terrific pitching coach. His track record has spoken.

Mats Sundin

We'll see what the coaches want to try, ... I'm sure they'll try different combinations as the exhibition season starts here, but I think we all have to be flexible and I think everybody realizes that there's only four spots here for centres and we'll have to figure out who's going to skate with who.

Bob Stoops

We are all happy for Darrell and his family. He feels the NFL is the direction he wants to go and we are supportive of him reaching his goals. We are all appreciative of the work he did here in coaching our receivers. He developed a great number of excellent players, and as also a strong recruiter.

Greg Jones

We are all excited. When (Hillhouse coach Kermit Carolina) talks about goals, he tells us, ?Everything we do from here out is for states.? We are ready.

Gary Pinkel

Shoot, when I was in Seattle, in our 15 spring practices when I coached at Washington, 13 of them were like this. So I just I felt like I was back at home.

Mike Thibault

She had already played in the league a couple years before I coached her, so she had already proven that she was worthy of being in the league. And she's been to the Final Four twice. She knows how to win.

She can do things that no one in our district can do. She's got a quick first step, and is an incredible athlete. I'm honored to have the opportunity to coach her.

She has been improving a lot, ... The coaches have been working on her on talking more. She so big that she can intimidate the opposing team. Now if we can get her to be a little meaner on the court.

She has been great for our program over the years. She does everything well. She is the kind of player every coach dreams about having on their team.

She has to be one of the favorites to win the Olympic trials,''Êsaid Vanderbilt women's coach Jim Spivey , a three-time Olympian in the 1,500.

She has to be one of the favorites to win the Olympic trials,'' said Vanderbilt women's coach Jim Spivey , a three-time Olympian in the 1,500.

She has to be one of the best, if not the best, that I've had in my 28 years coaching at Lincoln. I've had 11 girls go on to play Division I, Kristin could definitely be the 12th.

She has really improved over a year's time. She's been consistent, and that's what a coach likes. You want to have somebody to depend on, and she has been dependable.

She had to work a lot. I probably should have taken her out, given her a little break, but I knew she wanted to be on the floor and I needed her on the floor because she's like a coach out there.

She had that Coach Gunter gleam in her eye and that smirk in the right corner of her mouth. That wink said more to me than anything. This is, in my opinion, the pinnacle. This represents that national championship that so eluded her as a coach.

John Roberts

She gave us respect and we trusted her. If you start positive then you can go on and be negative. That is how you get respect. We did not really see her as a coach or African-American. We just saw her as a coach that we trusted.

Brendan Shanahan

Since the first day of training camp, he talked about us playing more like a playoff team and scoring playoff-style goals. It's a theme we hear every day. Sometimes you don't like the news the coach is delivering, but he's the coach. It's not his job to fit in with us. It's our job to fit in with him. You need one guy in charge, and he's the guy.

Vince Young

Sitting down with some of the coaches now, hearing the different things they've been saying about my throwing motion, is that there's nothing really wrong with it. The media, that's who keeps talking about the throwing motion. There's nothing wrong with the throwing motion.