Coaching Quotations | Page 4

I always felt I was going to have a lot of fun coaching these guys. They've had the right attitude, and winning has been the byproduct of it.

I also do a lot of coaching and working with our staff members. We have certain goals every week and we need to make sure that we're meeting those goals.

He was magnificent down the stretch, making big shot after big shot. He criticized himself and really took it out on the team. From a coaching standpoint, you can't ask for anything more.

We made lots of mistakes. They did a better job of coaching and playing in the first half than we did. We had to turn that around in the second half and we did.

He was our 'go-to-guy' and our offense ran through him as well. Jeremy did a great job this year. It was a big adjustment for him compared to the previous year because he had to show some leadership out on the floor with the youth we had. I expected a lot out of him and I think I got what I needed out of Jeremy this year. I thought that he stepped up and did what we asked of him and made himself a presence out there on the floor and us as a coaching staff appreciated that.

He was just a raw-boned kid that loved the game and never took a play off. Coming from a small town, he had not learned a whole lot about football. So he would always want to know, 'Coach, should I take a 6-inch step, should I take a 12-inch step, what's my aiming point?' It was like coaching a kid in youth league that wants to ask you a million questions.

We have to be intelligent with our pitchers and not get too aggressive. We wouldn't want to use somebody we want available for the weekend, too. Both coaching staffs would agree on that.

We meet at least once a week with the CATS program and the coaching staff to communicate with the players to keep up with their school work.

He wants to carry on playing as long as he can before he turns to coaching and he felt this was the right move.

I also think he doesn't yet understand where the line should be drawn between coaching responsibilities and his religious faith. And the reason I believe that is evidence of that fact continually comes up in the press.

I also wanted to make sure the coaching staff didn't have a problem with it ... and that it was Greg and I coaching together. Once we knew the staff would be intact, it was like 'Why not? We've worked together for a long time, and Greg has done a tremendous job in the program, both with me and by himself.

He just told us to go out there and do what we do best. I think it would have been better if he was here, though. But Coach Jordan did a good job coaching us tonight. We don't really brag about (our record). We just thank God we've got players who play up to their potential.

He (Davis) thought it was an appropriate time for the AD (athletic director) and me to consider a coaching change for next year and at his request we have done so.

He was the anchor of our line last year, ... He's always been mentally tough. That's why he was able to play as a sophomore. He's just so tough that he's able to put up with the things that go along with it, tough practices and coaching and all of that.

He was the anchor of our line last year. He's always been mentally tough. That's why he was able to play as a sophomore. He's just so tough that he's able to put up with the things that go along with it, tough practices and coaching and all of that.

We made too many mistakes in all phases of the game. We've got to do a better job of coaching and a better job of playing.

We made wholesale changes. A whole new coaching staff. It's a fresh start for pretty much everyone. We had to get younger. We lost Sam and Spree. They were great players, all stars in this league, so we have to find a way to make up for those guys. I think we're going to do it with hard work and playing our roles.

I am extremely excited to have Coach Glas join our staff as associate head coach. He's a coaching legend. To have someone of his experience joining our staff is invaluable. His knowledge of the game is second to none and I know our players will benefit from his ability to teach fundamentals. Above all else, he is a mentor and a terrific friend. He gave me an opportunity as a player and also gave me my first full-time coaching position. I couldn't be happier that we'll be working together again.

I am flattered Sam's name has been linked with the England coaching vacancy.

I am looking forward to coaching him. He is a no-nonsense competitor who will bring great experience and leadership to our squad.

He was coaching us through it, ... It's pretty simple. You've got a diamond that represents your line of site. That's the perfect track you want to be on. There's a box, and you want to put your box over the diamond and keep it there. As you're maneuvering the space shuttle you want to stay on that diamond.

If we were to lose, this was the best possible way. We made some critical 'rookie' mistakes that can be corrected with the good coaching that we definitely have.

If something happens and it improves our team, it happens. If something doesn't happen you've got to keep coaching and hope you coach them better.

If Steve struggles, I don't think there are going to be any tears shed in the coaching community. That's because he made us all cry when we had to play against him.

He did that with passion He was really good, and it didn't matter to him if it was coaching a little league ball team or coaching in a state championship game or the NCAA Tournament. He had so much passion for what he did and he wanted to do it until the end. He felt that was his purpose in life." ()

He was an amazing man. He got me my first coaching job at Deer Park Junior High in 1991. He was a respected, loved man.

He was arrested on assault and battery charges under the domestic abuse statute. He was taken to the Forrest County jail. We notified the Dean of Students and coaching staff. The call came from Frat Row.

He's had another year of becoming more familiar with the personnel, more familiar with what he has on the offensive side of the ball, but I think Galen is one of the best coaches in the country as far as coaching on game day. He does a great job making adjustments on the fly, and that's a hard skill to do.

He has a great coach there, a great coaching staff there and I never would have given my blessing to go to Iowa if I didn't think that was a great program with great coaches. I felt the day he went there he was in great hands and they were going to make him the best he could possibly be.

He taught me everything I know about coaching and dealing with kids. He just said how proud he was of me, and I thanked him. Weston was the team that pushed us all year long.

He had a passion for sports, mostly basketball, but he was willing to coach anything and everything they asked him to. But more importantly, he had a passion for teaching and coaching kids.

He will have complete control of team selection, tactics and coaching issues. I will concentrate on strategic issues that affect the club in less obvious but equally important ways.

He was tough but fair. I had a unique opportunity because I saw him from both the player's side as well as from the coaching side.

He was trying to send a message to us to get out there and play as hard as we could. We hadn't been doing that up until that point. He sent a message to us and that's just good coaching. He was coaching his heart out.

I'm all for a change. There's a lot of coaching that goes on now. I'm not sure I want the coach on the court the whole match, but why not let the player talk to the coach between sets? It gives TV people something to talk about, and it adds to the experience for fans and viewers.

I'm allowed to play here. There's a good coaching staff encouraging me to be creative and good teammates helping to get the ball down the field.

I'm as worked up and excited for this game as I can possibly be. But I know I'm not nearly as worked up as the coaching staff. This is a tremendous match, and I think everyone agrees it's the two best teams.

His mentality has been good. I think the national team camp helped him a lot, to see where those guys are, what they're doing and how they're doing things. Since then he has been different. He's impressed all of us, but we're just at the beginning. So as a coaching staff we're going to do anything we can to make sure that he is consistent the whole year.

Going unbeaten (in the league) for a second straight year is a big deal to the coaching staff and the kids. I don't know if it's ever been done before, and we're trying to make it happen.

His numbers in high school didn't lie. And then you start coaching the kid and he's so smart about the game. Those are the kind of kids we have to find to have a moment like this.

He's gotten a little bit more acquainted with his players. He does a great job of adjusting on game day. He can just look at things and see what we need to do. He does a tremendous job of coaching on game day.

He showed a play they ran to win a game in the last second with Danny (Manning). We talked about multiple things. He always asks about how everybody is doing here (at KU). He loved coaching here.

He's definitely auditioning for a head coaching job, maybe not here but he's going to get a head coaching job. He's a great coach, a players' coach and he's going to give it his all. He played the game and played it well.

He's been raised around basketball since he was conceived. The only thing we've asked of Billy is to continue to nurture and teach him to become the best possible basketball player he can possibly be. Coach Donovan and his coaching staff are doing a remarkable job. I couldn't have put him in a better hand that Coach Donovan.

He's been there a long time, so we're going to let him take it. He's got his coaching endorsement (certification). He's pretty well versed in softball, so we feel good about it.

He's been throwing. He's the same Chad we've all known since 2000. He's making good progress according to all our medical people. Whether or not he plays will be a coaching decision.

He's also had a lot of success with special teams particularly last fall where his units accounted for six touchdowns. Justin grew up in a coaching family so he's been around the profession for quite awhile. He just brings a lot of positive attributes to our staff.

He's always bouncing, always in a good mood. Very few people look forward to practice, but I think Aaron Curry does. And when he's out there there's a sense of energy on our defense and everybody gets picked up a little bit. He's one of those kids that you have fun coaching (because) he makes you feel better every time he's around you.

He's a special freshman. He's like coaching a junior already. He soaks it up like a sponge. He likes being here.

He's a leader, not just in statistics, but a true leader on our football team. He leads by example. He's not a rah-rah guy. He's got a real sense of maturity about him. He leads and people follow. He's the kind of kid that makes coaching worthwhile. That's how we all feel about him, and he's having a great year on top of it, individually.

He's done an unbelievable job at Air Force. He was a good coach when we had him. Some unfortunate things happened and it didn't work out. It wasn't because of his coaching ability.

He's been a hot coach lately, so his name has been out there on the coaching scene for the vacancies. But I was a little surprised.

He's been cleared to coach, but he's going to go by his own feelings. He's not coaching in Detroit, and we'll take the last two games step by step, day by day.

He's been in our top four rotation for quite some time now, so he knows the coaching staff has a lot of confidence in him. Mark has lived up to, and exceeded our expectations.

He's, by far, the most improved player from spring. The new coaching and the new technique and all those things combined tend to make for a tough transition (for a junior transfer) in the first four weeks of spring ball. But now the kid has just completely dedicated himself to the weight room. He put on 15-20 pounds of muscle, got after it and did an incredible job of doing what Bryce did when he was here. He's not necessarily walking in Bryce's footsteps, but he's got something to uphold here. He's coachable, he listens and he really works hard. I think that combination is going to make him successful.

He's a very smooth runner. He's technically sound. In my 36 years of coaching he's one of the better ones I've had to arrive on the scene.

I first came across Phil Larder in his rugby league days. He was the Director of Coaching at the Rugby League and we had a difference of opinion. Let's just say that I wanted to be an innovator and not an imitator. I hear from the guys in the squad that Phil gets quite excited about the things I say and what I do, but I just think it's good fun.

If I need to say something, I can say what needs to be said. Last year, it was difficult with Rick and I both trying to say stuff. You can't really do that. Now, I think I have the respect from the team and the coaching staff.

I find myself very lucky to have this job, and I just want to go out and do it. Coaching in the ACC is privilege, and I've tried not to look at it as a hardship. This is a talented basketball team we have. We shouldn't be 3-8, but we are. We've got to try to do something about it here down the stretch.

What means the most is that it's voted on by my coaching peers.

This wasn't about money because if it was I wouldn't be standing here. You're sitting here and you have a staff and their families, and then you have your other family -- those 13 or 14 basketball players. And at the end of the day there are a lot of young people pinning their hopes on what we do. We have a good group of young people, and I'm ecstatic about coaching them.

He does a great job. He's still the same guy I knew when he was 18 years old at Southern Illinois. He's a hard-working guy. Very thorough, very sincere. He's a small-town guy who has a passion for coaching basketball.

There is nobody like him. When you watch Roy play, from a coaching standpoint, he's everything you want a player to be. He has composure and seems to want the ball in tough situations.

There is no coaching in the minors or the majors that compares to the kind of coaching we got here in terms of individual attention. He makes you into a man. He does everything that is needed to get you ready for the next level.

He is a great gentleman. He is kind of like the teacher and I am the mouth of the golf coaching squad.

He is a guy that I've known for a long time. He's very knowledgeable guy and he's a play ahead all of the time. He understands mechanics probably as well as anybody coaching quarterbacks today.

He is not here to interview for a coaching job. He is not here to evaluate the coach, he is not here to evaluate the general manager.

We've been very fortunate over the years to get good goalies and our coaching in that area has always been strong. Chelsea has been one of the backbones of this team all season long.

We try to play the game on the practice field. Any time players can feel in a simulated-type atmosphere where it's like a ball game, they like it. Even though it's hard work and it's competitive and all of those things, that's our intent. Fun, or whatever it is, I feel like our players have worked really hard. I think that they've tried to embrace our style of coaching that we've brought.

We talked about that. I enjoy coaching that position. I enjoy being involved in the offense. I would certainly look forward to being involved with that development.

He doesn't have much coaching experience, but he's going to be a great coach. He knows a lot about football and relates well with kids.

We took the coaching changes pretty well and I actually think we are closer as a team now.

Joel did a great job as a graduate assistant here and has gone on to cut his teeth in the coaching profession. He's a detail guy with a lot of energy, and we're thrilled to have him back at Purdue.

Joe likes coaching in big games. He likes the challenge. He really enjoys them.

John allows people to do their jobs by not micro-managing. Yet, at the same time, he stays on top of everything. He allows and encourages people to be creative. There's a great deal of dialogue and discourse that takes place among the coaching staff about the way things should be. Some people have a tendency in the way they manage to mute that. John does a good job of allowing healthy confrontation, because it brings out better ideas and decisions.

My plan is to strengthen team work and improve the coaching skills. I'm confident of Chinese swimming,

My position is that no matter what happens, I'm going to go out there and prepare and be ready to go. I have a lot of faith in this coaching staff, and they're going to make the best decision.

My visit went pretty good. I was real impressed by the new coaching staff, and all of the things they had to say. I'm open right now. I've got to sit down with my mom about it and talk to God about it and figure out which direction I should go. I'll know by this weekend.

My steamer trunk was packed to go, ... when my sister told me about a friend of hers in New York, a former center at Michigan who was coaching the centers at Yale. His name was Jerry Ford, the future president of the United States.

Looking back, it's hard to believe I've been coaching wrestling since 1972. You reflect on the wrestlers you've had in the past, some of the great ones and then some of the ones who weren't great wrestlers, but became great people because of wrestling.

I was anxious all night. I wouldn't mind coaching in a game like that every Friday except it would shorten my life by a considerable number of years.

I was caught up in that mess. I won't be coaching football next year. I'm just trying to keep my focus on wrestling and distance myself from that.

I was coaching Purvis a few years ago, and we had South Lauderdale down 28 points at halftime. South Lauderdale not only came back and won, they also won a state championship.

I was ecstatic come draft night just to hear my name called. And now, after playing in the summer league and getting to know some of the guys and being able to play under the coaching staff and seeing the great things that are going on here in this organization, I'm even more excited to put my name on the dotted line.

Lance is a high-character individual with a wealth of coaching experience, ... His strong familiarity with our league and his recruiting ties in this region of the country will be a valuable addition to our program. Lance's infectious energy on the court will enhance our staff's presence and will be an asset to our players.

Matthew is like a replica of Tony Ayala when he was younger. He's got the same style, but not the same temperament by the way, as he boxes in the same way. I've been coaching him since he was about fourteen and he won National Schoolboy Championships and Junior ABA Championships. He won a Gold Medal boxing for England in the Multi Nations by knocking out all four of his opponents. Matthew is one of these exciting kids who comes along now and again and he's developing quite nicely.

Matt is a great fit for our staff. He is a young aggressive assistant coach who has been at two Division I universities that have turned around with his recruiting and coaching abilities. He was an integral part of the players landed at Denver and Middle Tennessee. He was a heck of a player in college who was a bulldog and he carried that into his coaching career. He has recruiting ties in the Northwest, West and Midwest.

Look, I've been coaching how many years? A long time. I never left a team in worse shape than I got it. Not once. Think about that. Think about me and think about the guy who's talking.

Marshall always does it and Marshall wasn't in the game. That's an issue for me. We always practice it with Marshall and he's supposed to be in the game. There was some confusion there. That's a coaching deal all the way.

Marty has demonstrated that he is one of the top offensive minds in the game and he's proven that throughout his NFL coaching career. We're happy to have had him on staff for the past three seasons and with that we feel this transition will be seamless for him and for the rest of the coaching staff.

(Martz) advised us today that after he met with his consulting physician, his physical condition has worsened and he will be readmitted to the hospital...As a result of his condition, he will be unable to perform his head coaching responsibilities for an indefinite period of time.

Marvin was looking at it, and it had all these blitzes we were doing. Marvin said to me, 'Let me keep this.' I wasn't going into coaching at the time; I was going to play some more. I said, 'OK,' and let him keep it.

Some guys, when they get into coaching they're just dying to be a head coach, ... I was not as much that way as some guys are, because I like the coaching part. Every time I see a head coach, as they become a head coach, they become more of an administrator and CEO and less of a head coach.

Some of the best coaching jobs are coaches who go .500 without a lot of talent. It doesn't get noticed by the media or fans, but (coaches) see it. That's the great thing about high school sports. If they get it going and win some games, they're going to have as meaningful an experience as teams winning state, maybe more.

That alone has been worth every penny of the coaching cost. My time-management skills are much more improved. When you start coaching you have a 90-day lag period between when you start working on your plan and when you see actual results.

That first group of Manchester players allowed me to enjoy coaching at a very young age that motivated me to do it. If it wasn't good, I might have made a career change.

That contingency was constantly discussed and talked about. This wasn't any shock or any surprise to the team, to the players, to Harrison Beck, to his family, to the coaching staff, to the fans or to the media ? everybody knew this was coming.

Some of the greatest teams that I've had the privilege of coaching have come into this building and really gotten drilled. For our little militia to come in here and fight and scrap and claw and do what they needed to do to stay into the game, I can't even begin to tell you how proud I am.

Some of these kids are 14 years old. I've been coaching twice that long. The future of our program looks pretty interesting.

Recruiting and coaching pitching are the two things I've done since I started coaching in 1996,