Famous Quotes & Sayings

It's a pleasure to be coaching in this environment,

Scott Gomez

It's going to be a different game. We'll get the game plan and we'll go over it again. I'm sure we're going to face a different team. They've got great coaching over there. They've got a lot of pride.

Sylvia Hatchell

It's fun when we play each other because we have a lot of respect for each other, and we enjoy playing in that kind of environment. I've been coaching 31 years, and that's what you dream about - a game like that.

It's fun to come here and win this time. Every time I've been here we've lost. Playing or coaching it was the first time I won.

Ryan Jones

It's fun. Maxwell is a good school system and has a good community. I love teaching and coaching here and plan to be here for a while.

It shouldn't be that way, but I guess that's how they do it at the coaching level. It's frustrating to me because it's not right. But that's how it's done.

It's been amazing. I've been coaching at the Division I level for 16 years, and what these ladies have done is extremely impressive.

It's been a long, hard decision but after looking at the situation and everything, I've decided to consider myself eligible for another year of coaching under (coach) Joe Paterno.

Mike Johnson

It's great for the players to have our whole coaching staff back and together. I'm sure it's not an easy time for him, but when he talked to us (at the pre-game skate), he just said the same things he always does, stressing the importance of this game.

Norv Turner

That's similar to coaching Troy. There's pressure every day in terms of coaching him, so I think I'll be all right.

That's something that not only us and the coaching staff, but the fans want to see, too. Back in '95 and '96 when Warrick Dunn and Rock Preston did it, it was real effective.

That's the first time I've ever seen anything like that in all of my coaching years and my playing years, so it was interesting.

Brad Richards

It's special to even be mentioned with such great players. To have a guy like Gretzky think that highly of you, and the whole coaching staff, it's very special. I guess you get rewarded for success and hard work. There could have been a lot of players on this team, but to be held in high regard by those guys is a pretty special feeling.

It's special because very few times that I've been coaching have we been what I would say the underdog. If you told me after watching us play in November that we'd be here in March, I'd say no way.

It's something we haven't done in a while. And all the guys and the coaching staff are hungry for it, and that is our main goal this season.

It's so disappointing it has to come to an end. After having the experience of playing for SMS, an incredible coaching staff and with an incredible team, it's been a great ride and I didn't want it to end.

It's not a practice problem or a coaching problem. It's a performance problem. I don't know how to fix that.

Nigel Worthington

That's not a problem. We can all be managers and coaches. I make decisions as I and my coaching staff see it - it's as simple as that.

Everything, I feel, is so much better. She is always involved with us and there is so much more coaching going on. She's awesome.

Even though I was here (as an assistant), any time there is a coaching change, sometimes it takes a little longer than you would like to.

Everybody in the country will be here, a who's who in the college coaching business. Some people have compared it to the AFCA coaches' convention.

Russ Grimm

Everyone wants to reach the head coaching level. I thought Detroit was an interesting organization. I think they have enough talent to be able to turn it around in a hurry.

Every phase was poor last year. Not average, but poor. It's something we dissected as a coaching staff and the whole staff had input and comments.

It's obviously very rewarding, very exciting. All the kids are excited. The coaching staff is excited. There's a murmur in the school now. People in the school are talking more about it. It's great. It's fantastic.

It's the job of the coaching staff to turn that into a positive. We're in this for the long run. This isn't a sprint; it's a marathon.

It's more of a coaching convention than it is to see players.

It's always nice to have a marquee player on your team. To have a go-to type player makes coaching decisions easier and makes marginal players better. She has a ripple effect on the rest of the team.

Katherine Paterson

Trouble can always be borne when it is shared.

Granted, we're 0-2 (this season), so it looks like the same old Newton, but it's not, ... With the youth and the coaching staff, it's a totally different attitude.

Tony Gwynn

For the coaching staff, when we pulled in and saw the ballpark, man, memories just start.

Franco Harris

And, coaching has never been an option for me.

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.