Famous Quotes & Sayings

Paula Smith has been an outstanding coach and an exceptional representative for the University of Illinois.

Mikael Silvestre

I play for Manchester United. I don't need the coach to explain my role to me, ... It's my duty to go to the younger players in the team and help them along.

Flip Saunders

In the past, you had a guy who got nicked up, you had to make a decision. You put him on the IRE and he sat out days and games, or a coach said, 'Well, we're going to sit him out, but we're not going to replace him.' Right now, you have the luxury of, if a guy gets the flu, you can sit him out that night and if he's better the next night, you can let him play.

In the first half, nothing had been going down, but coach just told me to keep shooting. The guys did a nice job of finding me.

Will Herring

I just think Coach Tubs is real cool about it. When we get down here, we're here for two reasons. No. 1 is to win the game, but we're also down here to have a good time.

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.

I have to sit down with coach (Jim Calhoun) and sit down with my family. I'm still just thinking about the game. I've just been focusing on game after game, not thinking about the future.

I haven't thought about doing anything else other than being the head football coach at Valley West. If some school district was interested in talking, or something in that nature, or a program wanted to consider me coming in as an assistant, if it was the right situation then yeah.

I really had to do it for the team. They were looking up to me and coach was getting on me so I had to do something for us.

Pat Conroy

I really don't know what to say about Coach Robinson, except that I will come every day with as much pride and passion as I can to repay him.

Walter Hill

I really like the direction of the Georgia program and I like Coach Dennis Felton a lot, too.

I really like Nolan a lot. I think coach (Arnold) Gonzalez and his staff do a really good job preparing kids for the next level. Nolan is going to see time for us.

I really enjoyed their coach and I knew Sarah from high school vaulting. Seeing how they helped her technique, I'm excited to work with them.

I really hurt for our kids because they had such a great year. I hurt for (assistant) coach (Frank) Mattson because we wanted to get him back to state, and I hurt for my wife, because she's going to have to put up with me for the next two weeks.

I put it all on the girls. They've done an excellent job of adapting. A lot of things are the same as far as philosophies that coach Ross used. But they've done a good job adjusting.

Dwyane Wade

I put an OK day in, especially in the second half. That's just coach Riley being the emotional guy that he is.

I'm just coming in to do whatever Coach wants me to do. I'm here to support my teammates. Playing 13 years in the league, I have a lot of knowledge of the game, and I can't take it with me so I'm here to help ... and be ready to play when my time comes.

Billy Donovan

I'm fortunate to coach an unbelievable group of guys who have been totally selfless. They've been all about the team, and all about winning. ... I'm happy that I can be a part of the first-ever national championship.

If Jay Smith isn't the coach here, then this university doesn't know what it is doing. This is a cyclical league, and he has the pieces in place to get back to the top. You can see it with how hard his kids play even when they are down.

If I was the opposing coach and they had a rookie long-snapper, I'd try to test him, try to isolate him, try to take his help a little farther away from him and see what he's made of,

I have no idea yet. It all depends on what the coach is going to do next year.

I had no hesitation playing him in a key spot.

In 2001, I was the pitching coach at Buffalo, and had to miss a game to come back to Minnesota for the 10-year reunion of that 1991 Twins team. I felt guilty being away from Buffalo, but Kirby was nice enough to sign 28 baseballs for me, to take back to all the players at Buffalo. Kirby was always a guy who was willing to give. He made people happy, and he's definitely going to be missed.

I'm very happy for our seniors. This has been a very special group. All 10 of these young ladies, I love 'em dearly. They've been a pleasure to coach and this definitely will be a team I will always remember.

I'm very fortuante to work with some great coaches and coach some great kids. It's a heck of a ride for me and makes my job really enjoyable.

I'm very excited about (White) coming to be our quarterback coach. I've been very impressed, and I've talked with him about his philosophy, his fundamentals and the teaching progression that a quarterback or a group of quarterbacks goes through. He'll do a fine job in that area.

I'm sure their defense had a lot to do with our shooting, but when you are a coach you don't see it that way. You look at what you didn't do.

Matt Smith

I'm sure every coach feels their team deserves it. After being where we were Wednesday, playing the rest of the game down 3-1 and come this far. It's amazing.

Dwane Casey

I'm very encouraged. If you put a 15-year coach in this situation, they probably wouldn't be as patient, but I understand that ... it takes time.

Indiana's always been a physical team. When a team makes a run, you can't get down. You've got to keep playing. Coach told me to be more aggressive. I wanted to take what they gave me, not just force it up.

Danny Baker

In my eyes it's very important to win the cup. I went out as a player last year as a loser in the grand final and it'd be great to finish my first year as a coach on a high. I'd be very happy with that.

Peja Stojakovic

I'm excited. It's a great thing for me. They have great players and a great coach and I'm excited about my new start.

I'm extremely excited about the opportunity to come back to Purdue. I've got so many memories from my first time here, including going to the Rose Bowl, and I look forward to creating more memories. At the same time, I have so much respect for coach Tiller and the way he runs his program.