Famous Quotes & Sayings

When you have that many personnel bests, it's a huge accomplishment for any coach and team.

When you have other programs wanting to talk to your coach, it means she's doing a good job.

When you have kids who are willing to put in the time and effort and coaches who are willing to do the same, then you're going to be successful, I think.

Rich Rodriguez

When you play a team that's got a great secondary with great speed, you can't make a lot of moves. Coach (Calvin) Magee and I were on him the last two weeks, 'Steve, press the blocks, make one cut and just hit it.' And he did that today.

Bill Belichick

There are 11 guys on the field, including the coaching staff and everyone else on the sideline,

Rasheed Wallace

There are lot of people in the media out here not focused on team play. We get more praise from high school coaches or small-college coaches about our team's play than a lot of media. I think the NBA is still more one-on-one, got to score, got to dunk and all that. That's not us.

There are just dozens and dozens of quality football coaches out there,

We love people knowing who Northern Iowa is. It's a great accomplishment for us as seniors and for the coaching staff. To say we'd rather be unknown, I don't think we would.

When you look at her longevity and what she gave to the program, I think that is really rare. She is the rare exception in the coaching world and I was very fortunate to be a part of that as a player and a colleague.

When you don't score on five-on-three, as a coach you feel haunted. That gave the Swedish team another lift and they played with even more determination.

The players and coaches spend so much time and effort, you just want them to get it right. Regardless of whether you're on the good end of it or not. It could be a handful of plays during the season that can determine a championship.

The players and coaches have more confidence. We won two games on the road. The way we're playing, is helping our confidence.

The players and coaches are looking forward to this weekend's competition. Each player has been working hard this spring during individual workouts and has shown improvement. Team practices started this past Monday, and it was exciting to get all of the players together and practice in a team setting.

We've got the (National) Coaches Convention coming up. All of these guys are going to that, and you never know what's going to happen during that thing. A lot of job opportunities spring up during those meetings. I just want to wait until after that to see what I'm dealing with.

We've just got to stay positive. We've just got to keep on working. We've got a great coach and we've got great coaches around us. We've got a talented team. We've just got to get it together.

This report shows we are making progress. With the commitment we have from our coaches and student-athletes, we expect continued improvement in the years to come.

There have been some issues in the past with these guys and this was just the final straw. In talking about and discussing it with our coaches and the kids, it was decided it needed to be the end.

The reason why I coach is to try to give many kids the opportunities that I had.

There hasn't been that much said about it because Tony, the coaches and the players have made it look so easy.

When coach told me how he felt about it I just had to take it. I understood where he was coming from. He just felt more comfortable with the other guys at that point.

When coach Cheney resigned, I thought it was going to be one of those rebuilding years. We got mad because we were the underdogs, and nobody expects Kellogg to come out and actually be good. We're tired of just being known as Kellogg.

When coach called my name, I kind of froze.

Al Groh

Whenever George has something to say, we're very interested in it. Because he's the only coach around here who's going to be in the Hall of Fame. So, why wouldn't we listen to him?

When I signed, I told coach that my goal was to someday play in the Sweet 16. And for it to finally happen in my senior season is incredible.

We said last year we wouldn't play each other right after this tournament. But (BRHS head) Coach (Pam) Robinson and I just decided to do it again.

We said when he got here that he would have to work his way up. I told my coaches that there aren't going to be any battlefield promotions out on the field. He's going to have to go through the process. When he shows us he knows the system and he's getting the job done, then he'll move up.

We knew that his teammates at USC rallied around him. His coach, Pete Carroll, went on and on about his intangibles. He sets the tempo for a defense. He's very confident.

We knew she was the go-to girl and coach told us where she was going to hit them. It was definitely helpful knowing that.

We kind of got real fired up when coach Curry got a (technical).

We key on a lot of stuff in this defense. I did have some input because I played this team seven times in the past three years with the Vikings. I just let some of the coaches and the guys know what it was going to be like.

We kept it close. I told my kids with nine seconds on the clock, do not leave this game with your head down. Y'all have exceeded everyone's expectations. I told my kinds very little about Franklin. My kids didn't know how good Franklin was or how good their history really was.

Woody Johnson

We thought the most important thing after Herm left was to get the coach in place, and we were focusing on that.

Bobby Hamilton

We thought he was going to be out. You can't coach heart. That motivates you.