Famous Quotes & Sayings

It was an incredible accomplishment for our team, the program and our coaching staff to reach this point. This has been a difficult season for us, but part of life is handling difficulties and learning to cope with them.

Eric Mangini

I've got tremendous mentors. I've worked with some of the greatest coaching minds in the NFL.

I've got to pinch myself to see if this is real. This kind of validates the program now. It kind of validates a coaching career, too, I guess.

Scott Robinson

I've had a tremendous experience with the girls' lacrosse program at Mount Hebron and got to be around so many great players and coaches, ... It was a tough decision for me, but I felt that I needed to spend time coaching my two kids so I won't look back and say that I missed this part of their lives.

B. F. Skinner

Oh, most definitely. We lost some good seniors. We lost our lead-off hitter, number one pitcher, and number two batter. So we're looking to replace some good people, but that's what recruiting is all about, and that's what coaching is all about.

No matter where he went, it was hockey. He loved coaching and playing. He was intense, and he couldn't stand mistakes.

No matter how much money is on the table, he'll visit a place and get a feel for the team, the coaching staff and the overall situation. If he likes it somewhere, he might not make it to the third trip, but there won't be a deal done beforehand.

This is the most exciting day in my coaching life, ... I want it to be a big deal.

Bo Ryan

They're attentive, they're hungry, they have good instincts, they've had good coaching and hopefully they'll continue to stay hungry and hopefully they'll continue to get good coaching.

They're a passing team. They're in the ACC. I really liked the coaching staff a 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.

Michael Finley

(In San Antonio), I knew what I was getting into from a team standpoint, from a coaching standpoint.

I probably knew in junior high that coaching was what I wanted to. It's really the only thing I saw myself doing.

Kevin Garnett

Coaching takes patience.

I don't like long hair, and with coaching wrestling it was especially tough. Kids were always telling me to get it out of their faces.

I'd hope kids would see that our coaching style is a little different. We're trying to have more fun and not be so worried about mistakes. We're focusing on improvement. Some of the years when you have a legitimate state title expectation, it has been more intense.

Steve Yzerman

I don't see (a new coaching perspective) being a problem, ... It's different. Mike's personality is just different than Dave Lewis' and Scotty's. ... Guys like a challenge.

Dante Hall

I don't see myself coaching or in broadcasting but I never say never.

I am pretty shocked. This is a team (Ridge View) that is not as good as us. Our coaching staff had a good game plan, but it comes down to execution and we didn't execute and helped them out with turnovers.

Byron is a great person to work with and I look forward to coaching him this season. On the field, he provides a very serious scoring threat every time he touches the ball.

His first coaching staff was an excellent staff. The people he has hired have had experience in the league. He has surrounded himself with some good coaches.

By the third overtime, there's only so much coaching you can do. I just told them to play hard. The kids know what to do. They were having fun with it, they were smiling, they knew they were part of history.

Cris Collinsworth

But I think that's the most important job on the coaching staff.

But if you're sitting in my chair, if you like coaching and want to win a game, you've got to do whatever it takes. We've had our struggles on special teams and when you have that recipe, you tell me what I should do?

Ben Wallace

Before when you had coaching changes, you always wonder what he's going to do new. I'm confident in this team. Right now we could play for any coach. It doesn't matter who's coaching us.

I'm very, very happy to be back in the NFL. I've really missed it so much, even though I've truly loved my experience coaching in high school. Really, every coach should experience that.

I'm not too happy about it. You work all week long in preparation for Friday night. You put together a game plan. You know, that's the fun in coaching is seeing that game plan come to life. That's why I coach.

I'm hoping that last year's success helps us and that the kids enjoy the coaching with the staff we have.

Jim Harbaugh

I'm having a great time. Other than the crowd size, the television and the interest from the media, there's no difference than playing or coaching at Iowa or Michigan.

I'm coaching my team, so I'm going to keep doing that until someone tells me not to, keep working as hard as I can.

Steve Parris

I'm coaching my son now and I'm more defensive-minded in my coaching than offensive-minded. I think the home run totals in the big leagues are going to come down again. The game is going toward faster, leaner guys.

Ken Hitchcock

If our team was loaded and had everybody in it and we were making the mistakes we're making now, you'd have a very upset coaching staff. But there's big picture stuff going on and we've got to keep it realistic.

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.