Famous Quotes & Sayings

It was a big win. Coach (Harris) told us in the locker room - you don't want to go into the playoffs with a loss.

It was a big turnaround from last year. They worked hard. I went to the coaches meeting recently and I sat next to (Brandon coach) Tim (Stone). I said 'I hope we can give you a game' and he said 'Don't feed me that, I just don't want to get in a skating match with you guys.' They said at the meeting when you play Linden you better lace up your skates, because you are going to skate hard for 45 minutes.

Brent Celek

It was a big thing. When you get to the 2-yard line, you've got to score. It doesn't matter what the coaches call, you have to score. We didn't, and it was a 14-point swing right there.

It was annoying. I was tired of it. I wanted to throw it off for good, but the coaches told me I had to wear it if I wanted to go back into the game.

It was an incredible accomplishment for our team, the program and our coaching staff to reach this point. This has been a difficult season for us, but part of life is handling difficulties and learning to cope with them.

It wasn't a real pretty game, but a win is a win. That's all you really want. Coach always tells us, good teams find a way to win.

It was like not breathing. Going to practice just gave me inspiration to keep studying. I hung around, because I didn't want to let Coach Croom down. I know now what I should've been doing in my life.

It was nothing more than we went out there and played a solid game. It wasn't the fact that the coaches let us loose. We just played well. Period.

It was near the coaches. The coaches would watch you and what you ate. They had no idea what you were eating in your dormitory room.

It was a good learning experience for his career. (Monson) made sure Rico got (academics) straight where most coaches wouldn't have cared.

Justin Johnson

It was a good game, but I'd say we could have played better. We've got good coaches and a good line. I'm pretty sure we could have stepped up on defense and played better.

I wanted to be a 5A coach and see if I could coach at that level.

Joe Horn

I want $30,000. I'm not trying to player-hate Coach Mora, but it shouldn't be a double-standard league. A player gets fined, then a coach should get fined under any circumstances.

Eric Mangini

I've got tremendous mentors. I've worked with some of the greatest coaching minds in the NFL.

I've got to pinch myself to see if this is real. This kind of validates the program now. It kind of validates a coaching career, too, I guess.

I've just been in the right spots and coaches have made the right calls. I'm just the one lucky enough to be open.

I've known coach Kay since 93, ... He and I have had mutual friendship and respect for one another for 13 years and it makes it easier for me to get to the place that I'm ready to accomplish. With his coaching ways and discipline, it was definitely a factory in coming here.

I've just got to go back to the drawing board. Me and coach have to sit down, talk about it and see what it takes to get me open. Teams are just playing me harder.

I've had coaches say they spent all week practicing just on how to play her.

Bobby Cox

I've had coaches make out lists all day long, ... Some have two (catchers), some have three.

Scott Robinson

I've had a tremendous experience with the girls' lacrosse program at Mount Hebron and got to be around so many great players and coaches, ... It was a tough decision for me, but I felt that I needed to spend time coaching my two kids so I won't look back and say that I missed this part of their lives.

David Greene

I've heard a lot of stories where rookies are not getting any reps, and they have to do it all on their own and it gets very frustrating. But (quarterbacks coach Jim) Zorn has been great. He's really worked with us a lot, and I feel like I've learned a lot already.

Jim Johnson

I've had a lot of thrills in coaching. I've coached a lot of wonderful kids. But I've never experienced such a thrill.

It was different, ... I'm not used to being in control, but the coaches helped me and we worked together.

It was frustrating. Coach told me though that we were going to wing it. Coach called option one time and I called timeout because I knew I could not run the play.

It was definitely a learning process. It was obviously the first time I was getting to play collegiate ball, but I had a great coach and great experience.

It was cool. My coach doesn't really look for me to score. I just look to play defense, rebound and run the floor, and I guess everything else will come.

It was extremely difficult, ... Coach felt like he needed to make a change, and he did, and I was the person that got changed. For whatever reason, right or wrong, as a player you're still trying to figure out what you did wrong.

It was always on my parents' mind and my mind. I knew that if I went to Sonoma I wouldn't get the coaching I needed.

It was a lot of fun, ... It's different not being in there the whole time. I'm just trying to learn, trying to learn as much as I can from the coaches and trying to get as good as I can.

It was so hot, I just whipped off my hat and gave it to one of the American coaches who is giving splits out on the course.

It was shocking to us. He was here for one year, and then all of a sudden he took off. A lot of us had our heads down. We're thinking coaches are looking at us as a team where you get your credentials up and then head off to a high-profile place.

It was shocking. They had 300 yards in the first half. When coach told us that, our eyes got big.