Famous Quotes & Sayings

They have liked how it has turned out. We know those coaches and respect their opinions.

There's a lot of Iowans who have gone on to be good at the college coaching level. I want to be one of them.

There's a lot of interest from very qualified coaches, coaches who have had success at their programs. I was very surprised that it would create that kind of interest, and that quickly.

Jim Connors

There's a lot to be learned from the juniors and seniors, just keep working hard, even through the though times and you will be successful. I just realized recently that the coaches are created to make us better - remember that and respect them for it.

There's a lot of technique involved and the way (throws coach Dennis Kline) sets up our training, our distances go up and up as the season progresses.

The release form had to go to Coach (Mike) Carey and then he called my dad.

The relays are always super exciting. Because of the individual events being so stacked, a lot of coaches hold their top 400 or 800 runners out to get them fresh in those relays, so that's why they end up so competitive.

Phil Jackson

There's a process teams go through to put themselves in a competitive place. And when they get to that position, I felt like if they want me to coach that team, I'd have to listen to them, because of my connections in New York and my connections as a Knick.

There's an old saying, 'Defense wins championships' and there's a big question mark there. It's been there the whole season, it's been our Achilles' heel. We can talk about it all we want, coaches continue to harp on it, but it takes our defensive players on the field to stand up and do their job and it's as simple as that.

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.