Famous Quotes & Sayings

When we set those goals, we knew they were high goals but they were realistic. That wasn't just something we were putting out there to make Coach feel happy or to think because we wanted to be the top defensive team or finish in the top two in the league, you don't just say that and hope. We knew we had to go out there and play.

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.

She's still part of this team and always will be. We listen to her. When she cusses us out, we get the message. When a coach yells at you, you never know; maybe he's thinking about his paycheck or his job. But she's one of us.

She's so much more than a coach to us.

She was adamant to play. There was no way this old coach could get a 24-year-old kid to look at the big picture.

She was a coach that just wanted to get into anything she could get into. She loves working with kids and coaching.

She told me she wanted to meet the real coach Shula.

She was a very bright, talented young coach and a wonderful person. We are all at a loss because she is not going to be with us here. But she left quite a legacy with that program and with the people's lives that she touched.

She was a pain in our (butt) all night. We were on her. I had a coach from their conference come up to me and said she's never played that good. She was on tonight.

She's the opposite of a coach potato. She spends her days hunting on a farm. She's already lived that life.

She's a very mature athlete. When I coached her she was one of the leaders on the team. She's encouraging and impacts the players around her. She'll never give up. That's what you need out of a defensive player.

She's just a tremendous inspiration for me as a coach and I use her as well as many other former players here to inspire my team. I say whatever you want to do, you can do it.

She's just an outstanding coach and not just from the Xs and Os. She understands the players. She's dedicated herself to her school and team. Before she hangs up the whistle, there will be many more wins.

She's invaluable. Honestly, without having me being a literacy coach, there is no way we could run the program.

Linda Jones

She's been here the last two years. For some of the seniors who played as freshmen, this would be their fourth coach in four years.

She's going to be a good coach someday. I just hope she doesn't take my job.

She's exactly what a coach is looking for in a player, and exactly what a teammate is looking for.

She's our leading scorer. Game in and game out she has done her job. We always knew she could score but her defense has improved since preseason. She's very coach able.

She's one of those kids that will always be in my heart. She is one of those players that made me as a coach want to come to practice every day and give her my very best. I told her, by the time the season was over, I was totally exhausted because I felt she had, in a good way, sucked everything out that I could give her as a person and as a player.

She's one in a million. I've coached her three years, and there's nothing she can't do.

The only frustrating thing is that we haven't had all the pieces in place. The group that's healthy has gotten a lot better. They have great team chemistry, so really, and it's even hard for me to believe, that I've really enjoyed coaching this team. None of us like losing, but it's a pretty mature group. I hope for their sake we get a few more wins.

The payoff is to make the national team. The pay is very good there, as well as in the reserve pool. So the reason these players come here is so they can train under high quality coaches and hopefully get a shot with their national teams.