Famous Quotes & Sayings

Rod's really one of the prime coaches I've ever had an opportunity to work with. He's excited about the game. He's passionate, tough, disciplined. The guy has no weakness. I thought he was a great football coach from the moment I met him.

Earl Campbell

Pittsburgh was a great team. Coach Noll, Joe Greene, Jack Lambert, L.C. Greenwood and all those guys did a great job. That's the team that kept us from winning two Super Bowls. It was a great rivalry.

Tony Dungy

Really, it seems like the minority coaches have to do more, for a longer period of time before they get the opportunity. That's the injustice that I see.

Paula Smith has been an outstanding coach and an exceptional representative for the University of Illinois.

Our main concern at this time is for Mary's health. It will be up to her doctors to determine when she will be able to resume her coaching duties.

Mikael Silvestre

I play for Manchester United. I don't need the coach to explain my role to me, ... It's my duty to go to the younger players in the team and help them along.

Flip Saunders

In the past, you had a guy who got nicked up, you had to make a decision. You put him on the IRE and he sat out days and games, or a coach said, 'Well, we're going to sit him out, but we're not going to replace him.' Right now, you have the luxury of, if a guy gets the flu, you can sit him out that night and if he's better the next night, you can let him play.

Dan Dierdorf

I guess their coaches don't have a problem with it. It is different than how it used to be, and I'm not sure I'll ever get used to watching it.

In the first half we made too many mistakes. We had those 12 turnovers and honestly, the coaches felt we were lucky to be tied.

In the first half, nothing had been going down, but coach just told me to keep shooting. The guys did a nice job of finding me.

Bob Stoops

In the end, they're here to go to school, and it should be our job as administrators or as coaches that if they're not, we can't put you on the field.

I like to have full-time coaches being responsible for our athletes. Obviously, it was a good decision.

It has been quite a ride. I guess I coach better with sleep deprivation.

Mike Shanahan

I think about my years as a head coach and my years as a coordinator, I don't think I can remember an offense putting as much pressure on (its own) defense as we did (against Miami). We did not do a very good job on offense.

Ray Allen

I think all of us had respect for coach McMillan. Some of us may not have liked his style, but it got results. We were successful with it and you have to give him credit for that. He deserves that.

John Brady

I think our league was pretty good and got better as the season developed because there are good coaches in the league and they know how to recruit.

Dick Vermeil

I think our defense is better than we played (Monday) night and I think our offense is better, but obviously we proved we don't play super every weekend, ... They whipped me, they whipped my coaches and they whipped my football team.

Will Herring

I just think Coach Tubs is real cool about it. When we get down here, we're here for two reasons. No. 1 is to win the game, but we're also down here to have a good time.

Vince Young

I just think Coach is more loose, he's more fired up. He's not worrying about the wins anymore. He's just worrying about us and making sure we're OK.

I just missed it. Coach just said forget it about it. I tried to treat it like it was just like any missed shot.

I just made the goal to step up. My goal was to fill the spot that Brice Murphy left. Another big part was because of coach and the other guys on the team. Coach was pushing everyone to get in the weight room, get to open gyms and to shooting workouts in the morning.

I just have to be patient and wait my turn . . . . The coaches know what I can do.

I just decided that I had to stick with it, do what I needed to do in my classes, and all the coaches and players helped me through the process.

I just decided I could handle school, and that it was important to be here for Coach. My relationship with Coach has been a lot stronger than some of the players, and that's the reason I showed up.

Craig Allen

I just kind of rolled with it once coach put me there. Hopefully I can just keep it going.

I just feel coach McDermott was a better fit for Iowa State.

I planned on playing for coach Durham. But I'm just going to go with the flow. I signed for the school and the coach.

I need to be on all the coverage units, ... I need to lead by example. I haven't done that so far this year and I plan on going out and doing that. ... The coaches and I talked about it and it's a necessity. It's team over individual goals. I'm a team player and that's the way I play.

I like the opportunity to get together with these coaches I've known over the years and exchange ideas. I think the process lends itself to sound judgments and a thorough evaluation of the teams. I think that we do have some credibility.

I listen and take it for what it's worth. And a lot of it is worth nothing to me. Some of it, the criticism and the stuff that comes from my coaches and people like that that I need to listen to to get better, that definitely means something to me.

I'm confident that we'll establish a good program. It's going to be an ongoing process of coaches and players learning each other. This is the time to lay the groundwork.

If our seniors don't play well we don't win that football game. I also think our coaches did a good job getting us ready to play last week. We need to be just as good this week. This game is just as important as last week's game. We have to win, then hope for some help to get into the playoffs.

David Shields

If our sample is representative of the larger youth sport population, this finding would suggest that there are nearly 2 million kids being physically abused by their coaches each year.