Famous Quotes & Sayings

I personally don't feel like we're ready to be contenders. But some of the coaches have been telling me that we're in a good position to sneak in and surprise some people.

I had a five-year plan when I took over as head coach in 2001, ... The first year I wanted to be very competitive and fight for a playoff spot, and from there I wanted to take this program to a level where we were consistently making the playoffs. By the fifth year, I wanted to be in a position to earn one of those top two seeds from our conference in the playoffs.

Phillip Daniels

I live for games like this. You dream about playing in games like this, win-or-die-type games. Coach will have us ready. We just have to go do it.

Bill Walsh

I know he has only one thought in mind, and that is to win football games. Some of the other trappings of being a head coach are just not important to him and I would think that's what they need. That's the way Don James was and the way Jim Owens was. They were top football coaches who developed an esprit de corps and a sense of purpose, and that's what counts.

Bill Cowher

I know it's that time of year, unfortunately. Russ is a good coach ? People think very highly of him. We're focused right now. We have to play next week, potentially on a short week. That's all we're focused on.

Marvin Williams

I know it's really though on coach to see us play like that. It's just something you have to get out of your system.

Candace Parker

I know Penny Toler and coach Ross have worked hard to put together a strong team this year, and I am ready to start the season with my teammates.

I know of no one that's representing the rest of the coaches in Ohio that thinks there should be reduced opportunities for kids. Most of those guys want to see as many opportunities as possible.

I know now is not the time to keep your head down. My teammates and coaches picked me back up.

I know every football coach in the state wants to see where his team's at,

I know coach Q. I know him personally as a man and as a coach, and he's just not that type of person to give up on us. ... I know he didn't quit on us. I know he's not that type of person. He doesn't have that type of character.

I know coach Moore doesn't like to go to the zone. But our weakness is shooting and the zone was effective in exposing our weakness.

Donald Davis

I know it's a neighborhood rivalry, but at one point I told my coaches to look around and see what you helped build,

Oliver Kahn

I know I am playing tomorrow. After that we'll see. The coach will decide something, I am sure.

Marcus Washington

I know how hard coach Gibbs works. Sometimes he spends the night at the facility. When you've got a guy who really puts that much into it, you don't want to let him down.

I know a lot of words, but I don't really know what to say. It's just astounding. It's devotion, people that care, it's unique ... Coach Corso did a wonderful job and everybody up here involved in it in any way did just a wonderful job, including Mother Nature.

I know I'll never win championships here like Coach Colombo did for all those years, but he told me a lot of things about what Brockton is about.

I know Lance well, and he's a great coach.

I just look at the seniors' faces, and you can tell that they know that it was their last game, ... I remember that feeling so well. The first three years when I played we had Craig Parkinson (now at Akron-Westfield) as our coach, but my senior year we had a new one. My coach that year was Gregg Beam.

I just like to use the football analogy. I'm the head coach and my job is to direct the team down the field and throughout the game. But Vern and Todd are the star quarterback and the star defensive player. And Tracy is the all-conference player and my directors are the all-conference players. So it's very much a team-oriented thing. But yes, ultimately I'm the guy who has to decide what we cover and when.

John Beilein

I just go and coach my team. Any coach who is thinking about another job right now isn't coaching his team.

I hope Michael does get in. We have no input into it but I was disappointed Duncan Fletcher missed out as he is coach of the second-best side in the world.

Steve Finley

I heard my coaches (Chris Quick and Fred Miller) yell, 'We need the points, we need the points,' throughout the race.

E. P. Thompson

I heard a great explanation from Debbie Colberg, the volleyball coach at Sacramento State. She said the reason coaches scream is not for the kids, it is for the adults. If a kid screws up, yelling lets everyone know that, 'I didn't teach the kid to do that.' There's a feeling that I've got to yell or people won't think I am coaching.

I hope for Coach Calhoun that everything goes wrong.

I haven't had a go-ahead from coach or anything like that.

I have to give our kids and our coaches credit. We worked hard. Our senior leadership is good.

I have to give coach Rob Spencer a lot of credit. He did a nice job of getting doubles in shape today. No. 1 doubles has been playing well all year, but No. 2 doubles is really peaking right now.

I have to give coach Rob Spencer a lot of credit, ... He did a nice job of getting doubles in shape today. No. 1 doubles has been playing well all year, but No. 2 doubles is really peaking right now.

I have to credit my whole coaching staff - they are the ones who do all the coaching work during the game. Opelika played hard, but our free throws and the big 3's were definitely the difference.

Arron Afflalo

I have to credit my coaches for that one. We watched plenty of film on (Carney) as a team. Whenever I face a guy who's the other team's top scorer, I'm always well-prepared.

Andy Reid

I have to coach him, and he has to listen. That's part of it. That's taking place right now. I'm not treating him any different than I've treated him before.

Ron Villone

I have to keep remembering he is my pitching coach now. If I start thinking about when I was a kid and all that, I'll forget about what I have to do on the mound.