Famous Quotes & Sayings

It's all about players. If you have players as a coach, you'll do well. I was lucky enough to have some great players over the years.

Larry Brown

It's all about making shots. The key to a Game 7 for a coach is to treat it like any other game.

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.

I told the kids before the game that coaching at Moss Point is one of the highlights of my career. It makes you better when you can play well and be fortunate enough to win the game.

I told them just before we met that one of the reasons why I'm staying here is because of them. What a pleasure it is to coach young guys like this. I have a lot of friends in this business, and not all of them have a team like we have. The kind of young men that we have, that want to be coached, that want to grow up and that want to be held responsible.

Will Muschamp

I told them I would be. I told them I think Auburn is a special place. I told them Auburn is a place where you can go and coach and be there for a long time. That's what I was looking at.

Geno Auriemma

I told them before the (Providence) game started, every team that I've ever coached that was consistently good had seniors that were very, very consistent. And it's time now for this group to kind of separate themselves and say, 'Hey, it's time for me to have an impact every single game and not be in those peaks and valleys.' I think they've all kind of made that progression.

I told the kids we're going to keep it simple and keep it intense. You hope you don't have to coach effort and with these girls I don't. Tonight we got great effort.

I told Whiz it took me two years to get him off the golf course and doing what he does best. And that's coach basketball.

Ben Roethlisberger

I told Tom that if I was a coach, that?s who I?d want on the field, ... I had all the confidence in the world in our defense and I?d still take our defense next time.

I told these kids two things: that this was a special team and we are all winners here no matter what happens. It was just a tremendous pleasure to coach them and be a part of this. To make it to the second round was truly special for us, obviously it was disappointing losing, but it was great. The pleasure was all mine. They were a tremendous team.

I told the players I wasn't going to coach them like high school kids. They're responding well. I ran the heck out of them in the early practices.

This is the most exciting day in my coaching life, ... I want it to be a big deal.

This is the most excited I have ever been starting a new season and this is the deepest roster of quality kids I have ever had. This is going to be the first time since I have been a head coach that I can start three seniors on the mound, so I am really excited about that.

This league combines real good players with great coaches. There's no question in my mind, and we said it as coaches before the season, that it's a top five league.

Bo Ryan

They're attentive, they're hungry, they have good instincts, they've had good coaching and hopefully they'll continue to stay hungry and hopefully they'll continue to get good coaching.

They're a team struggling in transition. Their coach left them in the middle of the year, and the guy left their cupboard pretty bare.

They're a team in crisis. Their coach left before the season started, so maybe in a year or two they'll come back stronger.

Urban Meyer

They're as talented a team as any I've ever coached against.

They're a passing team. They're in the ACC. I really liked the coaching staff a lot.

They really did well non-conference. They have a good coach and coaching staff, (and) they're playing really hard.

Kyle Smith

They're just a good team. Luckily, Coach (Dale) Watts played a lot of his players tonight.

They're good. It's a tough place to play. They have a great coach and a great player (Ellis). They always come to play.

E. B. White

They're good. I think he's a great coach.

Jeff Mathews

They're so well coached and impressive on film. They don't miss many tackles and don't drop the ball. We're going to have to play 100% better to win this week. It'll be a big test for us early.

They're so much better this year than they were last year, it's not even close. Coach (Joe) Crawford always had a positive outlook. They are much improved.

Jim Caldwell

They're professionals, when they take the field, they want to win. So it's a matter of professional pride, and also our head coach expects us to go out and play hard and play well.

Kim Williams

They're going to push each other in every event. You want to talk about a tandem. These coaches all look at them and say we don't have anything like that. I'm glad they don't.

Ben Gordon

They're going to be smart enough to eventually induct Coach Calhoun. He's won two championships.

They're down in the locker room. They're out on the practice field occasionally. They're 100 percent involved. It just trickles down from there to the general manager, the coach and the players.

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.

They're a good team, but we wanted this win for Coach on the home court.

They're not going to go away. They're talented, extremely well coached and they're not going to quit. This time, we made the shots and free throws we needed in the fourth quarter. Last time, we didn't.