Coaching Quotes

Man, coaching is a hard job, and it requires a lot of time... I hear stories from coaches who tell me that players call them in the middle of the night not knowing where they parked their car.

Well, I think it's pretty much established that I just didn't have any interest in coaching in the pros.

I can't confirm any rumors. I'm happy doing what I'm doing. I have no interest in going back to coaching.

But with the right kind of coaching and determination you can accomplish anything and the biggest accomplishment that I feel I got from the film was overcoming that fear.

At the minor-league and major-league level, you know how important your coaching staff is, but in a big market it becomes absolutely huge.

Nearly all of these Chinese girls that have had success have had coaching from foreign coaches.

At the end of it, I'll maybe do a coaching badge but I'm not going to get forced into things.

I tried the broadcasting thing, the coaching thing, but I'll never replace the competitive feeling of being out on the field when we were players.

I have been coaching recently. I coached high school basketball in Arizona, and I hope that more opportunities become available.

During my 40-year coaching career at West Point, Indiana and Texas Tech, my teams reached the Final Four on five occasions, winning the national championship three times.

And, coaching has never been an option for me.

My family and I took visits to each and every school and listened to each coaching staff. I felt the most comfortable with and really excited about playing at SC. Being close to home in one of the best offensive systems is paying off now as I'm making the jump to the pros.

I think the most important thing about coaching is that you have to have a sense of confidence about what you're doing.

All coaching is, is taking a player where he can't take himself.

Listen, everything I have in my life is because of the NHL and because of hockey, and I love the game and I loved every minute of being a player, I loved coaching, I loved being involved in the NHL.

But the problem with coaching is that it is a full-time job. By that I mean for at least 40 weeks in a year you have to be with the player, either travelling or training. Right now I don't want to do that.

I think what coaching is all about, is taking players and analyzing there ability, put them in a position where they can excel within the framework of the team winning. And I hope that I've done that in my 33 years as a head coach.

I didn't miss training because it had become so painful for me. I filled the void pretty quickly as I went straight into coaching and it was great; I had to start learning all over again, and then when I went into TV I knew nothing about it so I had to start from the very beginning.

Coaching helps you take stock of where you are now in all aspects of your life, and how that compares to where you would like to be.

I learned this about coaching: You don't have to explain victory and you can't explain defeat.

When it comes to hockey, it's been in my blood since I was 3 or 4 years old. I love coaching the kids, especially at that level.

It's not that easy for some of these players in China to get the coaching they need.

We probably spend more time talking about individual players in our coaching sessions than anything else.

It's a unique situation to have, but again they say sometimes talent doesn't win. It has to be brought together right. That's the coaching's job. That's what we're doing.

Since the season ended, I've let things settle down, and I have to talk to the coaching staff and management. I really don't want to turn this into a big drama. So I plan on making a definite decision relatively quickly.

Selecting the right person for the right job is the largest part of coaching.

I didn't know that I'd like it this much, coaching both boys and coming out all the time and seeing how excited they are to play hockey. It reminds you of when you were that age and you wanted to be out on the ice.

I was still enjoying coaching, but there was a repetitious manner about it.

Never be possessive. If a female friend lets on that she is going out with another man, be kind and understanding. If she says she would like to go out with the Dallas Cowboys, including the coaching staff, the same rule applies.

I am gonna go into my coaching badges after my England days are finished and I have the time on my international break.