Coach Quotes

Nearly every coach I've talked with tells me that the attention you get from media and other people is the thing you miss most. I don't know if that's right.

The head coach tells us what to do, and we follow his orders.

One way I differ from my character, Coach Taylor, is that I never would have taken this faraway job without my wife's consent.

I studied voice for about two years with an amazing coach, and I never rose above the level of mediocre.

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.

If you think about it, I've never held a job in my life. I went from being an NFL player to a coach to a broadcaster. I haven't worked a day in my life.

A coach once told me there are four factors that determine a players' performance: his tactical awareness, his physical condition, his technical ability and his mental strength.

We worship an awesome God in the Blue States, and we don't like federal agents poking around our libraries in the Red States. We coach Little League in the Blue States and have gay friends in the Red States.

So if the players trust the coach, it's not a problem. If the players don't trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.

I'm a running coach and I am going to continue to run, but I would hope that we are better defensively.

My high school coach was Ray O'Conner. He has coached a lot of players that have signed professional contracts, and many of those have gone on to play in the major leagues.

There are times I might coach one or two workouts a year when the regular coach gets caught in traffic.

I am a coach on the outside of the establishment and that works.

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.

Really the team often will take on the personality of its coach.

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.

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.

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.