Famous Quotes & Sayings

Going unbeaten (in the league) for a second straight year is a big deal to the coaching staff and the kids. I don't know if it's ever been done before, and we're trying to make it happen.

He's a leader, not just in statistics, but a true leader on our football team. He leads by example. He's not a rah-rah guy. He's got a real sense of maturity about him. He leads and people follow. He's the kind of kid that makes coaching worthwhile. That's how we all feel about him, and he's having a great year on top of it, individually.

He's a really straightforward coach. You know what he expects. If you're doing what he expects to get done, you've got no problems.

He's just really, really focused on turning this around. He has a plan, and it starts with finding a coach that shares his mind-set, someone who can help keep turmoil out of the locker room.

E. B. White

He's definitely auditioning for a head coaching job, maybe not here but he's going to get a head coaching job. He's a great coach, a players' coach and he's going to give it his all. He played the game and played it well.

He seemed to be an optimist and remained an optimist. I heard that one of the last comments he made was that he said he was impressed with Coach O's recruiting and thought Ole Miss would have a good team next year.

I think it's evident now we were in Lisbon yesterday, speaking to Luiz Felipe Scolari as part of our ongoing process of recruiting the next England senior national coach for this autumn, and that process continues at pace.

I think it's been a jolt of reality for coaches on what they have to do in practice to prepare for games. There's not a lot of sense practicing five-on-five stuff. You need to practice special teams a lot.

Steven Wright

It didn't look like they were comfortable. Coach K and Esteban worked it in and out today, so (WIU) didn't know what was coming, so they didn't get any good swings.

It is a little harder now, because every coach knows about players, and there aren't many gems who get overlooked. But this game was a perfect opportunity to see what other players could do. It is nice to see these guys get rewarded with playing time.

I think their coach made a good decision. The umpire went and talked to him and he was in complete agreement. Their players were saying their hamstrings were hurting from running in the grass and he didn't want to lose anybody.

I thought Coach Wood would hang on another five or six years. He has a great program going there. I'm more surprised he's retiring than myself.

I thought coach made a good decision by putting Earl in. Earl is fast and there was no way they were putting a (power forward) on Earl.

I thought all 15 practices were exactly what I wanted to accomplish. Just knowing what's going on and being a lot more comfortable in the huddle is where I've improved the most. Me and coach Groh talked and just said you don't have to go out there and make up for three seasons in one season or one throw. I'm going to do whatever I can to help this team win.

I thought about my first year with Coach (John) Moro, the Elton (Brand) years, the first sectional championship. I went back through the whole career.

Danny Green

I thought about it a lot that night and probably the next day. But I've got to let it go. Coach (Roy Williams) said 'don't worry about it.' It wasn't your fault. Next time, I'll know.

Dan Hawkins

I though he was a good player. His JC (junior college) coach was going 'Hey I got a quarterback' and I said 'yeah I know, but we don't need a JC guy.' It's good he landed on his feet.

Dan Hawkins

I though he was a good player, ... His JC (junior college) coach was going 'Hey I got a quarterback' and I said 'yeah I know, but we don't need a JC guy.' It's good he landed on his feet.

Lamar is a very good team that can really score. Coach (Billy) Tubbs does a good job of getting his guys prepared. They have a guy (Alan Daniels) who is leading the league in scoring and can score in a lot of different ways. We will have to find a way to contain him to be successful.

Pat Riley

I was concerned about where we'd be, as I'm sure most coaches are coming back (from the All-Star break). We have one game in 10 days, and this was it. We started to play very well at the end of the (first) quarter.

Tedy Bruschi

Whatever my coach decides to do, I trust that.

Marshall Faulk

What makes me laugh is how people are saying he let his team down, ... How many times does a coach get rid of a player right before the season, and that player is left with nothing? Players want to know, How come you got rid of guys who could have helped us, over and over? That's letting your team down.

There is more stress as a coach because you want to make sure you do everything possible to put your players in a position to have success. I try to think of every little drill and everything I can to say to help them.

Kirk Morrison

We think he's coming back next year. All we can do is try to improve. He's a good coach. We think it was more the players than the coach.

We're playing with so much confidence right now, it really doesn't matter who we play. Coach will have us ready to play.

David Thornton

We're playing with a lot of energy and a lot of passion. Guys are really striving to make big plays and create turnovers - making big hits - and that's the type of defense that coach Dungy wants us to be.

David Thornton

We're playing with a lot of energy and a lot of passion, ... Guys are really striving to make big plays and create turnovers - making big hits - and that's the type of defense that coach Dungy wants us to be.

We sure as heck had our chances. I felt like we could coach harder and the older kids could do a better job of playing at game speed. That's what the first game of the year teaches you. It's a hard lesson.

We think coach Meyer is going to be the future. What he demands from us is a lot of responsibility, a lot of time. What he's going to reward us with is a lot of wins. That's a fair trade in my book.

We think Brett would be a long shot, but we intend to go through the process. Someone like Brett is the kind of coach we want.

Jeffrey Lurie

I thought that was appropriate because Mike Holmgren is the coach of Seattle, and was Reggie's coach in Green Bay.

Ben Olsen

I think we're benefiting from having this team together for a couple of years now. Having a lot of those guys back, especially early, when other teams are still finding themselves, it's a thrill. We'll see what coach wants to do. We're a heavy offensive team.

I think we're still working out the kinks with that. This year, coach hasn't specifically pointed out those guys (who are the top scoring options) so I mean I think everybody is trying to step up and become those guys.