Coach Quotes

In high school, in sport, I had a coach who told me I was much better than I thought I was, and would make me do more in a positive sense. He was the first person who taught me not to be afraid of failure.

When I was 12, I had a coach tell me I would never be a championship pitcher. That devastated me. I was crushed.

I was bullied by a few people who were much older than me. I went to camp to learn boxing. I was 12, and my coach was 24. I felt like if I could fight him, I could stand up to anyone.

Generally in the Little League you're up against a good pitcher who throws like hell. What does the coach say? Get a walk. Isn't that beautiful way to learn to hit? For four years you stand up there looking for a walk.

It is the ultimate honor for a coach to be his country's coach.

Each group and each youngster is different. As a leader or coach, you get to know what they need.

That's a dream of mine, to be able to coach at the NBA level.

I'm a bit surprised that the Raiders turned to Art Shell to be their new head coach, not because Shell isn't a good head coach - he had success before as the Raiders' head coach - but because he's been away from the game so long and the game has changed a lot in those years.

I wasn't naturally gifted in terms of size and speed; everything I did in hockey I worked for, and that's the way I'll be as a coach.

As his team prepares, a coach's entire being must be concentrated on winning games.

The secret is to work less as individuals and more as a team. As a coach, I play not my eleven best, but my best eleven.

No, I'm not coaching. It's a huge responsibility to coach somebody.

I had an acting coach while I was doing the show and every week I could see my work improving. I really liked working on the show because I was learning new things every day.

I played from the time I was seven years old. My father was my first baseman coach. I had opportunities that I never really pursued - with some Miami teams and a few larger colleges, and then I ended up bailing and began cooking.

In-N-Out is incredible, but don't tell coach I've been going there. He would flip out and put some curse on me.

Ironically, being a coach on 'The Voice' and spending time with those kids, Xenia and Dia especially, I learned a lot about myself. It reminded me how lucky I am that this happened for me, and it kind of lit the spark inside me again for my love of music.

I think I'm telling the truth. I sat by Ray Perkins at the Hall of Fame dinner in New York, and at that time he didn't know he was our coach and I didn't either.

You know, I've had blowups with my coach too. The same thing happens, it just wasn't as evident back then because they didn't have so many cameras and ways to see things happen.

I don't know what being an Everest guide means. I am a coach, not a guide.

I worked with a mime coach. I did weapons training. I did weight training.

For me, it is just the total experience - from the time I first started as an assistant coach until I wound up at the University of Texas for 20 years.

Our coach was absolutely out of his head. He must have read Bear Bryant's book. We had 78 players out. The first day 35 quit. Twenty quit the second day. We ended with 17 players. It was depressing.

I have a coach but there's nobody at my level in Gaza. I have to do most of my training sessions on my own.

Puffy produced four of the tracks on the album. Those are the four songs that are collaborations between Puffy and me. And he gives me my space to work even when we work together, like with my producer and my vocal coach.

Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game, and dumb enough to think it's important.

I'm involved in some action scenes, so they'll train me for that. I'll be working with my acting coach to prepare for my character.

We should tell our kids to just have fun, participate and not get bent on winning or losing. But every coach, when they say that, they say it tongue in cheek, 'Don't worry about winning': If you win I'll get you ice cream, but if you lose I'm going to pout in the car.

A major league pitching coach is a really difficult job. It takes a big commitment in terms of time, travel and workload.

I'm not desperate but I know that some day I'll be the coach again of some team.

My coach told me if I broke the national record for the 200, I could run a 100.