Famous Quotes & Sayings

A.J. Hawk

There was a lot of pressure on everybody, but really no extra pressure. We just needed to relax and do what our coaches have taught us.

At halftime, coach told us to get it in the paint because we shot a lot of three-pointers in the first half. So we tried to come out and do that right away and it worked for us.

At football practices the coaches and the players are really into it. The coaches are very hands-on and teach the game. The practices are very up-tempo.

Brad Johnson

It's a tough deal. I was hoping coach Tice would remain the coach, but I guess ownership decided to go in a different direction.

Ray Brown

It's a sad and melancholy day, but at the same time, it's a wonderful reunion. It was great to see everyone. It's hard to articulate, but when a man like coach Vaught takes all these guys under his wing, and helps make them better people, he's really accomplished something.

It's a team effort. There's nothing I can get mad at. It was coach Bower's decision.

Arnaz Battle

It's great, ... I feel like coaches are realizing the strengths that we have on this team, the type of players and what we can do ? the variety of things.

I took it to (Pittman). That's what coach told me to do.

I took it as a compliment for coach to sit me down and tell me that, ... especially from a coach who has been around a lot of ballplayers and seen a lot of successful ballplayers and had a lot of winning teams. For a coach to say something like that means a lot.

I took a special interest in him. Because if you were going to be head football coach and you wanted to learn about high school football you went to him.

I try and teach the game just as coach Simpson did. We use his techniques every single day. Many of our players single out his one-liners, so it's easy to see that he's always on our minds.

It was Coaching 101. If something doesn't work early in the game, try it later.

It was close, but they weren't going to get me down. I couldn't go back to the sidelines with a safety and face Coach Groh. There was no way there were going to get me down. I was going to throw it into the stands before they got me down.

It was back and forth the whole game. I can't say one team played better. (Coach) Jim (Spencer) does a great job with the Lake-Lehman team. He has them playing very, very well.

Archie Thompson

It was good to be working under the new coach (Guus Hiddink). He seems to like lean, sharp players so I think I fit the mould. It's down to the coach now but hopefully I can get the opportunity to represent my country again.

Archie Thompson

It was good to be working under the new coach (Guus Hiddink), ... He seems to like lean, sharp players so I think I fit the mould.

It was good to be back on the court. And it felt good that everyone was supporting what our coach did.

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 different, ... I'm not used to being in control, but the coaches helped me and we worked together.

It was frustrating. Coach told me though that we were going to wing it. Coach called option one time and I called timeout because I knew I could not run the play.

It was definitely a learning process. It was obviously the first time I was getting to play collegiate ball, but I had a great coach and great experience.

It was cool. My coach doesn't really look for me to score. I just look to play defense, rebound and run the floor, and I guess everything else will come.

It was extremely difficult, ... Coach felt like he needed to make a change, and he did, and I was the person that got changed. For whatever reason, right or wrong, as a player you're still trying to figure out what you did wrong.

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 a lot of fun, ... It's different not being in there the whole time. I'm just trying to learn, trying to learn as much as I can from the coaches and trying to get as good as I can.

It was so hot, I just whipped off my hat and gave it to one of the American coaches who is giving splits out on the course.

It was shocking to us. He was here for one year, and then all of a sudden he took off. A lot of us had our heads down. We're thinking coaches are looking at us as a team where you get your credentials up and then head off to a high-profile place.

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

It was real hard to see coach go through all of that. He's like a dad to us all. Seeing him go through the pain was really tough. We all had to come together.

It was probably the worst dance move I've ever seen in my life. Coach has no rhythm. We laugh every time.

Bill Belichick

It was special and I knew that at that time. I told the owner (Modell) that several times too, when he had some questions about how the coaching was going.

It was something on one hand that you might regret, but every week is like that for us. As a coach you just want to come out of it with a winning record, but our kids want to come off the field every game with a win.

It was stupid. I lied to the coaching staff and everybody else just to play. I should have just tried to wait. It was selfish and it probably hurt the team a little bit.