Famous Quotes & Sayings

Any time you make a coaching change, numbers probably fluctuate.

That's amazing. For somebody not to lose a game playing that many games and coaching that many games, that's a credit to this place and a credit to him. That's just crazy.

That's a real good group of captains. I know the coaching staff and the team are extremely pleased with that foursome.

As a coaching staff, we saw that this guy has just a much more natural swing left-handed. Now he's had some success, so I think we're going to keep him on the left side no matter who's pitching.

As a coaching staff we're trying to make sure (the gymnasts) feel confident in what they're doing. We reassure them that the gymnastics they're doing looks really good, and they're going to be ready.

As a coaching staff we're proud of the kids, seeing improvements out of the kids every time we wrestle.

The kids played hard, that wasn't the problem. I just felt like I didn't do a good job coaching tonight. I guess that's why I'm so frustrated.

This year has been a lot tougher than last year. This is probably one of the toughest coaching jobs I've ever had. You're getting everybody's No. 1; there's no hiding. Trying to repeat is the toughest thing.

Charlie Jones

What they do such a good job of is coaching effort,

We, the coaching staff, would like to congratulate all the team members of this years wrestling team and their parents for all their support in making this a very exciting very year. Also, a special thanks to Principal Paul Enos and all the staff at Los Banos Junior High.

Guus Hiddink

We (the coaching staff) make the decision - I'd like to talk to my group of technical people and we make the in-principle decision,

Wes Walz

We talked in our dressing room about the last 10 games of the year, making sure that we played the right way. Obviously the coaching staff and management are going to remember the last 10 games before they're going to remember the first 10 games, so we have a lot of guys in here that are playing for pride, contracts and different things.

Kevin Phillips

A lot of people thought I would have quit coaching by now.

A lot of them wouldn't budge. They didn't really trust what I was doing. A lot of my coaching energies were wasted. The studs, they knew what that had to do to succeed.

Eric Chavez

A lot of teams do score early and kind of shut it down. It was just a refreshing day for everybody, I think, especially the coaching staff. We've been playing some tight ballgames and they've been able to sit back and relax and enjoy this one.

A lot of this comes from the fact that a lot of the guys have grown over the years. A lot of the guys playing now started as sophomores with me. They took their share of lumps all the way through. The coaching staff have been great role models of not to give up at any moment.

The girls doing their job made our coaching decision a good one tonight.

The coaching was great today. That run gave us an extra edge. It really helped our pitchers out, and it was great for momentum. There was a little trash talking going on between us and them so this was a big win for us.

The coaching team has identified a utility back with some experience as a target addition, and I can think of no one better than Denzil to re-join our first team squad.

The coaching staff is optimistic about this year's club. Nine of our 18 players are returning from last year's roster and we have some quality additions who will also have an immediate impact.

The coaching staff is looking to the players who stood out last season to continue this trend and stand out even more - to take their games to another level. We hope to see the players who do not typically get the limelight to enhance their team contributions and roles.

John Higgins

The coaching staff has welcomed me with open arms,

The coaching staff has really been emphasizing getting to players quicker. Not necessarily to make a big hit, but to take away their time and space to make a play.

The coaching staff could not have been more proud of the way the team played, even if we would have won. We would have been happier, should we have won, but not more proud.

The coaching staff could not be more proud of the way the men on this team conducted themselves this past week with everything going on. And after having some tough results today they took it like true sportsmen.

The coaching profession is not designed for coaches.

The coaching is better for me now (because) I've been able to understand the scheme better. That's why I think I'm doing a little better.

You've got to put a coaching staff together that's responsible and can do things for you, because you can't do it yourself. And then you've also got to have talented kids, which we do. So we've got the combination that you need to get here. It's not me, it's not one person.

All we can do coaching wise is tell them to take (a pitch) so we don't give them easy outs.

Bo Ryan

All three played in pretty good (high school) programs, and that always helps coming into a college situation. But being the first practice, it's still too early to get a read on the freshmen. They're attentive, they're hungry, they have good instincts, they've had good coaching and hopefully they'll continue to stay hungry and continue to get good coaching.

Dick Vitale

These guys are teachers, and you can see it watching any of their practices, much less their games. You can watch (the ESPN program) 'Knight School' and see that he still loves to be in a coaching situation. I know he gets a little frustrated with the losses sometimes, but he's still out there doing it.

Jay Cutler

This has been so much fun. When you get the wins and things actually go right for you, it validates me coming back and all the work this coaching staff has put in,

Matt Millen

This is a good coaching staff - with the emphasis on coaching. That's what I'm seeing.