Famous Quotes & Sayings

Speed is a factor in any game. Coach E has done a good job of getting us faster overall.

Brian Cashman

So we're not having contract-extension negotiations with Tom Gordon, Hideki Matsui or Bernie Williams, or any of the coaching staff, or myself. The focus is where it needs to be, which is on that field.

So when you get about 20 coaches most of whom have done very well together, it is like a reunion.

No, we're not getting rid of our coach. I think our coach does a terrific job. I'm very happy with our coach.

Kwame Brown

Now it is time to really hone it in and focus. Everyone talks about how great coach Jackson is in these types of situations in the playoffs and teaching, so I am just eager to get in the film session and see what he has for us.

O. Henry

Not yet. The Harrison coach and I have been e-mailing dates back and forth. Hopefully, I'm trying to get it for next week.

Charles Barkley

No matter how great a coach he is, there comes a time when it's not working. They shouldn't be this bad. The players are tuning him out.

The month leading up to coach resigning, it just seemed like we were walking into every game down 15 points. Ever since then, guys have come together and we just feel like we can win. It's just a completely different attitude, but it's something that all of the guys are feeling.

During the last five games, we've limited teams to shooting a combined 38 percent. We're most happy as a coaching staff with the way we have been playing at the defensive end.

Defensively, I think we played really well. We made a few mistakes, but overall, some questions were answered.. . . Coach has us in the right positions. We just have to make plays.

Defensively, his confidence is really growing. Everything coach tells him he gets done.

Defense is our main focus. Our game is getting (defensive) stops and shutting people down and getting the win. Coach Doc talks about defense every day in practice, about how important it is. And we work on it every day.

Defense is key this year, Coach D told us that from the very first meeting we had. Everybody is focused on that more than our offense, and that's a change. I like it better because we can protect the paint a lot more. It's easier to help, and it's just more realistic.

Definitely, when you see a coach Painter or coach Alford, that's going to stick in your mind. It's a big deal. (The head coach) is the guy.

Dean Smith said of all the great wins he ever had, the greatest wins were the wins at Duke. Coach K said the greatest wins he ever had were the wins at Carolina. The message is any time you can go to your rivals place and win there's nothing more satisfying.

James Blake

Dean is doing a great job. He's extremely laid-back and an extremely knowledgeable coach, which I think fits great with our team. He's there to help if we need it. He also knows not to probably go overboard; we all have our own coaches, we all know kind of what we're working on in our games, and he just is there to help keep our focus there this week and keep our spirits high, I guess.

Coach tells us once you get tired, it's all in your mind, so we'll get ready to play every week. If we have to play four on the road, that's what we're going to do.

Coach tells us if we're open, take the shot. You don't know what will happen unless you shoot it.

Coach tells us a lot - since we don't have any seniors, we have to have leaders. It's not just any one person. The whole team has to be leaders. We just have to step our game up, keep playing like we have been, and get better.

John Whisenant

Coach T. drives me somewhere between half to three-quarters nuts, ... I'll be (on the sidelines) telling him, 'No, no, no,' and he just says the same thing a different way until I yell at him to stop.

Coach Taylor will give us just a little different look as far as the defense goes.

Mike Holder

Coach Sutton will continue to heal and that is something we will discuss at the appropriate time.

Holly Johnson

Coach Sue found a mission statement that we wrote as freshmen and it was pretty cool looking back on what it said. It was about committing to Florida State and making a difference during our four years here. It is cool to look back and see that we were the ones that really wanted to take Florida State to the next level and to see that what we wrote, we actually followed through with.

Coach stresses defense and rebounds. During the spell where we slipped up, we didn't do either one. That's where the game was won.

Coach Stein has always been genuine and honest with me and my mom and dad. There's probably not another coach in the country who would have done what she did for me.

Coach (Staley) told me I had to lose a lot of weight. I tried to get in shape. I think I was hurt because of my weight.

Coach Snyder is the guy I want to play for, and I'm going to continue to play for. My senior year I want to play for Coach Snyder. ... It's not something that I'm thinking about right now because I'm playing for him right now, but at the end of the year, when the season's over ...

Coach Snyder is a very competitive human being,

Dennis Franchione

Coach Snyder did one of the greatest coaching jobs in the history of collegiate football at Kansas State. He did it with class, and we will miss him in the Big 12 Conference.

Coach Smith is a young coach and we hope he will be with us a long time. I know he's going to work hard and do well.

Hunter Adams

Coach Smith and I have very similar ideas as far as schematics go, I think we compliment one another as coaches very well. He has also become a great friend of mine.

Coach (Skip Prosser) tells me not to hesitate, he tells me just to let it ride. That was a momentum-changer for us.

LaMarcus Aldridge

Coach shows me spots where I disappear, where I'm too passive. If I don't want the ball, if I'm not aggressive, I'm out there for no reason.