Famous Quotes & Sayings

W. S. Gilbert

The scrimmage will decide a lot of things for the coach about who the final 18 will be for the trip to Colby on Saturday.

Scott Campbell

The scouts have been out on the road all fall evaluating players, so the combine is the next step and it's really the first opportunity for the coaches to get involved and focus in on the players.

(The school) did a great job recruiting, and he's happy with his decision. What makes a difference is he is a great kid and a good student, and coaches are looking for the combination.

The same things win. It doesn't matter where you coach them. The game's the same.

Michael Foley

I've worked with John as a player and recently as a coach and we complement each other well.

Pat Riley

I've seen a lot of plays like that. I coached Magic Johnson.

I've thought about it a lot, and talked with my coaches and prayed about it a lot, and pretty much come to the decision that I'm going to probably leave.

I've talked to (Coach Taylor) and he seems like a really cool guy, he's a good coach.

I've watched these young coaches come in here and it got me excited again. They remind me of how I used to feel. Maybe these past two years away from coaching is what I needed. I feel energized again.

John Brady

I've tried to eliminate that from my thought process. But I got it. Trust me. I got it from so many people. I got it. I know it was disappointing to us as coaches and to our players and extremely disappointing to our fans.

Don Nelson

I've still got a year left on my contract, and I intend to be back next year to coach.

I told him that I had a vision of him scoring a hat trick. As I was driving to the game with the coaching staff, I told them that we were going to need a big game out of Sean.

I told him that 3 1/2 years with one franchise is pretty good in today's world. Coaches tend to get fired as soon as teams lose a few games.

I told my coach that I've never felt so good in my life before a match in my life. We finally got one.

Larry Brown

I told him I wanted him to listen. I told him I appreciated the way he cheered for his teammates at the end of (Wednesday's) game. It meant a lot. I was sorry that the crowd, some of the people booed him. And I told him I just wanted him to let us coach him the rest of the year. He's not going anywhere, and let's move on.

I told him he's got to go with his heart. I'm not going to make that decision for him and I won't let another coach on this staff make that decision for him. He's going to have to make that decision and he's got to follow his heart. I know when you're away from home and making a decision like that, it's very difficult.

Eric Snow

I told him, 'Daddy had a disagreement with the coach and that he respects the coach and listens to the coach,

I told our coaches in the huddle to put me on him and I'll make sure it doesn't happen again. There was no way I could let him get another one.

It might be the most exceptional opportunity Temple's had to hire a football coach because of all the things that are in place that we haven't had,

It's a nice solid group of kids. It's been going on longer than 7th and 8th grade. They've been together going to tournaments for years and they're reaping the rewards now. They play very well together. Coach Spencer works very hard. He relates very well with the kids in his first year coaching. He works hard with them and gets them going in the right direction.

Johnny Miller

It's an honor to coach in a game like this. The people at Pelham treat us like kings all week. This game is a big deal in Mississippi.

Ike Taylor

It's an honor that the coaches have that kind of confidence in me.

It's a really nice honor when you consider it's a national award. It makes you think back over the years, about the number of coaches and student-athletes you've been involved with. It's all about the journey and memories -- all the great people you've been around.

It really feels good. It means the other guys who coach at the big places realize that what we did was an accomplishment. To be coach of the year, you have to have the team of the year, otherwise it doesn't mean much.

It really shocked me. Coach (Les) Miles from LSU was scheduled to be here (today). I really thought Anthony was leaning to LSU or Ole Miss, but I know Mississippi State wanted him badly. They've put in a ton of work on him lately.

Kelvin Sampson

I truly love Oklahoma, but Indiana is a program that all coaches hope to coach at one day. Once they offered, it was just one of those programs that I couldn't turn down.

It's a great win. We're happy to be 2-0. But I don't want our kids to think that we as coaches or them as players can be satisfied. We just have to play with a sense of urgency.

It's a great thing for us. The first time we played BYU, the coaches put us through a whole week of preparation.

It's a great run we've been on. I've been coaching these girls since they were in the fifth grade, so I don't expect anything less.

It's a little odd that we're nine games over .500 and we're making a coaching change, but we do have high expectations for our team. We know we have to play better down the stretch.

Your goal is to coach the perfect game, and to have all your players, play the perfect game. That first year is difficult. You can never really be prepared for it. You are going to make mistakes. You just have to learn from those mistakes.

Your first head coaching job is the toughest year of your life,

Larry Brown

You're not supposed to have to coach effort. I've never been in a situation where that's ever been an issue. I've always been in places where I knew you could count on the effort. But again, this is as young a group as I've had in a long time.