Famous Quotes & Sayings

That summer, Coach Jackson said the guys liked having me around, and I was invited to come out for the team.

That's tough as a coach. Whoever is swimming is who she's rooting for.

That's the one thing I wanted that I left out of my coaching career. I never won a state title. I was fortunate to be down there several times, but we never won it. We probably should have a couple times, but we missed out.

Dante Cunningham

That?s what is so great about our team. Coach tells us all the time that we?re versatile. We can go big or we can go small.

That's bad. There's no excuse. That's unacceptable. Our kids played hard. We didn't play smart. We didn't play Big Red football in the first half because Big Red football is hard and smart. I didn't coach smart and we didn't play smart, but we played hard. I think we played very well on offense. We just made some dumb mistakes that's all, including myself.

That says a lot about coach 'K' and those kids. They've had a rough season and they still come out every night and compete. My hat is off to them. That's something our kids have to understand. That's the way it should be.

E. B. White

I was really nervous. I couldn't handle it being my last meet. Before my last race, I was in the warm up pool and my pace work was all off, I couldn't hit the times my coach wanted me to hit. It was just overwhelming.

I was really happy with those five guys. It may have been a little coaching frustration, but I'm very comfortable with those guys.

Ben Lee

I was pretty nervous. I thought for sure they were going to score. Coach told the DB's to cover the corners and I rushed in and did what I could.

I was real blessed. The coaching staff and the friends that I have on the team were great at keeping in touch.

I was ready. I didn't know if I would play. I was feeling sick all day and the coaches knew that. When Coach called my name, I kind of froze.

I was playing a little soft in the first half. I was settling for 3-pointers and jump shots. Coach wanted me to go to the hole more.

Asafa Powell

I was only following instructions, my coach told me to run the first 50m and then take it easy.

I wasn't myself. I know I wasn't myself. The coaches know I wasn't myself. Everybody knew that I wasn't myself. It was the smart thing to do (to sit out a game).

Rashad McCants

I wasn't frustrated at all. Just keep doing the things the coaches tell me and come to practice to work.

I wasn't expecting to get that many points, but everybody really stepped up. All the coaches working with the kids it takes everybody's work to get to where we're at and it paid off.

I wasn't counting the seconds on the clock; I just knew I couldn't let him get the takedown. To be honest, I wasn't thinking about much of anything. I just listen to what the coaches tell me. I usually just draw blanks.

We have a three-second play, and it involves Davenport at the other end of the court. That's not coaching genius.

Bobby Petrino

We have another challenging schedule that our players, coaches and fans will enjoy. We play at Kansas State for the first time and we have Kentucky, Miami and West Virginia at home for our fans. It's going to be a tough schedule, but I know our players will be excited about what's in front of them.

We haven't had many wins since I've been coaching here. It's a sure lift. We're happy to get the win tonight.

The pressure is still huge. Coach Barker started a great tradition here and the girls know what to do to be successful. The stress level is pretty high. I don't think this team or this community will be happy if we don't win the state championship.

The problem is when they are overly focused on their kids and coaching or criticizing their kids.

Those college coaches are looking two and three years down the line. It's a good opportunity for them to see a lot of players at one time.

We know it's not going to be easy because coach keeps telling us we're the hunted now. People are going to come out and hunt us to win games. We just had to keep our composure and we did.

Paul Hewitt

We'll do the only thing we can do: Get back in the gym. All you can do as a coach is stay positive and see what happens.

We'll do fine. We have a great team. We just need to fight as hard as we can for Coach and for ourselves.

Larry Brown

Well, obviously, I was dumb, ... But, you know, I only lasted two years there. He probably would have been the head coach of New Jersey and had a terrible career.

Chad Lewis

Those guys aren't going to pick a friend to coach with them because they're a friend. They want a smart guy around them.

Jim Calhoun

Those kids, many of them were passed over by Big East schools and others. I tip my hat to their courage, to their conviction to staying with what they have, to the incredible coaching job that Jimmy did. That's going to be a very happy group down in Fairfield County, I'm sure.

Those kids have had three coaches in four years. To stick with it and grind it out and make it here their senior year is just incredible.

We'll miss a lot of seniors. But Coach Leach instills in us that we are a good team.

We were just trying to get at the quarterback. We watched a lot of film and (the coaching staff) prepared us well.

Whiz deserves Coach of the Year. He's accomplished a lot with this team. No one knew how we were going to fit together. But he had confidence it would work.