Famous Quotes & Sayings

Plays like that, we practice that a lot. Coach always talks about plays that take the life out of the other team. And that play right there, that's what it did.

Playing for Coach Wallace wasn't the easiest thing at first. I used to take his yelling personally and it would get me down. Now, I realize he's only trying to make me a better player. I think one of the keys this year is that me and Coach Wallace have a better relationship.

Peyton Manning

Players were surprised and upset emotionally about it. Everybody said a team prayer for coach Dungy and his family.

Will Poole

Players love the style of play we play here. Freshmen get an opportunity to come in and play. The coaching staff is just great -- they're jumping around, they're in your face. And you're in L.A. -- who wouldn't want to come to L.A.?

Mike Holmgren

Players and coaches who have gone through the game, that helps.

Players and coaches are always willing to help in any way possible.

Really, we're working on getting the Trojans better. We're not where we want to be. Our players, our coaches aren't satisfied with how things have been going.

Tony Dungy

Really, it seems like the minority coaches have to do more, for a longer period of time before they get the opportunity. That's the injustice that I see.

Recruiting and coaching pitching are the two things I've done since I started coaching in 1996,

DeLoss Dodds

Regardless, we are proud of our student-athletes, coaches and support staff who have worked at meeting the standards, but we are not satisfied with some of our numbers.

Really, what that does is frustrate a coach, but you have to give credit to their offense.

Reggie is the type of coach you know will always be in your life. He is a genuine person who is always there for you through any situation.

Marshall Faulk

Our relationship is really good. It's positive. There's no strains in it. And I foresee it being the same way as we go on. Coach (Martz) has done a good job of letting us know our roles so it's fairly simple and there's no complications.

Freddy Adu

Our relationship is fine. We've had our differences but, you know, we resolved them. I respect coach Novak and I know he'll get me where I want to get to.

(Originally) I didn't want the pressure of having to coach him and him having to play for me. I reached the point where I wondered if he should be here (at Memorial). I felt a lot better for him and his program this season.

Paula's one of the most kind-hearted people I've ever met, and she will be greatly missed in the coaching field.

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

Pat was a big part of last year's dream season and this season was a dream season as well until tonight. He always gives a great effort and had another great season. Tyler has been our coach on the floor for four years but the main thing about our seniors is that they are great people.

Paul is a special kid. I don't think I'm ever going to coach another kid like him.

Paul is a good coach as well. He's going to provide some mentorship to Dan. They're similar goaltenders. Dan reminds us a lot of Paul when he was 16.

Our main concern at this time is for Mary's health. It will be up to her doctors to determine when she will be able to resume her coaching duties.

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.

In the third quarter we made some big plays and took it over. Coach Fisher told us at halftime to put it on them, get it over with and don't let it get into a dogfight.

In the third quarter we made some big plays and took it over, ... Coach Fisher told us at halftime to put it on them, get it over with and don't let it get into a dogfight.

In years past, there was more ... pressure to perform. Coach has been real laid-back. He lets us just go out there and make plays.

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 locker room, coach really got on us and motivated us. We knew we had to come out and keep shooting because eventually they're going to start falling. Fortunately they did.

Billy Davis

In the NFL every year, a situation like this occurs. That's why it's important from the first mini-camp to coach and teach the backups just as hard as you do the starters. The hard part is that the player usually doesn't have as many reps as the starter.

In the regular season, our coaches want us to play under pressure. This way, we're ready for the pressure in the playoffs.

Todd Martin

In practice, we really do well. This is an enjoyable team to coach in practice. But tonight we didn't show up. It's difficult to explain it.

If you travel back and forth between two countries for doing such a prestigious job, people have problems getting used to it. It's the first time ever that somebody did that in Germany, so I get criticized because nobody else did it before. For other coaches it's just normal.

If you said ?hard-work,? Coach Harris would fit that word pretty well in coaching.

If you're talking to me, I want to be the head coach here.