Coaching Quotes · Page 17

Picking an assistant coach, the first thing I was interested in was the man's character.

— Woody Hayes

There's no doubt I need coaching, I need help. I think everybody in the game does.

— Blake Bortles

The more things we can get kids to do correctly off the court, the more they will do correctly on the court.

— Mike Jarvis

To me, the coaching profession is one of the noblest and most far-reaching in building manhood.

— Amos Alonzo Stagg

“Acquiring wisdom is great but it is not the goal, applying it is.”

— idowu koyenikan

When a new coaching staff comes in, there are a lot of changes that happen with that.

— Jason Witten

I only use statistics to reinforce what I already think, or if it's something unusual.

— Dean Smith

Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.

— Al McGuire

Competition is key to developing players. The only practice environment in which you truly develop a player is a competitive arena.

— Anson Dorrance

I always say to my guys, 'The most important day of your life is today. This very minute is the most important…

— John Chaney

As human beings, our job in life is to help people realize how rare and valuable each one of us really is,…

— Fred Rogers

When I retired, I really wanted to spend time with my family and kids. Coaching would have prevented that due to the…

— John Elway

Never quit. It is the easiest cop-out in the world. Set a goal and don't quit until you attain it. When you…

— Bear Bryant

“Coaching is one of the most effective leadership styles that can transform, empower and unlock people's potential. Ask more, advice less, elevate…

— Farshad Asl

Coaching helps you take stock of where you are now in all aspects of your life, and how that compares to where…

— Elaine MacDonald

As a player, I was fortunate to work with coaching and medical staffs that underscored the importance of utilizing injury prevention exercises,…

— Cobi Jones

I honestly didn't even know who the coach was when I was coming to New York. I just wanted to win a…

— Metta World Peace

“Coaching is the only thing where the more someone else practices, the better you get. That’s my kind of hard work. People…

— Jarod Kintz

I'm coaching 'swing at this, don't swing at that,' and in the middle of it, a kid looks at me and says,…

— Tony Gwynn

The frustrating paradox is that coaching goalkeeping actually requires more resources than outfield positions. Unlike David Beckham and Wayne Rooney, who can…

— David James

We feel that the 2-2-1 press is a very effective means of controlling tempo and providing us with opportunities to capitalize on…

— Jim Calhoun

One of the most unfortunate things I see when identifying youth players is the girl who is told over the years how…

— Anson Dorrance

“Life is a journey where we don't want to arrive at our final destination too soon, unfortunately many of us live from…

— Darren Housley

My first assistant-coaching job in football was at William & Mary in 1961. The pay wasn't much, so to get $300 more…

— Lou Holtz

Coaching is not a natural way of life. Your victories and losses are too clear cut.

— Tommy Prothro

I need to be competing. Coaching is good, but I like to be in the fire.

— Daniel Cormier

Blocking out is everyday, every drill, all the time. We run sprints every time someone does not blockout.

— Rick Majerus

The reason you get into coaching in the first place is to help and develop, try to make people better.

— Kelvin Sampson

Van Basten went directly to the national team without coaching any other clubs. It's not the norm in Italy.

— Roberto Baggio

Coaching - teaching the game - came relatively easy. I connected extremely well with the players.

— Dawn Staley

Learning what not to do is sometimes more important than learning what to do.

— Rick Pitino

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Act as though it were impossible to fail.

— Dorothea Brandt

Many in top positions around Europe have devoted their lives to coaching.

— Jamie Carragher

We try to stress the little things because little things lead to big things.

— Steve Alford

Once all of this is over, I'm definitely going into coaching. I want to change and help people's lives in many different…

— Collin Sexton

The key to the fast break is every one running hard for their teammates.

— Paul Westhead

A coach should never be afraid to ask questions of anyone he could learn from.

— Bobby Knight

We may not be the best conditioned team in the country, but our players think they are.

— John Wooden

Sometimes you learn more from losing than winning. Losing forces you to reexamine.

— Pat Summitt

Of course you want to coach in the Bundesliga when you move into coaching.

— Miroslav Klose