Famous Quotes & Sayings

You can't coach during a match, so hopefully some of the things you talk about sink in. After the match we talk about what happened, what went wrong, and it usually comes down to course management.

Jake Voskuhl

You can kind of see there is a lot turmoil going on (in New York). I think maybe upstairs in the organization, with the coaching staff and with the players. It kind of seems like everyone's a little frustrated with one another. I think that's kind of what you're seeing on the court. It's hard to win games when everything's divided and I think that's kind of what you're seeing right now.

We had a talk today -- all the coaches did with all the girls -- they started off not where they needed to be earlier today. So we stopped the practice, sat them down and had a serious talk. Then they finished pretty hard.

We had a real good year. What I get is a direct result of the coaching staff.

We wanted to copy the Bucyrus layout with the exception of the shot and discus. From a coaching standpoint, we're going to love it.

Bret Bielema

We wanted to see him. The defensive coaches thought he moved well enough and wanted to give him a shot there.

We've had a winning program through the years. That will be a better magnet for coaches wanting to come in this area, coming to a quality program that's established and has a reputation of being a winning program.

We've had an up-and-down season, but I love it here. Great area, the guys are great, the coaching is good. ... I'm enjoying it.

We've had a few Division I coaches contact us about some kids, and not that I don't trust them, but I want to see them myself before I make a commitment. So we're waiting on film. Once we get that we'll make a decision and we'll get on it.

We've had problems putting away teams in the second half. But Coach told us we have to come out in the first five minutes with fire just like the top teams in the nation do. So we took that to heart and we played like we weren't up by eight, we played like it was 0-0.

LeBron James

To make our team better, I felt I had to become a better defensive player. It's very hard. You have to put your mind to it and really want to do it. I give a lot of credit to our coaching staff.

To stand here on the same field with Dave, him being the head coach at Hopkins and me being the head coach at Albany, it really doesn't get much better than that.

Wright State out-pitched us. I told coach (Rob) Cooper that if his team pitches like that all season, his team will win a lot of games.

We're suing them for what they should pay a coach of 25 years under a contract that turned down head coaching jobs, that turned down other jobs in the very recent past.

Matt Smith

We all love and respect coach K. We want to send him out with a big bang.

Tonight, he kept with it. He did what good shooters are supposed to do. He kept shooting. He had some real good looks that didn't go down, and then he made the big ones when the game was on the line. There was nothing about coaching there. That's about a kid between the lines and getting the job done.

Joe Girardi

The reason it took so long is I really focused on coaches who have been in the mode of teaching young players.

The opening statement is actually from coach himself.

There is nothing in the rules saying you have to be present for the national anthem. However a coach wants to get a team ready, it's up to him. If Patrick felt he needed a few more minutes with the team, that's his prerogative.

There is no league that can refurbish its rosters as quickly as this league, and I think the coaches have done that once again. The Southeast is as talent-laden as there is in the country. Coaches can go out and get (good) players rather quickly so it doesn't surprise me that our league is strong this year.

There is no tension between the coach and the players.

We've hired a head coach with a proven track record of turning programs around. Ron embodies the blue-collar work ethic which will be essential in his success as we move forward.

We've hired a head coach with a proven track record of turning programs around. His experience gives him a firm understanding of the task at hand.

We will pursue these factories of the missiles, the place where they coach the suicide bombers. We will reach them everywhere.

Mark Johnson

We had a good year, but we didn't end up where we wanted to. I take responsibility as a coach when we're that far off.

Chris Quinn

We're not pleased with the final result, but with the inexperience we had we think it was a very successful year. It was the most fun we've ever had coaching a team, and next year we should be much improved.

Willie Anderson

We're pushing this week like it's a regular week. We haven't been told by the coaches that we weren't playing a whole lot. We're told that we're playing the whole game, and we all want to play the whole game.

We've coached some tremendous games. It's a cliche, but you can throw the records out the window when these teams play. Some years we've had the upper hand, but most years he's had the upper hand.

Those 20 points, we (the offense) really put the defense in that situation. I was really pleased with the defense. Our coaches had a great gameplan, and the guys played hard.

(Thomas) knows it, I told him I'm selfish. I'd like to get to coach him (next year). I always feel like there's one more thing you can learn.

This year we're going to introduce him to more things and, hopefully, he'll be able to pick it up. If he makes a mistake, he's making a mistake going full speed. The coach can live with that.

To say you're pressing, that's true, no doubt. Even the coaching staff. We haven't been hitting, our pitching hasn't been as good as the first half...nice to stop the bleeding.

To say you're pressing, that's true, no doubt, ... Even the coaching staff. We haven't been hitting, our pitching hasn't been as good as the first half...nice to stop the bleeding.