Famous Quotes & Sayings

Clint Hurdle

You're a lot more involved in the coaching side. But it comes to a point where you have to let them play, you have to let them grow.

Dee Brown

You mean so much to me. When someone wears my number, I think it represents our whole team. My teammates make me better. My coaches make me better.

You never want to include the word 'fire' and the word 'Gretzky' in the same sentence. It's my decision, but it'll never come to that. Wayne is someone who, if he's not coaching to a level that he is happy with performance-wise, I'm sure he'll be the first one to recognize it.

You never stop playing; you never quit on each other. Bill's a real student of the game. You always see him talking with coach Kay.

Mathias Kiwanuka

This is going to be a big one for the coaching staff.

This is everything almost. The first two-timer ever at the school. A great feeling because I know the coaches have been wanting one. I'm happy for them and me.

I personally don't feel like we're ready to be contenders. But some of the coaches have been telling me that we're in a good position to sneak in and surprise some people.

Al Jefferson

I owe it to myself, to the fans and to the Celtics and the coaches to come back next year ready to play. That's my goal.

I owe everything I did as a player to Mike Martz. A lot of what I did as a coach - he got me started. He would talk to me when other people wouldn't. So I owe a lot of what I've done in football to Mike Martz.

Troy Smith

I owe a lot to the coaching staff here. We had a meeting about things on and off the field. It's the game of life. They told me great things that have helped me out.

I passed my physical for the Dolphins. I've met with Coach McCarthy twice. I'd love to come back to Green Bay.

I had a five-year plan when I took over as head coach in 2001, ... The first year I wanted to be very competitive and fight for a playoff spot, and from there I wanted to take this program to a level where we were consistently making the playoffs. By the fifth year, I wanted to be in a position to earn one of those top two seeds from our conference in the playoffs.

I had a feeling the coaches were scheming something,

I had a concern about the fact I have got a coach under contract who I felt was being targeted.

Steve Spurrier

I guess you guys have to be a coach to understand. Once you spend a year with your guys, that's your team. That's just your team. I try to live in the present.

Willie Roaf

I had a meeting with coach Edwards. He's a great coach. He's been around, played in the league a long time. It made sense to come back next year and give it another chance. Talking to him, I just thought we had some unfinished business. We needed to get back and see what we could do.

If you're not nervous, it's not important to you. There's a difference between being nervous and being scared. Being nervous gives you a little tension and excitement. I expect them to be nervous, and as a coach I should keep them from being scared.

If you're on offense, you're expected to play. When your number is called, you've got to do what we've been coached to do.

If you're a coach from another section and you read that, you've got to think it's a misprint. Thirteen? Nobody ever does that.

Wally Buono

If you're a coach and you want to win, you play like you want to win,

If you're expecting him to come in and be a ready-made player, I don't think so. The potential to be special is there, but he's just not there now. He's just not very physically strong right now. He really hasn't been coached a whole lot.

Tyrone Willingham

If you look at five plays, we get those plays, we win, It won't be our coaching style to be into moral victories.

In those 10 years, we've watched the Cowboys go through four of the six head coaches they've had in their 46-year history.

In the first half we made too many mistakes. We had those 12 turnovers and honestly, the coaches felt we were lucky to be tied.

In the first half, nothing had been going down, but coach just told me to keep shooting. The guys did a nice job of finding me.

In the first half, I couldn't find my shot. I was struggling, but coach told me to keep shooting.

In the first half, coach got on us a little because we took some quick shots.

Dom Capers

In the last month, there has been a lot of that sentiment, but when you are a coach or a player you never think of those things.

In the four years I've done it, I've coached 21 Division I players. Everything I do, I'm preparing myself to be a college coach.

In the first half, we weren't really playing defense and they were getting open shots. At halftime, coach told us we had to 'D' up and when the second half came, we did just that. We contested every shot.

Bob Stoops

In the end, they're here to go to school, and it should be our job as administrators or as coaches that if they're not, we can't put you on the field.

Mike Shanahan

In the heat of battle, some things are going to be said by the coaching staff or from players. What it is is the heat of battle. That's just part of the game, and you have to live with those things.

In the 4-4 (defense) you've got to have great linebackers, and it's a great place to have seniors. Especially the outside linebackers have to be really fast and quick, and still be strong enough to take on running backs. Coaches always love big, strong kids who can run.