Famous Quotes & Sayings

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...

She is a professional. She knows exactly what she is going to do and since she left her old coach she has had to work a lot more on her own and be more professional in how she warms herself up.

She is a powerful role model, a tremendous friend and a life coach to most of our members, young and old. She is a major influence on our teens exhibiting positive peer pressure.

Most players don't play for the coaches. If you are playing for coaches and their attention...you play to win and everything else falls in place.

Red Auerbach

Most of your great coaches do some teaching and developing of players. Phil may be able to do it, but he hasn't shown it. His teams have been ready-made.

Mike was a great guy and I know he'll be coaching somewhere else. Wherever he goes, I won't mind playing for Mike Sherman. He's just that great of a guy.

E. O. Wilson

Mike said 'I want to see you in your office' and he said 'I'm going to resign as head coach of the Bills. Of course, I was completely surprised at his statement. He seemed very firm about (it). He said he wants to move on.

Paul Holmgren

Mike is one of the outstanding young coaches in our game today. He's an excellent teacher of the game and has worked successfully with players at all levels of hockey.

Joe Glenn

Mike is a veteran coach, and he has been at it a long time. Mike also has a good support group. We have 120 years together on our coaching staff collectively. The right hand and left hand pretty much know what each other are doing. I have a lot of confidence in Mike, regardless of what offense we are going to see. Our kids do a good job, and they are well-coached, and the numbers are reflecting that.

Mike inherited a somewhat difficult situation with 21 games remaining in the 2003-04 season, but he did an outstanding job of steering us into the playoffs. We very much look forward to having Mike return for a full NHL season as the Blues' head coach and give him the opportunity to execute his overall vision for this team and a plan for success.

Buddy Ryan

Mr. Halas hired me to coach the defense. That's what I did.

(McCreary coach Marc Taylor) told me they were error-prone just like we are.

Mau had a great first half. But he got worn down in the second half and their defense had a lot to do with it. They are very well coached and did a great job of taking him out of the game in the second half.

My junior year, we played Fort Thomas in the championship game, and that was a lot of fun. I really enjoy the tournament even more now. Even if I wasn't coaching in it, I'd be there watching it.

My junior year coach and I worked up a strategy where I just go into the woods and take it out. I don't know why but I run better in the woods. I went into the woods and I knew I had to pick it up a little bit. I was hoping for a little more lead than I had.

Atul Gawande

Coaching done well may be the most effective intervention designed for human performance.

John Hall

Let's just say I was Coach T's focal point, ... He told me later, 'yeah, you made one nice play. But you didn't do what I coached you to do. '

Life as a coach is full of frustrations.

Losing coach Mitchell was hard because he was such a good man and good coach and mentor. But coach Hill hasn't lost a beat. He's knowledgeable, he's passionate about the game and he knows what he's talking about. He wants us to be better. We didn't lose anything there. As far as the scheme, it's taken some getting used to ? that happens any time ? but we're learning it quickly. I think it will be a formidable defense when we learn it.

Darnell Jackson

Last year we'd go three hours and might be back for more. We're learning just as much, maybe more. It's real intense. From the moment Coach walks on the court, he's yelling at us and making us play hard.

Last year, that was me in that role. But I tell him: Every little thing you do, Coach sees it.

Last year we wanted things to come to us. With coach Willingham, we know we have to go out and get it. You can't do it the easy way, you have to go out there and get it.

George Vecsey

Many of the most successful coaches and managers have come from players who never reached the highest level. The one exception seems to be basketball, where many of the greatest stars at least tried to coach a team.

Many people don't realize that women's wrestling is now an Olympic sport, ... It was a great experience for me to coach that team. It was an honor to be selected to do so.

Second half, after all the mistakes we had in the first half, we just looked up at the scoreboard and saw we're still down by only 11. Coach told us in the second half to play hard, leave it all on the line. That's what we did. We did what we could to come back, but it didn't happen for us.

So far, the people have been great and it's been very enjoyable. I've got a good coaching staff, everybody's on the same page and that makes a big difference.

So, generally the coaches will go out on the other nine, play four or five holes, then get back to collect the scorecards and do the scoring. It's sort of a perk we enjoy.

She's the most competitive player I've ever coached or played with. And I consider myself very competitive.

She's the leader and the extension of the coach on the floor and she gets more comfortable each time.