Coach Quotes

Working on the accent helped, enormously. I will tell you that when I brought Michael a correct "British" accent, one that my dialect coach was happy with, he hated it.

I love my relationship with Coach Vermeil because it is one of the few genuine relationships that I have.

I don't want to lose myself in football and that's what a coach has to do to be successful.

Listening is such a simple act. It requires us to be present, and that takes practice, but we don't have to do anything else. We don't have to advise, or coach, or sound wise. We just have to be willing to sit there and listen.

I have to say that flying on Air Force One sort of spoils you for coach on a regular airline.

The only thing worse than a coach or CEO who doesn't care about his people is one who pretends to care. People can spot a phony every time.

My family has always been there to support me along the way. My coach, John Nicks, is a great influence.

As a coach you can influence the diet of your players. You can point out what is wrong.

If you could bring to me a majority of people to say that we're going to have $10 of spending cuts for $1 of revenue enhancement, put me in, coach.

It's hard when your father's the coach. Sometimes you don't know where one leaves off and the other begins.

All I did from day-to-day is coach. That's what my job was, that's what my passion was, and the fact that now it's something I'm being considered for is just mind-blowing to me, that I would ever be in that kind of company.

My dad has always been my coach. And I've spent so much time with him. So he's one of my best friends. And I can talk to him about everything.

I'd give my life to be the national team coach.

My daughter is exceptionally chatty. I'm not a braggy mother but she is gifted - with the personality of a Russian gymnastics coach.

But I haven't met a player or a coach whose goal isn't to win the Super Bowl.

I'm not a coach and I know it. I'm too busy and it doesn't pay. I'm expensive. But I would always advise.

You know, a football coach is nothing more than a teacher. You teach them the same subject, and you have a group of new guys every year.

I know Penny Toler and coach Ross have worked hard to put together a strong team this year, and I am ready to start the season with my teammates.

My dad was my best friend and greatest role model. He was an amazing dad, coach, mentor, soldier, husband and friend.

I was a pretty good coach and working with marketing was like coaching.

The main thing I do now is I coach kids, and all of these stories along the way are based in reality.

I think I've got an outstanding defensive assistant staff that's really going to help us have consistent, strong defenses. And offensively, we have an excellent staff. We've got some younger guys on offense, but that's what I coach and have my entire coaching career.

I tell you, it was kind of two-fold. I fortunately had a lot of support. My coach was amazing - he told me to focus on being prepared and that is what I did. Every athlete is nervous - any athlete who tells you they're not nervous isn't telling you the truth. I was as prepared as I could be.

I have no desire to coach basketball.

Being a full time coach doesn't mean that we practice more than other teams. In fact we have strict regulations about the length of our practices and playing season. The academic schedule here means that I rarely have a full team at any one practice!

I started out wanting to coach football.

You can be a top, top player for 10, 20 years, then you become a coach, lose two or three games and you're out.

I coach my daughter's softball and basketball team. We go to all the school functions. We go out to eat at night and take the kids to the movies. We try to be as normal as we can.

To have long term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way.

Obviously you have to have talent in order to play so you can't overlook that, but we won't overlook the character issue when it comes to talent because if they have talent and they don't have character, it's going to be very difficult to coach that person.