Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mike Mularkey

I've been very up front with them, ... I think I've been myself. I don't even know if I could fake being the other way. They know that I have a passion for the game, and they know that just because I'm a head coach I'm not saying anything different than when I was a coordinator, or a tight ends coach or a quality control guy. I think they respond to the fact that there's nothing phony.

Andy Scott

I've coached in this tournament for four years now and this group seemed to come together better than any we've had.

I've coached hockey for 18 years at every level conceivable. This group has worked harder than any group I've coached.

I've coached him for four years, I've been here for nine years and I've been in coaching for 15 years and I've never been around a player who has worked harder than Matt. He plays every sport and in every game, every single practice, in the weight room, he is always trying to make himself better.

I've coached at Kennedy for a long time and I think we'll have to wait a while to watch a player have the type of season Rashad had here this year. He's special.

I've coached a lot of these girls since they were in sixth grade. So they know me. I know them. The transition was real easy.

Larry Brown

I've coached a lot of great kids, but he's at the top of the list. He told me he wanted to get better. He's tried to do everything I've asked.

I've coached a lot of good quarterbacks and he has picked up the game as quickly as anybody. He knows where to go with the ball.

I've been really fortunate to coach her for four years. She's a special player and a special kid, and I think her impact on our program will be forever.

Rashad McCants

I've been ready for a long time now. It's just what coach is comfortable with.

Sylvia Hatchell

I've been doing this a long time, and I've had a lot of great teams. Trust me, I know, any coach is only as good as their players. I've got great players, and I've got a great staff. They make me look good.

I've been doing a lot of studying with (receivers) coach (Ron) Lee, and that's helped me a lot.

I've been coaching for 26 years, and this performance is one of the greatest I've ever seen.

I've been coaching for 25 years. This is my 13th year at St. Catharine.

Jamey Wright

I've been coaching for 25 years and I've never seen something like that happen.

I've been coaching for 16 years, nine of that with girls. When you finally make it to the big game, you want to be prepared as much as possible. If you don't and lose, you feel as if you let the game go.

I've been coaching football since 1999, and I have a lot of people supporting me in my dual role, ... I just love this time of year, and wouldn't wouldn't want to spend it any other way.

I've been coaching football for 30 years. I've seen a lot of good football players -- but I haven't seen any better than A.J. Hawk.

I've been coaching Alpine skiing for seven years and have never seen that.

I've been coaching a long time and I really don't remember one where we trailed the whole time. But I was pleased with my team for staying focused the whole time. We just stayed there and stayed there.

I've been coaching 28 years, and with this team I never know what's going to happen. When we were up 21, I was sweating. Notre Dame is like us, inconsistent offensively. Teams get into offensive funks.

I've been coaching 28 years and I've never been involved with a perfect game.

I've been coaching 14 years, and that's never happened before.

I've been fortunate to be able to coach our five seniors for as long as I have. They are going to be missed.

I've been involved with O'Connell tennis since the mid-80s. I've also been involved in coaching a number of sports in Northern Virginia since the 1960s. I guess you could say that I'm a kid that hasn't grown up.

Al Horford

It would be great for (Donovan), our program and for the University of Florida to win a national championship. Our coaches have worked so hard, and we really want to give them this win.

Joe Girardi

It would have been a great opportunity. I just wish the timing was different. I don't think major league coaches can be part of this tournament because it could last the whole month of March, when we're in spring training.

Greg Schiano

I've never had a make-or-break year in my life. I'm going to coach football, it's what I do. This program, to me, everything is pointing in the right direction. So we're going to work as hard as we can and be as smart as we can.

Things are a lot more organized this year. The players have great living conditions and have plenty to eat and they are getting paid. The owners are doing their job. But we as coaches and players have to do our job now.

Champ Bailey

Things are a little different ... The way the organization is run is a lot different, but who's to say the correct way to run it? It's stable. There's not a lot of in and out. You know who the coach is. You know who the core guys are. I thought I was one of the core guys there, but obviously I got out of there.

Nancy Lieberman

Thibault's an incredible strategic coach who has used this play before, and he does a fantastic job managing his team. I also liked that he kept it simple in overtime, didn't try to come up with a whole lot of strategy. He just let Connecticut play off its momentum.

Things keep on surfacing, emerging around coach McKay,

Mack Brown

The worst thing for a coach is to try to convince him to come back. After all he's meant to this university, how ungracious of us to be to force him to make a selfish decision.