Famous Quotes & Sayings

What he does is really what maybe no one in our program does. He makes plays that you can't anticipate, that you can't coach for.

We've been practicing with a sense of urgency to our preparation. Duquesne's program has been very successful. A new coach won't drive us.

We're hoping to get 60 kids signed up, but if we get 120 I can tell you we won't turn them away. It will be a structured program, with coaches teaching the kids how to hit and field properly.

We seem to play better from behind. When that sense of urgency kicks in, the kids seem to realize they?d better start doing what their coaches have been telling them or else.

Candace Parker

We're the only team ever to be part of a coach winning 900 games.

We're talking about Texas, we're looking forward to Texas. I coach 15 kids right now and we're looking forward to competing in the NCAA Tournament.

We've been knowing we can do it. Our coach has been telling us we can do it. He's been preparing us to get ready for these type of games.

Luke Walton

We've been a very focused team in trying to do what the coaches have set up for us to do.

We've been a streaky shooting team all year. When we're on, we're fun to watch and they're fun to coach because I don't have to do too much.

We need to get much sharper in the upcoming months. From what I see in practice so far, the coaching staff and I are very excited about our potential, and we should be a very good team throughout the year.

We need to sharpen up our receiving and passing skills, and the indoor style will be a good environment for us to improve on these fundamentals. Spring competition is also great in that it allows for players who were not in the starting lineup during the regular season an opportunity to gain experience and confidence. Each year when your seniors graduate, there are always new players who emerge as your core group and as your leaders making it exciting for coaches to watch happen.

The defense is playing great. That's a credit to our coaches and the work that they put in every week.

Jimmy Johnson

I think as far as any kind of pressure on a football team or on an individual in professional sports really depends not only on that individual but the leadership they have on the team and the leadership they have on the coaching staff. A lot of times, they can divert some of those pressures off of the individual and off of the team.

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.

Any time you see an eighth grader take it to a senior like that it always makes the other coaches cringe and it makes me smile.

So far, so good. Practice has been going well. Coach Johnson tells us we are improving every day, so that is always good to hear.

Skinner and I did a real good job today. We took 1-2-4 in the 500. Even the East coach said that made a statement.

So Coach Turner called for a hitch-and-go. It was a great call.

Dwight Howard

That sent us off on a good note. Even the coaches are smiling lately. It's good to see old, grumpy men smiling.

Ken Hitchcock

That second period felt like the longest period I've ever been through as a coach. The first question was whether we could skate with them. We can. They've got speed and so do we.

That's amazing. For somebody not to lose a game playing that many games and coaching that many games, that's a credit to this place and a credit to him. That's just crazy.

That's a stat that can help you win games, so you know the coaches will harp on it so much. But I think the guys responded in the preseason.

That's a real good group of captains. I know the coaching staff and the team are extremely pleased with that foursome.

That's always a big honor for a coach to have a player in the all-star game. She was really excited about it, and that's what it's all about. It's a great way to end her high school career.

Alex Smith

That's all that my coaches are harping on now -- technique. He sees the will and the want to and the fight, and once that technique is down, then that's what makes the difference.

Chauncey Billups

That's crazy, man, crazy. I never thought that it would get like that. I can't imagine going through that, having to deal with that as a coach and a player. But for us, we don't worry about that. We just worry about us.

That's Coach Williams. He made a huge adjustment, and it turned the game around for us. Switching to zone probably made a big difference in the game, and that's why he's so good.

DeShawn Stevenson

That's Coach Sloan; he'll tell you what he thinks.

Every week here is a new challenge. Coaches want to see consistency and not ups and downs.

Every week as a coach, you give your philosophy, and you don't quite know if the guys are listening. This week, everyone is very focused.