Famous Quotes & Sayings

We've had a winning program through the years. That will be a better magnet for coaches wanting to come in this area, coming to a quality program that's established and has a reputation of being a winning program.

We've had a few Division I coaches contact us about some kids, and not that I don't trust them, but I want to see them myself before I make a commitment. So we're waiting on film. Once we get that we'll make a decision and we'll get on it.

Billy Donovan

Every minute of it. I'm thrilled, I really am. Hopefully with the job he's done, it will bode well for (assistants) Anthony Grant and Donnie Jones and other coaches who have been here.

Every day I pray for one of my teammates to win a medal. But I think there is more pressure on the officials and coaches than on me. The only thing I need to do is skate my best.

As I started doing really well, some college coaches started to notice me. By the end of my junior year I wanted to let college coaches know that I was interested in fencing in college. Penn was the perfect fit for me.

At these showcase tournaments, there might be 200 colleges in attendance. And it's not just for the star players. There are coaches from NAIA to Division I.

(Dexter) was the first one to get his letter to Ole Miss. The coaches said he'd also be the first one to get the ball.

Diplomatic skills are required to work with an owner like Vladimir, but I think there will be a queue of top-class coaches coming forward now.

Rick Pitino

I never thought that shoes would be the reason that you recruit players, but it's a factor. I think we need to get the shoe companies out of the lives of the athletes. I think we need to get it back to where parents and coaches have more of a say than peripheral people, but that's easier said than done.

Bubba Franks

To me it was more than a walk-through. I had to do a little more conditioning after practice to show the coaches I was in shape, which was no problem for me. I kind of took this as a mini-practice because everyone else was walking through (plays) and I'm the only guy running routes. It was fun. It was exciting to be back.

Dave Price

We should do something called 'Dancing With the Anchors' ... get dance coaches to work with us ... wouldn't that be hilarious?

We are going to have national coaches and a national reporting line that represents the national philosophy.

Tony Lewis is the most underrated football player out there. Once college coaches find out about Tony, he'll get serious looks from colleges. He's a wonderful young man.

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.

Bobby Petrino

We have another challenging schedule that our players, coaches and fans will enjoy. We play at Kansas State for the first time and we have Kentucky, Miami and West Virginia at home for our fans. It's going to be a tough schedule, but I know our players will be excited about what's in front of them.

George Vecsey

Many of the most successful coaches and managers have come from players who never reached the highest level. The one exception seems to be basketball, where many of the greatest stars at least tried to coach a team.

We're continuing to move forward. The idea of the setback of time is not really an issue. I had a couple of other coaches in mind and I visited with them over the weekend.

One of the main reasons our defense has played so consistently is our work on and improvement in our tackling. We haven't had the missed tackles that we've had in the past. That's something the defensive coaches emphasized in the spring and have continued to emphasize in practice now. By making sure we stress the fundamentals, and that's one of the things we do each week, that has paid off with how well our defense has tackled compared to previous teams.

He would have been in good shape going to any one of the three. The other two coaches were working extremely hard.

Some coaches have different philosophies. But I'd much rather have to win two games than three games to win the sectional.

Nick Saban

Before Scott joined the Dolphins, I considered him to be one of the most innovative offensive coaches in the league.

He said (the coaches understood) he needs to make an informed decision. So they didn't pressure him about making a commitment over the weekend. So he's probably going to look at visiting a couple other places. This is a big decision for him.

Dennis Erickson

Just being around the players and coaches; the camaraderie of the game; to see them learn and get better, improve all the time; and being around the coaches and coaching football, which is what I do best. Probably the most fun is to see them get better as a football team and as individuals.

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?

I was extremely disappointed Brittany Wilkins was not an all-conference player. And I will mention it to the coaches in our league.

I think I've been playing a lot because I'm working hard in practice and the coaches noticed.

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

Carson had a lot of reasons to be emotionally down, but their coaches did a good job because they were ready to play.

He used that word a lot. He said coaches have a hard time teaching it and some of them are things you can't teach.

Mike Shanahan

He can take some visitors, so that's a good sign. We'll have a number of players and coaches going over there this afternoon, but they still want him to rest. (The doctors) feel very good about his progress.

Rodney Carney

He coaches every single play, and you're going to have to do it, even if we're up 35 or 40. If you're out there playing around, and not really intense, he's going to sub you. You don't want to get subbed. You want to be out there and play.

Jim Larranaga

There are so many great coaches who never get to the major level. I hope that I do represent them here.