Famous Quotes & Sayings

Just about all the terminology has changed. That makes it harder for players to relate because you don't know if this is the same as what coach Gibbs used to do.

Julius Dixon (Furman's current defensive ends coach) will coach our defensive line during spring practice, and we'll complete the transition to our new defensive setup thereafter.

Julia is a great lacrosse player and taught us some things, but she was more of a friend than a coach. We had some good lacrosse players, but we needed the coach to put it all together.

We haven't seen a zone defense in a long time, and it got us out of sync. It was a veteran coach outsmarting a young coach. We weren't ready for it.

We just couldn't stop their offense. I've got to do a better job of coaching than what I've done the last two weeks. I still think we could have played with them if we just had played better.

You can have a coach looming over you and watching your every move, but until you take it upon yourself to get better, you're not going to, and that's what separates her from the others.

You can feel it. It's a pleasure to coach them.

You don't compare the teams, you compare the situations. What makes it easier for us now is that coach has the blueprint. He's done this before.

You let the playmakers make the plays and quarterback, as coach Bowden says, just drives the car.

Skip Bertman

You knew she was ill. But even through last week, she was upbeat. She was a great coach, but more importantly, she was a great human being. She touched a lot of people. I was happy for her that she could see all the hard work come to fruition. To reach goals like that, not everybody can do. It was a life well lived and well served.

You just hope somebody is listening. I think it says what most of the (conference) coaches and players feel. It's a strong conference.

E. B. White

You just have to trust the coaches. (The Broncos) have a new coaching staff, everything. It's really you just trusting the coaches and them saying this is what you're going to do.

You just have to be as good as the number one guy. If the quarterback goes down, like coach says, it's kind of like a NASCAR team and we're the driver. You can't really win a race without a driver; you need someone to drive the car.

You can always play defense. No matter what you're doing offensively, defensively it's all about heart, hustle and toughness. I think that's what coach Lowery has instilled in us.

John Brady

You can coach a long time and never have a group of people like I have.

Winneconne is a very good team and very talented. (Coach) Ralph (Larson) has them playing very well. They are a very disciplined them and has always matched up with us very well.

Whiz deserves Coach of the Year. He's accomplished a lot with this team. No one knew how we were going to fit together. But he had confidence it would work.

We can't get a 6-foot-6 post player every year. You have to coach what walks through the door.

Jay Thomas

We were very excited to be back on the field. The players were upbeat and very positive. The coaches are doing a great job. The retention of the players, as well as their conditioning, was actually pretty good.

We were more ready to play than I even thought we were going in. Even during the infield/outfield drills before the game, I don't think we've been that sharp in over two years. That's the kind of things a coach looks for early on. The guys couldn't understand why I was smiling so much before the game started.

Mike Richardson

We realized as we talked to some other coaches that she hit those big shots in a lot of games. The first time we played her she wasn't really a factor, but we said tonight that we have to know where No. 14 (Short) is at all times and have a hand in her face.

We played great today and that is why coach said to kick them in the teeth, because he wanted it to show at the end of the game. And we showed it with a 33-point win.

We have to take it one step at a time. Quoting from the great Tom Osborne that you never look at the next game until you play the one right in front of you. That's how I focus when I coach games.

We hope it's coach Walters. We'll have all the starters back if he comes back. He's a good coach and a good teacher.

He always wanted to coach. He would come in my office and say, 'Let's talk coaching.' I would say, 'Well, it is kind of hard to divorce myself of the situation since you are one of my players. So we're not going to talk long.'?

He called one of the coaches to let him know.

(Head coach Dennis) Murphy got on me at halftime and I took that as a challenge. I went out with more intensity in the second half.

Heather is one of the up-and-coming coaches in our profession. I loved her competitiveness as a player and am excited to have her on the Utah volleyball staff.

Chan Gailey

He also said coaches coach, and administrators administrate.

Greg Schiano

He really has a great demeanor about him. I can't tell you what's going on inside but to all the players and coaches he sure is a cool customer. Sometimes in life if that's how you appear, even if you're not, it makes everybody else comfortable.

Ben Howland

Herb is a great coach. He's so smart and intelligent. Our league is a great league. It's getting tougher and tougher. Herb just made it tougher.

Rick Barnes

Herb hasn't been appreciated the way he should be appreciated. He deserves more than the way he's been treated. He has poured everything he has into the job. I don't think they could find a better coach for their program.

He probably transported more kids home than any two coaches in the entire state of South Carolina. They would get to some of the major Saturday meets a little later because Y.C. was going around picking his kids up.