Famous Quotes & Sayings

We had so many walks. I haven't seen that many walks since I coached a grade school team when I started coaching.

We had six possessions in the second half, but we couldn't get any points. Last year, we had so many seniors who had played as juniors. This time we only have six kids who played last year. As coaches we have to keep that in mind and be happy with seeing improvement each game.

We had parameters set for him. One was to be a good student and there were other guidelines. If I looked the other way, it wouldn't be right for the team. It's the first time in my 28 years as a coach that I did something like this. It was a difficult decision.

We had our share of success at St. John's, but you have got to have players, too. And I've had the good fortune to have had other good coaches to learn from.

Marcus Vick

We went into halftime and the coaches made a lot of great adjustments. They called the right plays and we just went out in the second half and tried to make it happen.

We wanted a successful head coach regardless of where he'd been. Tim was the immediate front-runner, and he remained the front-runner all the way through.

We want a coach that we think will improve our product and put a more competitive team on the field right now. We have identified a list of candidates. It's quite a wide list. We will do this immediately, but diligently. I know there will be a number of coaching vacancies, but we will do it in a way that suits us.

Steve Fisher

Brandon is a guy, when he's good, he's really good. He has had a few games where he has been the flip of that and really struggled. Fortunately for us, that was a long time ago. He has a way of scoring points quickly and can do so before an opposing coach really understands, 'Hey, he's got 10 straight points off us.' (Heath) is a better player this year. He is playing like we hoped he would play.

Brett's a very heady player. He does the little things and coaches take notice.

Toni Kukoc

We're going to be an important part of the plan in the game. But I don't think there are going to be too many minutes. Coach is not going to probe too much in these games. Whoever goes in has to produce right away.

We're very pleased -- thrilled. It's just an indication of what we value as an institution. It's a real credit to our coaches who work hard in all sports to go out and identify kids who are good student-athletes. And it's obviously a testament to kids who work hard to do well in sports and in the classroom.

We're worried about Spartanburg right now. Doc (Spartanburg coach Doc Davis) has a great program up there and I'm sure they'll be waiting for us.

We're trying to get a win any way possible. We have to execute. Coach White likes to have his guys ready, so we just have to come out and try to get it done.

Van Buren is a senior-laden team with several key players back. They've got a new coach, and I'm sure they're playing with a lot of enthusiasm right now.

Vestal's a good football team. I thought Vestal is as good a coached team as we've seen in two years. They're excellent.

Flip Saunders

Very much so. It's something as coaches that we're not used to. You don't really go through that very much. I guess I would liken it to maybe the last week of the exhibition season when you're trying to get ready for the regular season. You want to improve and you want to keep sharp, you want to give people opportunities, you want to be competitive and you still want to win.

Very much so, I think going there, and the connections Coach Tyler had, and the staff on the field, gave me the confidence in my abilities to get to this level.

Very much so. He's a looser coach nowadays. He's not so uptight and not so vocal out there. He sits back and lets the leaders do their jobs. I think that's definitely helped to mold the team.

We know that Harlan has a very good coaching staff and tradition, and we give them a lot of respect.

You give a lot of credit to our coaches because they had a great game plan. We just wanted to put it down their throats, and that's what we did.

Ray Allen

You have to stand up and be heard. You have to make a coach see you.

You have to rethink, can you play somebody in? As a coach that was the challenge.

Skip Bertman

You have to remember these two have a long history that we don't know about. And the Baylor coach is high strung.

Jay Wright

You feel like they take coaching out of your hands. You feel like they're coaches on the court. They're going to make the right decisions and if they get fouled, they're going to make their shots.

Rick Pitino

I never thought that shoes would be the reason that you recruit players, but it's a factor. I think we need to get the shoe companies out of the lives of the athletes. I think we need to get it back to where parents and coaches have more of a say than peripheral people, but that's easier said than done.

Bubba Franks

To me it was more than a walk-through. I had to do a little more conditioning after practice to show the coaches I was in shape, which was no problem for me. I kind of took this as a mini-practice because everyone else was walking through (plays) and I'm the only guy running routes. It was fun. It was exciting to be back.

To be honest, Iowa State got a great coach - and they got a great friend of mine.

To be honest, I have a hard time imagining college golf without Mike Holder coaching at OSU, ... He is responsible for me being a coach. Whether you like him or not, you can't help but respect him. He is truly one of the icons of our sport, and it won't be the same without him.

We are very grateful to have come here and I am very proud of my team. Oklahoma played very good. They transition well and they are a really well coached team.

This was a big game for us. Coach talks about set-up games. We set ourselves up to be in a good position.

Chad Henne

What my high school coach and I were saying is we can go back home with our heads up high now,

We focused on ourselves and the players at Washington. We respect Coach Willingham, but at the end of the day, it's just football. Really, we're just happy for the 'W'.

We focused on him in the scouting report and in practice. We just didn't come out and do a good job like we should have by listening to the coaches about making him dribble and take it to the basket.