Famous Quotes & Sayings

When I looked at his resume and talked to the people who know him from a football standpoint, I think he's ready to be a head coach. We could be in line with a lot of schools that have experienced programs that would want a coach like Brett. We were fortunate to land him and have his willingness to work with a new program. I think it was a blessing.

When I look at Coach Knight and Pat and obviously Coach Sutton and Sean, I mean, you're talking about two guys that have grown up at the feet of two of the greatest coaches ever. It's just a natural progression.

We needed a win and the coaches told me to wrestle smart and get it done. This was my last year and I'm glad we were able to end it on a great note. Merrill is a tough team and we knew there would be some dog fights, but we got it done.

We needed a wake-up call. Coach Marsh just gave us a great halftime speech, and that was all we needed.

We needed a match of reference like this one. Tonight was a mix of everything the coach expects from us. It bodes well for the future.

We needed a change. We were getting too comfortable, coaching staff included.

Bear Bryant

I've never recommended anybody go into coaching, 'cause if they have enough on the ball, if they can do without coaching, they should do without it. If they put as much work into it and spend as much time, the rewards are going to be much better in something else.

Bear Bryant

When I was a young coach I used to say, "Treat everybody alike." That's bull. Treat everybody fairly.

Oh, we talked about it. The coaches talked to us and let us know we couldn't let that happen again.

Some college coach is going to grab this kid and turn him into a beast.

Marv Levy

Some coaches who do that are protecting an image they have, an image that they sort of like,

Larry Campbell

Some coaches were really persuasive. This is pretty much what the state wanted.

Some coaches have different philosophies. But I'd much rather have to win two games than three games to win the sectional.

B. F. Skinner

Some of my coaches run. Some lift weights. I play basketball. It's what I do.

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.

Since I've been here (at Douglas High), there have been a few suspicions. I'm sure every coach can say the same thing about their program. If they say something different, then they aren't being truthful.

She's a great player, as good as I've ever seen and coached against.

She is truly great. She goes hard from start to finish and she always has control of her game. It is so much fun to coach her and watch her play.

Tom Armstrong

She makes a coach look smart. She makes me look smarter than I am.

She is a true pleasure to coach. She doesn't use many excuses. It's yes-sir, no-sir. Always at practice, a good team leader...