Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jimmy Johnson

I've heard all the coaches complaining about the new CBA rules limiting padded practice. I don't like the reduction to just 15 padded practices during the season. When I coached, we always practiced in pads; and three days a week.

Trammell and (pitching coach Bob) Cluck told me after the third that they were going to take me out. And I said, 'I don't want to come out.

We were fired up. We were ready for this game. Our coach has pushed us hard in practice to get ready.

We were down 15-10 at halftime. The Roswell coach told me if you could hold them under 50 points, that'd be amazing.

Victor Anderson

We watched film all week, and their defense wasn't as good as I thought it would be. When we were watching film, I thought their defense was pretty good. Coach told us all week it was going to be whoever was going to be physical.

We want to win this for the coach and for ourselves. This game means a lot to him, and he's part of our family now. If we win, he wins.

We are excited to get home on our own turf. I think we are a lot more confident now, and our coaches keep reminding us that it's not where you start but where you finish.

Steven Jackson

The position coaches and Coach Fairchild, they've done a great job of stepping in and taking hold of what needs to be done on our side of the ball.

Chuck D.

Two good coaching staffs, two great football teams. I think this will be great for America.

There have been a lot of great coaches and players come through the program and I'm proud to have been a part of the 1,000th win. To be one of the 30 or 40 programs in the state to have 1,000 wins is a great honor.

Herb Williams

fine job when he was here. I'm sorry. He did a fine job coaching the team.

First impressions of the season were it was a tremendous learning experience. I spoke with many mentors, including other head coaches as well as my parents, frequently and they all said the same thing ? the first year is always a learning experience. I feel I learned a lot, grew a lot and experienced a lot, and at the same time was still fortunate to cut down the nets in the end so I am excited about the future here at Endicott.

First, coach tried to give us this one play, and we didn't know what was going on, so we changed.

First and foremost, money. Some of these A-list coaches that are out there right now are going to command huge salaries -- well over $1 million.

Ozzie Newsome

Expectations are there for this team to do well. They are there from the owner, myself, the head coach and his staff, and the players. Now, can we live up to the expectations?

Fans needed to be entertained and our game wasn't that entertaining because coaches were good. Coaches knew how to instill left-wing locks, traps, and combined with holding and hooking and pushing the envelope as far as you could . . . coaches knew what you could get away with.

Fans, clubs, coaches and players - all of us have to be united. This World Cup is something special for all of us.

Larry Coker

But our coaches and players were not satisfied with the season by any means. That's the expectation we have.

But, I've never coached a player as versatile as Brandon.

DeMeco Ryans

When you get back to your (hotel) room and sit there and start thinking about it, you're like 'Mike Singletary is coaching me. Wow!' It's a great honor.

When you hear the Ole Miss people, they talk about (Vaught) the same way we talk about coach Bryant. He's a man's man and a coach's coach. He found a way to win, and he did it the right way.

When you have that many personnel bests, it's a huge accomplishment for any coach and team.

When you have other programs wanting to talk to your coach, it means she's doing a good job.

When you have kids who are willing to put in the time and effort and coaches who are willing to do the same, then you're going to be successful, I think.

Rich Rodriguez

When you play a team that's got a great secondary with great speed, you can't make a lot of moves. Coach (Calvin) Magee and I were on him the last two weeks, 'Steve, press the blocks, make one cut and just hit it.' And he did that today.

Bill Belichick

There are 11 guys on the field, including the coaching staff and everyone else on the sideline,

Rasheed Wallace

There are lot of people in the media out here not focused on team play. We get more praise from high school coaches or small-college coaches about our team's play than a lot of media. I think the NBA is still more one-on-one, got to score, got to dunk and all that. That's not us.

There are just dozens and dozens of quality football coaches out there,

We love people knowing who Northern Iowa is. It's a great accomplishment for us as seniors and for the coaching staff. To say we'd rather be unknown, I don't think we would.

When you look at her longevity and what she gave to the program, I think that is really rare. She is the rare exception in the coaching world and I was very fortunate to be a part of that as a player and a colleague.

When you don't score on five-on-three, as a coach you feel haunted. That gave the Swedish team another lift and they played with even more determination.

The players and coaches spend so much time and effort, you just want them to get it right. Regardless of whether you're on the good end of it or not. It could be a handful of plays during the season that can determine a championship.

The players and coaches have more confidence. We won two games on the road. The way we're playing, is helping our confidence.