Coaches Quotes

I wish my teammates, coaches and the entire Lions organization all the best.

I do think coaches need to get away from the game more, though. It's good for them.

I've had hard coaches all my life.

As I've said, basketball has been, I think, a real cooperative venture. There have been a lot of people that have been involved in it: coaches, administrators - not recently - fans and nobody, nobody any more so than students over the years.

Coaches will do what they can but it doesn't necessarily bother me. You are an international referee for a reason. If things like that are going to ruffle your feathers, don't bother doing the job.

Failure is only postponed success as long as courage 'coaches' ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.

Players respond to coaches who really have their best interests at heart.

I'm not sure there are enough coaches in the system that can take young talent and consistently get them into the top five in the world.

All my coaches tell me that I have been under achieving.

What is true of the NFL is that it has been well-managed over the years. And that has been beneficial to the fans, it's been beneficial to the game itself, it's been beneficial to the players, coaches and everyone involved.

When I was trying out for my first Olympics at 16, my family and coaches tried to regulate what I ate. But the stricter they got, the more I rebelled.

I always do the contrary of what my coaches tell me.

Assistant coaches become a little bit more buddies to the players than a head coach.

When I was in the ring at the Olympics, it was my father's words that I was hearing, not the coaches'. 'I never listened to what the coaches said. I would call my father and he would give me advice from prison.

During the final two weeks of training, our students work simulated game situations in which our staff members role-play as players, managers, and coaches. They are given immediate feedback following each camp game.

It's better to have done because then you know what the player is going through and you understand the pressure, but then on the other hand I know a lot of people that were good players but not good coaches, and vice versa.

I don't know concretely if it's due to superstition, but any time a new rule is implemented into the NBA or a new piece of equipment or a new technology, there is always a transition and adjustment period by players and coaches and anyone involved with the game.

But as coaches, we need to get a little more fire and passion and be more demanding that our guys get the job done. I think players will respond to that, and we'll see.

The way to make coaches think you're in shape in the spring is to get a tan.

When it comes down to it, I always played hard for my teammates and I played hard for my coaches no matter who it was, ownership.

Snoop Dog is the Phil Jackson of youth football coaches. He ain't going to accept nothing but a winner.

We know that in order for us to turn this around, it doesn't matter how many coaches they bring in here, assistants, weight trainers, whoever, we're the ones that are going to have turn it around. And I think just took that responsibility on ourselves.

There's an old saying amongst players in football talking about your general manger and coaches, they speak with a forked tongue.

Coaches give you too much information. I've been allowed to develop that intuitive ability in my career and lifetime.

I think training of better Youth Coaches is essential.

The one thing about players today is that they're very sensitive, and very fragile. They didn't grow up with tough coaches.

The challenge coaches face is replacing players they were counting on to be major pieces of a puzzle. In a lot of cases, there is just no way to make the necessary adjustments.

Players have responsibility, and if they don't do their job, certain things happen. Coaches have responsibility. If they don't do their job, things happen.

I never want to let my teammates or coaches down, so I always fight through the days when I am exhausted or experiencing discomfort with injuries and headaches.

I have bought pole vault equipment, the landing areas, posts, which costs a lot of money. We pay for coaches.