Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

It's a hard process. But we go with what the coaches have seen over the course of two days and eight or nine games. They give us input on whom they think has played the best.

It's a joy to be around these kids and a joy to coach these kids. I hate to see the seniors go.

I took a gamble on his having no coaching experience. It was a major move for me, but I was willing to take that gamble because of his name, his contacts and his vast playing experience in the N.H.L.

They're doing great. They're the foundation of our team. We're really lucky to have guys that are really well-coached. Coach Puck Smith has done a great job with them, and they all know how to work well with each other.

Alexandre Burrows

It was getting kind of tough, but the coaches kept showing confidence in me. It's always nice to score a couple of goals. That was a big win for us. Hopefully, I won't have to go through another slump like that.

It was always on my parents' mind and my mind. I knew that if I went to Sonoma I wouldn't get the coaching I needed.

It was shocking. They had 300 yards in the first half. When coach told us that, our eyes got big.

Mike Parry

It was a surprise, to be honest. A lot of other coaches probably deserve this more than I do.

Tom Burnett

We want to see our coaches move on to head coaching positions at a higher level.

We always do what we have to do to help each other. It's like Coach says, we just have to work hard and not worry about the things we can't control. If we control the things we can, we'll be right there.

We've already talked about it. And a lot of other coaches have noticed it as well. There's nothing we could do about now.

Rubin Carter

We still won't be great risk-takers. That is something that I am going to mandate for myself. We have to do a great job of evaluating potential recruits. It's also our role as coaches to motivate and let them know what they need to do to graduate.

When you've got as many guys as we have getting significant playing time during the playoffs, it makes you feel like a starter and part of the system. They're counting on you. You don't want to let your teammates down, let the coaches down or let the organization down.

Whenever there's a coaching change, players always have a little apprehension about it. Lauren might have given me a little more credibility at first. But they are all my kids now.

When I was in school 20 years ago, it wasn't all that important. And if the coach was mad at you, denying you water was something they used as punishment.

We're going to give this one to Doc, even though he's not here with us. We know he's going through some tough times right now, but from the coaching staff to the players, we want to send this out for him.

Avery Johnson

What a great young player. You turn over No. 6, and there's Tony's No. 9. But he's better, he's quicker, and just a terrific player. He and Timmy (Duncan) just make a great one-two punch. He plays the game the right way. He sticks to what he does very well, and I'm looking forward to coaching him on All-Star weekend.

We're still erratic. It's somewhat to be expected -- we have a lot of coaching changes. We've tweaked some things, so we're still somewhat on a learning curve.

We'll see where we get with it. He's a terrific pitching coach. His track record has spoken.

We are getting better ever game. The other coaches are telling us that, the umpires are telling us that, that we're coming around and we truly are.

We're just very, very, very pleased. To have your leader back in place is wonderful. He's like our father. We respect him that way. We respect him as a man and as a coach and a father figure. We know that he's all of the above.

We're excited. We really liked it last year, it was beautiful. It's a home game in a way, but it isn't in another way. The coaching staff is approaching it as it is a home game, and we don't have to travel.

We're just looking forward to it. It's a big event for us each year. Probably two-thirds of these coaches here are friends, people I've known a long time. It's like a reunion for me every year. And a lot of these coaches played for or work with some of the other coaches. So it's just a good time where everybody gets back together again.

Marcel Desailly

Yes, I know. But I'm not the boss. The coach (Jacques Santini) is master of the ship. It's up to him to say.

We knew we were playing a tournament team. Coach was saying, 'That's a Sweet 16 team you just beat.' He kept saying that. I never imagined we would see them in the NCAA tournament, and we would be in the same bracket.