Famous Quotes & Sayings

Sathya Baba

When the coaches receives from you such treatment, how much worse treatment you deserve for not fulfilling your duty and for disappointing the expectations that you have raised by your being a man?

Mats Sundin

When that (missing the playoffs) happens a lot of time there are changes. As players and coaches we all understand the rules of the game. We'll see what happens.

When that happens, coaching is easy. Merit has been working hard on his swing and has been spent extra time in the cage.

We haven't talked about it all. What we've talked about is this is one game. Coach has told us to focus on this game, just this game.

We haven't seen a zone defense in a long time, and it got us out of sync. It was a veteran coach outsmarting a young coach. We weren't ready for it.

We just couldn't stop their offense. I've got to do a better job of coaching than what I've done the last two weeks. I still think we could have played with them if we just had played better.

You can have a coach looming over you and watching your every move, but until you take it upon yourself to get better, you're not going to, and that's what separates her from the others.

You can feel it. It's a pleasure to coach them.

You don't compare the teams, you compare the situations. What makes it easier for us now is that coach has the blueprint. He's done this before.

You let the playmakers make the plays and quarterback, as coach Bowden says, just drives the car.

Skip Bertman

You knew she was ill. But even through last week, she was upbeat. She was a great coach, but more importantly, she was a great human being. She touched a lot of people. I was happy for her that she could see all the hard work come to fruition. To reach goals like that, not everybody can do. It was a life well lived and well served.

You just hope somebody is listening. I think it says what most of the (conference) coaches and players feel. It's a strong conference.

E. B. White

You just have to trust the coaches. (The Broncos) have a new coaching staff, everything. It's really you just trusting the coaches and them saying this is what you're going to do.

You just have to be as good as the number one guy. If the quarterback goes down, like coach says, it's kind of like a NASCAR team and we're the driver. You can't really win a race without a driver; you need someone to drive the car.

You can always play defense. No matter what you're doing offensively, defensively it's all about heart, hustle and toughness. I think that's what coach Lowery has instilled in us.

John Brady

You can coach a long time and never have a group of people like I have.

Winneconne is a very good team and very talented. (Coach) Ralph (Larson) has them playing very well. They are a very disciplined them and has always matched up with us very well.

Whiz deserves Coach of the Year. He's accomplished a lot with this team. No one knew how we were going to fit together. But he had confidence it would work.

We can't get a 6-foot-6 post player every year. You have to coach what walks through the door.

It definitely makes it harder for us as a coaching staff. You're always disappointed after (a loss) like this. We have some things to work on defensively, and mentally we have to have a better approach.

I think it will help increase the interest level. Also as coaches it will give us more places to practice.

I think J.R. is a big guy who's tough. He's not good with everything, but he's good enough to be able to work with him and he's got a lot of upside. He's got real good toughness, which is a big plus, and a lot of times you can't coach that. And he listens and will do what he's told.

I think it would be cool to continue to work with him. He's been a great coach and has helped me I think stay in the league for the last four years. Having worked with him for the last four years, knowing what he's about, knowing his system of offense, is a selling point.

Allen Iverson

I think Leon told Mo (76ers coach Maurice Cheeks) that they weren't inviting me.

I think I've been playing a lot because I'm working hard in practice and the coaches noticed.

It hasn't really sunk in yet. I'm sure when it's all said and done, it will rank high on my list of coaching accomplishments. Right now, winning my first state championship is the highlight of my career.

Clint Mathis

It hasn't been the season that I've wanted, ... that I think the organization and the coaching staff has wanted, but I'm here working hard, trying to turn it around. Just not have another season like we did this year.

Tom Wilkinson

I thought he was an excellent coach and a great guy.

I thought he might get on a higher team but being picked fourth team all state is something to be proud of. Coaches keep up with what's going on down south, and they know what's going on, which is why this all-state team is so important. It seems to get the most respect. I just wish more people had been able to see him play.

I thought it was questionable, but every charging/blocking foul is and one coach likes it, the other doesn't.

I thought most of them were in. It just rolled in and out. Coach told me I'm not going to be the old Shannon. But if I were at 100 percent, there would have been a different outcome.

I thought I personally played very well, ... Our coaches kept saying that our goal going into this weekend was that we shouldn't just try to compete with the teams there, but that we should be able to win. I think we represented ourselves well.

I thought I was going to be a tennis player when I was a boy. I had a coach and everything and played in some junior tournaments. I was pretty good, but it is too many hours playing tennis. I didn't like it that much. I was lazy.