Famous Quotes & Sayings

It's a great run we've been on. I've been coaching these girls since they were in the fifth grade, so I don't expect anything less.

It's a little odd that we're nine games over .500 and we're making a coaching change, but we do have high expectations for our team. We know we have to play better down the stretch.

Your first head coaching job is the toughest year of your life,

Larry Brown

You're coaching a storied franchise, ... I want to see this franchise respected, being a contender every year, having people come to the Garden and saying, 'Man, they played the right way.'

Clint Hurdle

You're a lot more involved in the coaching side. But it comes to a point where you have to let them play, you have to let them grow.

You never want to include the word 'fire' and the word 'Gretzky' in the same sentence. It's my decision, but it'll never come to that. Wayne is someone who, if he's not coaching to a level that he is happy with performance-wise, I'm sure he'll be the first one to recognize it.

I informed the coaching staff, and they thought I was kidding.

I made (the decision) a long time ago. I'm a little long in the tooth and I'm not getting any younger. I don't think I'll be able to get it done at 40 years old in Vancouver. I'd love to do it. It's time for me to start my football coaching career.

Tom Renney

I knew what kind of coaching staff I wanted because I knew how I like to work. I think we cover each other real well. We have a philosophy about the game, having not played, that forces us to really identify with the work habits required to get anywhere.

Granted, we're 0-2 (this season), so it looks like the same old Newton, but it's not, ... With the youth and the coaching staff, it's a totally different attitude.

All of the guys coming in are big-time guys. They're guys that are wanted very much so by this coaching staff.

All of the girls on the team know that they can score and that they can rebound. The key for us is to make sure that they can do that consistently and play the way they are capable. You're very happy as a coaching staff when you have four players in double figures.

Bruce Pearl

And he looked at me, and he put the whistle in his mouth like I was coaching and he was going to give me a technical. I said, 'What, are you going to throw me out?' And he ran over to security. Before anything could happen, I just left the gym and went to the concession stand.

And for what? Nobody gets into coaching for the money, but it helps, and you start to say is it worth it?

Jack Welch

In the future, those who are not coaches will not be promoted.

Jack Welch

Does coaching work? Yes. Good coaches provide a truly important service. They tell you the truth when no one else will.

Dick Vitale

These guys are teachers, and you can see it watching any of their practices, much less their games. You can watch (the ESPN program) 'Knight School' and see that he still loves to be in a coaching situation. I know he gets a little frustrated with the losses sometimes, but he's still out there doing it.

Jay Cutler

This has been so much fun. When you get the wins and things actually go right for you, it validates me coming back and all the work this coaching staff has put in,

Matt Millen

This is a good coaching staff - with the emphasis on coaching. That's what I'm seeing.

All I know is it's Florida State-Miami, and it doesn't get better than that. You'll see some massive hits. You'll see great plays. And I'll be coaching my butt off, but I'll be enjoying it too. It'll be an unbelievable thing.

You've got to put a coaching staff together that's responsible and can do things for you, because you can't do it yourself. And then you've also got to have talented kids, which we do. So we've got the combination that you need to get here. It's not me, it's not one person.

All we can do coaching wise is tell them to take (a pitch) so we don't give them easy outs.

Bo Ryan

All three played in pretty good (high school) programs, and that always helps coming into a college situation. But being the first practice, it's still too early to get a read on the freshmen. They're attentive, they're hungry, they have good instincts, they've had good coaching and hopefully they'll continue to stay hungry and continue to get good coaching.

The girls doing their job made our coaching decision a good one tonight.

The difference between the general manager and the coaching staff is they don't go to work 'til February, ... The general manager has to go to work right now. We'd like to let the new owner make as many of those major decisions as possible.

Mike Leach

You're either coaching it or allowing it to happen.

Marc Trestman

What I do for myself stays within me, what I do for others lasts a lifetime.

The coaching was great today. That run gave us an extra edge. It really helped our pitchers out, and it was great for momentum. There was a little trash talking going on between us and them so this was a big win for us.

The coaching team has identified a utility back with some experience as a target addition, and I can think of no one better than Denzil to re-join our first team squad.

The coaching staff is optimistic about this year's club. Nine of our 18 players are returning from last year's roster and we have some quality additions who will also have an immediate impact.

The coaching staff is looking to the players who stood out last season to continue this trend and stand out even more - to take their games to another level. We hope to see the players who do not typically get the limelight to enhance their team contributions and roles.

John Higgins

The coaching staff has welcomed me with open arms,

The coaching staff has really been emphasizing getting to players quicker. Not necessarily to make a big hit, but to take away their time and space to make a play.