Famous Quotes & Sayings

He gets high marks for recruiting and for organizing the offensive coaches and preparing quarterbacks,

Bret Bielema

He gave me those notes to reflect on the move, just like Coach Holtz had given him the notes. It's great to hear different philosophies on coaching.

He does him all the time. He's got coach down perfect.

He does all the small things for us. He gets guys in the right spot and is kind of a coach out on the floor.

Aaron Gray

He does a great job of getting people to play their best. One of the reasons we are such a good team is that every day in practice is like a game to us. Everything we do is competitive, and everything we do we want to win, no matter what the drill is. He knows you have to coach everyone differently.

He'd much rather be walking. In college, he had the right to use a cart, and he didn't for two years. He'd drag that leg around during those 36-hole days, refusing to get in a cart. Finally it got to be too much and his coach insisted he ride.

He'll stop down at Rutgers one more time before that day and he'll listen to (Florida) coach (Billy) Donovan before that day (May 4). We just wanted to have a date set for him.

He may try to go to school in Poland. He was a major part of our greatest year and obviously, if he had come back, we'd be a top 20 team this year. There had to be a deadline. A lot of coaches might have done everything they could to convince him to come back, but I felt that because he was still wavering at such a late date, if he's not sure he should be here than he probably shouldn't be here.

He makes you feel good about doing tough things. That's what I think makes him the exceptional coach that he is. In times of crisis, he's still cool, he's still excited about us competing and playing ball. He's still pushing us forward.

Mark Johnson

He not only made me a better player, he made me a better coach.

He never pushes us or anything. He doesn't coach us, but if I say, 'I need help on my serves,' he'll give us pointers. It's great having that.

He'll be remembered more for the type of person he was than the coach he was. And that says a lot.

Brenda Lee

He loves the kids and does whatever he can to make them do their best. He is a wonderful father and coach and we are all proud of him today.

He loved teaching, whether it was football or academically. He was always laughing and telling jokes but he still got his point across. Clayton was one of the first coaches who tried to make in fun and he saw the wisdom in that.

He molded a lot of young kids. He was a tough, fair and likable guy as a coach.

This wasn't a real difficult decision. I knew in my heart that I wanted to play for coach Davis and that's what I'm going to do.

Roger Goodell

I hold head coaches accountable.

Warren Gatland

A lot of coaching is about results and if you don't get the right results, you're going to get criticism, but if all things are going well then you can enjoy yourself.

Warren Gatland

Coaching is about not being afraid to be challenged and, above all, trying to enjoy the experience.

Winston Churchill

The definition of courage is going from defeat to defeat with enthusiasm.

Bob Hill

Our coach was concerned that the interest level was dying down. We had about four or five loyal guys, but you can't play a game with four or five guys.

Our coach told us she would be the X-factor, and she was. She was amazing. We had our hands in her face and she still knocked them down.

Our coach told us she would be the X-factor, and she was.

Our coaching staff has some significant changes. Mark Hagen has returned as the varsity assistant. His experience and savvy will pay immediate dividends to our players.

Our coaching staff has been totally supportive of what we are doing, ... It's the right thing to do.

Our coaching staff had us prepared so well that I feel like we knew their plays better than ours.

Our coaching staff did do a great job. We knew that play was coming.

Dave Pietramala

Our coaching staff and players are excited to be a part of something that honors Doyle Smith, a man who dedicated so much of his time and energy to the sport of lacrosse. This is a wonderful tribute to Doyle and the Johns Hopkins men's lacrosse program is proud to pay tribute to him for all that he did for this game.

Our coach has been here for several years (nine), but he's never won a game at the national championship, so we want to play as hard as we can to get him one.

Our coach has always been harping on the strikers to make combination plays. I think Shannon and I finally got that play we needed. He hit me wide on the flank, I played a cross and he took it from there. He pretty much set up the play.

Our coaches told us all week we've got to get pressure on him. We know that's going to be an important thing because we have to help the linebackers and the (secondary).

Our coaches talk a lot about our forwards fronting their defenders. They make everyone's job easier when they step in front of their defender.

Mike Martin

Our coaches sort of laughed, because we were in the right position to make the play. We just said, 'That's OK, we'll come back and make it up,' and they did.