Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

Willie Randolph

We think we can help him in some cases. He's always had a great arm. Mechanically, there's always something a pitching coach can pick up to tweak a little bit. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't.

We're not real happy about not defending a league title this year,? said head coach Glenn Nuss.

Chris Quinn

We're not pleased with the final result, but with the inexperience we had we think it was a very successful year. It was the most fun we've ever had coaching a team, and next year we should be much improved.

Willie Anderson

We're pushing this week like it's a regular week. We haven't been told by the coaches that we weren't playing a whole lot. We're told that we're playing the whole game, and we all want to play the whole game.

We've coached some tremendous games. It's a cliche, but you can throw the records out the window when these teams play. Some years we've had the upper hand, but most years he's had the upper hand.

Those 20 points, we (the offense) really put the defense in that situation. I was really pleased with the defense. Our coaches had a great gameplan, and the guys played hard.

(Thomas) knows it, I told him I'm selfish. I'd like to get to coach him (next year). I always feel like there's one more thing you can learn.

This year we're going to introduce him to more things and, hopefully, he'll be able to pick it up. If he makes a mistake, he's making a mistake going full speed. The coach can live with that.

To say you're pressing, that's true, no doubt. Even the coaching staff. We haven't been hitting, our pitching hasn't been as good as the first half...nice to stop the bleeding.

To say you're pressing, that's true, no doubt, ... Even the coaching staff. We haven't been hitting, our pitching hasn't been as good as the first half...nice to stop the bleeding.

We like his energy, size and I think he'll be a very good defender under Jeff (Van Gundy) and the coaching staff. He can be effective in the paint and he proved on the summer team that he is a much better shooter than people thought he was. We feel fortunate to have him signed.

We've been doing this forever, and our coach really put it on us to kick some butt.

Barry Alvarez

We were scoring so fast a lot of the times, there wasn't a lot of time on the sidelines for the coaches to get enough conversation to know what the problem was, before they were back on the field.

We were scoring but they were scoring easy. Coach (Salter) told us in the locker room that if we don't play defense, we were going to lose.

Nick Saban

We were recruiting a player who had a coach from another school using the NFL as a negative about our program, ... The player said to him -- and I'm not making this up -- 'If the coach of your school is so good, why aren't they trying to hire him in the NFL?'

Nate Robinson

We waited our turn and showed Coach and the world what we can do. We can go out and play hard and have fun.

UA decided to not have (a tournament) this year, so (Gahanna coach Rick Hauser) gave me a call. We're trying to play a competitive schedule, and this (tournament) is a real test.

We don't like to play a deep sweeper like some teams. We like to step up our players to keep it tight in the midfield. It's something I've picked up coaching at higher levels.

We as coaches need to take some responsibility for preparing our girls. It's not a matter of physically being able to perform, but getting it through your head that you can.

Joe Gibbs

We have great chemistry, great character. Our goals would be to keep everybody -- the coaching staff, the players -- together and hopefully improve next year. We all feel like we've got something going here.

We're all excited to be back as coaches to work with this group. We know we have some real good Bantams coming up, so the tryouts are going to be super competitive. The whole group comes back and this is going to be that much more of a strong team.