Famous Quotes & Sayings

That was a big win for us. We prepared for them in two days, but the coaches gave us a really good game plan and we stepped to it. This is our season, we're trying to turn things around.

Al Groh

coaches don't. You can't win games without the ball. You understand that, you take it and you just move on.

John Brady

I've tried to eliminate that from my thought process. But I got it. Trust me. I got it from so many people. I got it. I know it was disappointing to us as coaches and to our players and extremely disappointing to our fans.

We've been working on it all off- season. I've just got to find a way to get in there like the coaches always say. . . . Can't make no excuses.

John Jones

We'll survey all the incoming coaches to find out how many (hotel) rooms they use and where they stay.

Sathya Baba

When the coaches receives from you such treatment, how much worse treatment you deserve for not fulfilling your duty and for disappointing the expectations that you have raised by your being a man?

Dan Connor

Our coaches did a great job designing a defense that took away some of the things they like to do and some of the people they like to go to.

Our coaches are just looking at who's a good team. Purdue's going to have a good year, but they don't have to play Michigan and Ohio State. How is that fair?

Our coaches are just looking at who's a good team, ... Purdue's going to have a good year, but they don't have to play Michigan and Ohio State. How is that fair?

Jay Wright

Our coaches and our guys have a feel for that team. We know them and that should help us prepare for them. But, on the other hand, they know us too.

Our coaches always get us in situations where we can make plays. There always seems to be time for us to come back.

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.

I just decided that I had to stick with it, do what I needed to do in my classes, and all the coaches and players helped me through the process.

David Shields

If our sample is representative of the larger youth sport population, this finding would suggest that there are nearly 2 million kids being physically abused by their coaches each year.

I personally don't feel like we're ready to be contenders. But some of the coaches have been telling me that we're in a good position to sneak in and surprise some people.

I really liked it up there. I loved their coaches and it just seems like a program on the rise.

I'm so proud of our defense, I'm so proud of our coaches and I'm so proud of our leadership, ... Our seniors stepped it up this week and everyone else followed along.

I'm saying things publicly that other coaches feel.

I had no hint it was coming. Coaches were part of the decision (to go to Miami), but Coach Coker's still there (and) still wants me.

I'm sure this is tougher than state, I think the coaches will tell you that. But we never won it by this big a margin before. Last time it went to the wire.

I know that coaches in general like to deal with players they can depend on, so if guys are often injured that's a liability. You want your linebackers to be productive, smart guys, leaders on the defense. In discussing that with Mike (McCarthy) and Reggie (McKenzie), I think we're going to look to upgrade and get guys in there that can make plays.

Cedric Benson

I knew my time was going to come, I just had to be ready when it came. It does say something for the coaches and what they think of me.

I'm not going to say the offensive coaches voted it down. We'll be back at it. . . . I'm sure it will be back.

I'm definitely not the running type, ... I'm probably in the negative rushing for my career, but I've worked with the coaches to fit the system. I'm always confident in my passing, which helps.

I'm proud of our record, with the schedule we played. Hopefully we'll have a good tournament run and prove the support of the coaches true.

I learned the names of the coaches and all the support staff. They're obviously real important to my success. There are a lot of new faces I have to get to know.

I made a lot of errors early, most of them throwing. Defense is my game and the coaches worked hard on getting me straightened out. I only made 15 errors in the last three months.

I love him. He's probably one of the favorite coaches that I've had. He's the type of person I want coaching me. He's not too uptight. He's not in your face. He enjoys other things instead of just football. He's very good on the sideline if things are going wrong and people are freaking out.

Bill Callahan

I love going on the road and visiting with coaches and seeing different players and talking with guys. It was a great dialogue. I look forward to getting out in the spring and visiting with a lot more coaches.

Their coaches do such a good job of recruiting the kids with passion and energy. You don't always see that. A lot of these college coaches are dry, have no personality and are very bland.

I'm not so sure the (Michigan State) coaches were happy that I went home, but it was something I had to do.

I'm not really in favor of that, but I know most of the coaches are. I'd rather have just one state championship. But I do understand the small-school-versus-the-larger-school (issue), and I know that's what they're looking at.

I'm not one of those coaches who cries about officiating. You can't whine about a play that happened two plays ago. You have to focus on what's in front.