Famous Quotes & Sayings

The only frustrating thing is that we haven't had all the pieces in place. The group that's healthy has gotten a lot better. They have great team chemistry, so really, and it's even hard for me to believe, that I've really enjoyed coaching this team. None of us like losing, but it's a pretty mature group. I hope for their sake we get a few more wins.

The payoff is to make the national team. The pay is very good there, as well as in the reserve pool. So the reason these players come here is so they can train under high quality coaches and hopefully get a shot with their national teams.

Joshua Johnson

The past two games the coaches were trying to see who was going to be their go-to guys.

Carmelo Anthony

The past two days, George (coach George Karl ) has been stressing that if the playoffs were today, this is who we'd play. We wanted to make a statement right away and tell them this is what they'll see if they play us.

The 3-pointer is normally not part of our game plan, but today it was. I don't like to do it, but I have to coach to our players' strengths. I'm a fool for not doing this sooner.

The announcement has been made now to end the ongoing speculation in regard to the coaching position next year.

Matt Hasselbeck

That was fun n a little sloppy at times, but some of the most exciting plays I've seen all year. Coach Fox promised, by the end of the week, 'We'll put a smile on your face.' All the Seattle guys were smiling.

Jennifer Wilson

That was the kind of do-or-die games that the fans love. But for coaches and players, that was a tough game.

That was vital to the game because until then we'd just been trading baskets. I wasn't nervous because coach told me I'm not a freshman anymore. I'm a sophomore.

That was the thing that indicated to us that Coach may not be back next year.

That was the difference-execution (late in the game). You've got to give Coach Springs and his team some credit. They kept their composure.

That was really difficult. He's done great things, not just as a coach but most importantly with what he does with those student-athletes every day.

Ricky Ponting

That was probably what got my back up more than anything, was to have their coach standing on the balcony smiling at me once I was dismissed.

That was a highlight of my coaching career. It was an enjoyable experience. He was always a gym rat growing up as a coach's kid, and he put in a lot of hard work. I really enjoyed coaching him.

We have an extremely good group of guys. They make it real easy to coach.

We need to hear from coaches and other volunteers as soon as possible, so we can start assigning them to teams.

Larry Coker

We could have won all those eight games. If we look at it overall, we're 53-8 in five years. That's an enviable place to be. ... Without a question, where we are and what we've done is something to be proud of. But as coaches you always look at those eight. Those are the ones that stand out, and it's always going to be that way. The fans look at the eight, but coaches are worse than fans because we can't go home at night and forget about them.

We could have quit, but coach told us at halftime the game wasn't over. They've got a lot of talent coming back. I think we got things turned around and are heading in the right direction.

Ray Lewis

We can't have a play like they had on the touchdown when we play the Colts. Rex and the coaches will fix that.

Marvin Lewis

We have to win football games. I don't think Carson has to do anything different. The rest of us have to keep playing and coaching better. He's so, so talented. As I keep saying from the day he walked in here, the guy, no matter what he touches, he can turn it to gold.

We just didn't match their intensity, four quarters, you know. Sometimes we played decent, scoring, making plays, but then we wouldn't execute like we should. There was a lot of frustration, you could feel it. The offense, the coaching staff. We just weren't executing.

We played pretty good. I have great parent and coaching staff support. Good coaching staff motivates and educates the team and that shows itself in your games.

Pat Gillick

At the high school level, the coaches get these kids in revenue-driven sports and take them away from baseball. There's so much pressure on these kids to even play spring football. We need to get the African-American players back in the game, which I think would make it not only a better game, but more exciting and entertaining for everyone.

Ron Zook

We had opportunities to stand up and make plays and we just didn't do it. I'm tired of it. I know the coaches are tired of it, and I know a lot of guys in that locker room are tired of it.

We hadn't been making stops all season. Coach Bowden showed us replays of the third downs. And third down tonight, we stopped them. That made us feel real good to put the offense back out on the field.

We have three great coaches on defense that could all be coordinators.

Gilbert Arenas

We have this job, most players, four years. If you're lucky, you can squeeze out a 10-year career. After that, you have the rest of your life to do whatever you want. I'd rather devote my time when I have it, and after I'm done with this, there are other things in life and I can forget about basketball. Once I'm done, I don't want to sit around here and linger around and coach or try to get into the media stuff. When I'm done with the NBA, I just want to be done with it.

We were speaking to Felipe as part of the process of recruiting the next coach and that process continues.

Antawn Jamison

We were so disappointed in ourselves. To come out in the first game like that. National TV. The spotlight. And we pretty much laid an egg. We embarrassed the coaching staff, we embarrassed ourselves. We showed that in practice (Sunday). It wasn't one of those practices where we just showed up, took a few shots and went home. Coach was on us and we went at it. That's what you saw in this game.

Tyler Howells made a play that was just great. But as a coach, I was still worried with 10 seconds left.

We have a great offensive line coach ( Pete Pierson ) and the line is playing spectacular.

We have a good core from last year and we'll see how the new guys push the returning players, ... I'm very excited about our coaching staff. Our team will play with a lot of passion. I expect us to be very competitive.

Frank Beamer

We have a football team that is extremely well coached and plays hard. They really took it to Pittsburgh. It wasn't a fluke.