Famous Quotes & Sayings

Steve Alford

There's no question I don't think it's a very good thing when coaches or players get booed by the home crowd. That's never something that's positive.

There's not a lick of 'I' in the kid. He's one of those guys that coaches just love, and wherever he goes, they'll find that out in a hurry.

There's only a couple of coaches they really don't like. He's up there on the list.

Jim Haslett

There's nothing you can do about it. You just try to take it day by day, and every day is different. I really am proud of how the players and their coaches have handled the situation. They go with the flow.

Martin Biron

There's not a whole lot of coaches that can say they've got 300 wins. That's definitely a big honor, especially in a season like this year where it's a 100-point season. It's big. That's big all around.

The total value, in five days, of the coaches lost exceeds R22-million.

Jay Wright

Is that with an asterisk? ... It's an honor because obviously the coaches have a high regard for our players. Now we have to go out and earn it.

Is it a coaching issue? Are we recruiting the wrong student athletes? Is it a resource issue? Is it a facility issue? Something is preventing us in some sports from being more successful. My job is to figure out what that is and get coaches the resources they need to be successful.

I should have just shot it. I don't know why I pump-faked. It's an old habit I have. The coaches drew up the play for me, and I missed.

Kenny Phillips

We lost a lot of key guys on defense, and coaches want to see young guys step up. That's what they did. They did really well.

...We will send two of our youth coaches to Madrid in September when their season starts in September and at the back end of the season this May.

There are a lot more expectations and a lot fewer excuses. It's time for us to see where we really are. The coaches have put the pressure on us because when you're winning you have to continue to stay working hard.

We felt aggrieved at a few decisions, but we can't use that as an excuse. We have to learn how the referees want us to play the game. We've had a meeting where the coaches have told us that's the case. We have to put things right and cut out the penalties that have cost us so dearly.

We expect our coaches to be role models, and we expect our students to be role models. We make no apologies for setting high standards.

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.

Around here, our coaches don't let us get back on the field unless we're ready, ... I was ready to go out and play. They let you work your way back in and get on the field at your pace.

As a coach, you look at your team a little more critically than others do. But you do respect the fact that coaches look at you as the No. 1 seed.

As a coaching staff, I thought that our coaches did a great job of preparing. We debated about how we wanted to come out and we decided to come out aggressively. Getting out to that fast start really helped.

The kids played very hard. They could have folded, but that's what the Bobcat tradition is all about. We never gave up. I'm proud of the players, proud of the coaches and proud of the seven seniors that are on this team.

The kids know what to expect from me. They will work hard, and the coaches will work hard.

The kids have the same expectations that the coaches have. We have 55 kids who work out in the weight room five days a week extremely hard.

The kids got a little tired, and they haven't been in pressure situations before. That's our jobs as coaches to get them ready to play in those pressure situations.

Their coaches do such a good job of recruiting the kids with passion and energy. You don't always see that. A lot of these college coaches are dry, have no personality and are very bland.

I'm not so sure the (Michigan State) coaches were happy that I went home, but it was something I had to do.

I'm not really in favor of that, but I know most of the coaches are. I'd rather have just one state championship. But I do understand the small-school-versus-the-larger-school (issue), and I know that's what they're looking at.

I'm not one of those coaches who cries about officiating. You can't whine about a play that happened two plays ago. You have to focus on what's in front.

Vince Young

I'm going to sit down with the NFL coaches and just interview.

Willie Parker

I'm going to quit talking about the coaches. From now on you'll never hear me say anything about the coaches at UNC.

I'm glad they're giving me a chance, I don't want to disappoint them - coaches or my teammates or anybody.

I'm getting pressure on them now. It's our job as coaches to negate them, but they have to take the responsibility to correct the problem.

Jay Feely

I'm not going to stop being aggressive, ... I was very frustrated with our kick coverage Sunday night. That was a big play. I spent time with the coaches to see how we can be better and part of it is being down there to help out. If I'm back there on the 50, I don't see how that's going to help us get better. It might make matters worse.

I'm not going to say the offensive coaches voted it down. We'll be back at it. . . . I'm sure it will be back.

I know that if we keep winning, the scouts and coaches will be out to see us. I'm not about that stuff, I'm about this team and helping this team win.