Famous Quotes & Sayings

I think that free throws are the most overlooked thing in basketball. There are some coaches who don't even practice them. We try to get in 100 every day.

I think a lot of people doubted us because we had that skid at the end of the season. But our coaches told us it was just getting us ready for the playoffs, and it looks like they were right.

Chris Jones

I think a lot of coaches are envious to be in that situation.

I think all you can really do (attending games) is see how they conduct themselves, their mannerisms, how the players respond to them and how they talk to the other coaches on the bench. I don't know if any of those in particular are earth-shattering pieces of information, but it's another piece to the puzzle.

Ryan Taylor

I think being jacked up for games helps because you play harder when you are really into it, ... Sometimes I might go over the edge with it. Sometimes I might get an unsportsmanlike (conduct) or unnecessary roughness (penalty), but the coaches can deal with that as long as I am playing my hardest.

We're a tight-knit group. The coaches weren't going to let us fall apart. We all worked so many hours. I don't think we would have been able to look each other in the face if we'd given up.

The players and coaches spend so much time and effort, you just want them to get it right. Regardless of whether you're on the good end of it or not. It could be a handful of plays during the season that can determine a championship.

The players and coaches have more confidence. We won two games on the road. The way we're playing, is helping our confidence.

The players and coaches are looking forward to this weekend's competition. Each player has been working hard this spring during individual workouts and has shown improvement. Team practices started this past Monday, and it was exciting to get all of the players together and practice in a team setting.

We've got the (National) Coaches Convention coming up. All of these guys are going to that, and you never know what's going to happen during that thing. A lot of job opportunities spring up during those meetings. I just want to wait until after that to see what I'm dealing with.

With so many kids and only two coaches there's only so much we can do.

We have more coaches teaching at the school than we ever have. That's important because (coaches) need that school-day contact with the kids.

Marv Levy

We will make every effort to retain him, every effort. Dick has expressed the same, and other coaches (here have). He's a talented player who can get better.

We will have five defensive coaches on the field. We want the players to see that where the emphasis is being placed. Defense is where you win championships.

We are excited to get home on our own turf. I think we are a lot more confident now, and our coaches keep reminding us that it's not where you start but where you finish.

Steven Jackson

The position coaches and Coach Fairchild, they've done a great job of stepping in and taking hold of what needs to be done on our side of the ball.

There have been a lot of great coaches and players come through the program and I'm proud to have been a part of the 1,000th win. To be one of the 30 or 40 programs in the state to have 1,000 wins is a great honor.

John Thompson

The parity, from top to bottom, is terrific. It's unlike any other league with quality teams, quality players and quality coaches from top to bottom.

When you have kids who are willing to put in the time and effort and coaches who are willing to do the same, then you're going to be successful, I think.

Rasheed Wallace

There are lot of people in the media out here not focused on team play. We get more praise from high school coaches or small-college coaches about our team's play than a lot of media. I think the NBA is still more one-on-one, got to score, got to dunk and all that. That's not us.

There are just dozens and dozens of quality football coaches out there,

This report shows we are making progress. With the commitment we have from our coaches and student-athletes, we expect continued improvement in the years to come.

There have been some issues in the past with these guys and this was just the final straw. In talking about and discussing it with our coaches and the kids, it was decided it needed to be the end.

There hasn't been that much said about it because Tony, the coaches and the players have made it look so easy.

We said when he got here that he would have to work his way up. I told my coaches that there aren't going to be any battlefield promotions out on the field. He's going to have to go through the process. When he shows us he knows the system and he's getting the job done, then he'll move up.

We key on a lot of stuff in this defense. I did have some input because I played this team seven times in the past three years with the Vikings. I just let some of the coaches and the guys know what it was going to be like.

Willie Anderson

We're pushing this week like it's a regular week. We haven't been told by the coaches that we weren't playing a whole lot. We're told that we're playing the whole game, and we all want to play the whole game.

Those 20 points, we (the offense) really put the defense in that situation. I was really pleased with the defense. Our coaches had a great gameplan, and the guys played hard.

Barry Alvarez

We were scoring so fast a lot of the times, there wasn't a lot of time on the sidelines for the coaches to get enough conversation to know what the problem was, before they were back on the field.

We as coaches need to take some responsibility for preparing our girls. It's not a matter of physically being able to perform, but getting it through your head that you can.

We're all excited to be back as coaches to work with this group. We know we have some real good Bantams coming up, so the tryouts are going to be super competitive. The whole group comes back and this is going to be that much more of a strong team.

When I was coaching in the schools years ago, I remember working about an eight-week period for the season. Now for many coaches it is practice every day, with preseason and postseason activities.

We would not be where we are without everyone on this team. All the players, our managers, our four coaches and all the people who have supported us.