Famous Quotes & Sayings

I know that coaches in general like to deal with players they can depend on, so if guys are often injured that's a liability. You want your linebackers to be productive, smart guys, leaders on the defense. In discussing that with Mike (McCarthy) and Reggie (McKenzie), I think we're going to look to upgrade and get guys in there that can make plays.

Cedric Benson

I knew my time was going to come, I just had to be ready when it came. It does say something for the coaches and what they think of me.

Charles Tillman

I like it a lot. That just goes to show the rapport we have with the coaches and they trust us enough to do something on our own that we recognize so we can make a play.

Sean Marshall

I kind of get into that. The coaches may not like it, but I think it helps me out a little bit.

I'm just trying to make sure that I'm ready whenever my name's called. The coaches have explained the situation to me very well, so I have a good perspective on what I need to do, and what needs to be done to help this team.

I'm just trying to learn my position and learn what my coaches and teammates expect out of me.

Michael Johnson

I'm just trying to learn as much as I can every day. I've got some great guys in front of me and great coaches around me,

I'm looking around, and the coaches are screaming for a returner, and I'm like, 'Put me in! Put me in!' ... After a second or two, I popped in my mouthpiece. I kept walking on the field, and nobody stopped me. You could tell (Jones) didn't want me out there, but nobody was out there (as a kick returner). He gave me the look, and I knew it was OK.

It's painful for the seniors. As coaches we'll be back, but for the seniors, that's it.

Larry Davis

It's our job as coaches and their job as players to take a deep breath.

Omar Vizquel

Doing all this crazy stuff is what makes the coaches and managers consider voting for you,

Billy Donovan

Then my coaches told me that I'm going recruiting.

That had nothing to do with the knee. It was something between the front office and the coaches and myself. I just felt I didn't get the same respect I was giving the organization for six years. I'm completely healthy.

Brad Soderberg

That has to be the No. 1 point of discussion when the A-10 coaches get together after the season.

Eric Schmidt

Sydney played well. All year our coaches have been saying that it's going to be different players playing well on different nights. Last night it was Sydney's turn.

It's just a by-product of good teammates and the coaches put me in good situations. That's really what it is; I really don't think I did anything special.

David Rose

This is just another tool players and coaches can use to help the naked eye. It's like having back-up evidence,

This is just a great group of athletes. It (power surge) is nothing the coaches can take credit for. These kids just know how to hit.

Once they decided they were going to make that change, they went to their pitching coaches and started pitching from that distance. It hasn't been a big deal pitching or offensively.

On a whole, his skeleton teammates and coaches are devastated by this decision.

Once I decide where I want to go, I want to talk to my coaches and see how they feel about me playing multiple sports. The college guys tend to play just one or two sports. I'd like to play as many as fits my schedule. It's a lot different in college. So I'll just see what happens when I get there.

Darren Sharper

The new coaches will be the main thing. We've had some turnover on the roster, but we still have the main core of guys left on the team. It's something that the guys are looking forward to, working with and getting to know their coaches.

Dennis Green

The nature of the game means that sometimes players stay and coaches go, sometimes coaches stay and players go, and sometimes everybody goes. That's just the way it is.

Mack Brown

It's not about me. It would be so selfish for coaches to talk about this being about them.

It's neat to watch my dad with the younger kids just starting out. He helps them a lot at first with things like how to line up their sights, like he taught me. It's good to be able to learn from good coaches who teach you the right way to shoot and how to be safe with firearms.

Ike Taylor

It's an honor that the coaches have that kind of confidence in me.

It's a really nice honor when you consider it's a national award. It makes you think back over the years, about the number of coaches and student-athletes you've been involved with. It's all about the journey and memories -- all the great people you've been around.

Kelvin Sampson

I truly love Oklahoma, but Indiana is a program that all coaches hope to coach at one day. Once they offered, it was just one of those programs that I couldn't turn down.

It's a great win. We're happy to be 2-0. But I don't want our kids to think that we as coaches or them as players can be satisfied. We just have to play with a sense of urgency.

It's a great thing for us. The first time we played BYU, the coaches put us through a whole week of preparation.

It's a hard process. But we go with what the coaches have seen over the course of two days and eight or nine games. They give us input on whom they think has played the best.

It's not just money. Guys leave for more established programs and better conferences. It's part of the profession. I just hope we can hang on to coaches when it comes down to just a financial issue.

Ann Moore

It's no reflection on the coaches or the teams.