Coaching Quotes · Page 20

Don't overwork your squad. If you're going to make a mistake, under-work them.

— Bear Bryant

In the NBA, you never know who you will play for, who is coaching you, what the general managers are like.

— Tom Izzo

Coaching a football player is the same as directing an actor. The guy has to follow orders and be able to perform…

— Hal Needham

It was the hardest decision of his coaching career so I accepted that I should be No 1 and that was it

— Jens Lehmann

When I came back to England after my stint with Derby in 1995, I really wanted more time to study coaching.

— Nick Nurse

Defense doesn't break down on the help, it breaks down on the recovery.

— Chuck Daly

“Earning is a product of learning. You're only one letter away from earning more.”

— Richie Norton

My father's coaching Misha and I just might help from time to time.

— Richard Krajicek

Coaching third with a pitcher on base is like being a member of a bomb disposal squad. The thing could blow up…

— Rocky Bridges

Remember this. Bear Bryant retired at age 69, and he died 28 days after he stopped coaching. If you don't have something,…

— Lou Holtz

“Building a coaching habit will help your team be more self-sufficient by increasing their autonomy and sense of mastery and by reducing…

— Michael Bungay Stanier

The thing I can tell you about coaching is that we make decision and career moves when your nerves and emotions are…

— John Calipari

The more you lose, the more positive you have to become. When you're winning, you can ride players harder because their self-esteem…

— Rick Pitino

When I was about 10, I saw Timothy Bottoms in a tele-movie called 'A Shining Season,' and it really moved me. I…

— Reggie Lee

I want to see if the player communicates with his teammates and how he responds to coaching. Another thing to remember is…

— Anonymous

He continues to give more than 100 per cent and his schoolboy-like enthusiasm for the game is something I envy and admire.…

— Mahendra Singh Dhoni

As the field of coaching finds its way to becoming a mature discipline, James Flaherty's dedicated field research, study, and sound articulation…

— Richard Strozzi-Heckler

I think that to stop an offense, you must go to the heart of that offense. If it is a particular move,…

— Bobby Knight

No one is bigger than the team. You're going to be on time, you're going play hard, you're going to know your…

— Hubie Brown

I'd be satisfied just coaching in high school. I turned down a number of colleges when I was teaching in South Bend,…

— John Wooden

I'm so blessed to have gone to Wisconsin. It's a great school and great coaching staff with incredible fans. I had a…

— Russell Wilson

“In life, we are all on the same journey, we are all struggling to get from point A to point B. Different…

— Kytka Hilmar-Jezek

We draft mostly high school kids and we have one of the finest, if not the finest, player development programs and coaching…

— Anonymous

The relationships that I've built and the connections and the network that I have created playing on these multiple teams, playing for…

— Drew Gooden

I'll admit I was curious about coaching a national team, but my experience with Greece was sufficient.

— Claudio Ranieri

I love coaching internationally because I can develop people, but it's hard to do that in the T20 environment.

— Mickey Arthur

Our job as a coaching staff is to mentor, to discipline and to educate young people.

— Urban Meyer

I always stressed that I didn't have coaching experience, but that I did have a deadline: June 9.

— Jurgen Klinsmann

The definition of courage is going from defeat to defeat with enthusiasm.

— Winston Churchill

The better the coaching has become, the worse the game has become.

— Scotty Bowman

“Praise someone today and you’ll unleash their potential forever.”

— Farshad Asl

I feel like I've been playing, coaching and covering basketball my entire life.

— Doris Burke

One of the great things about coaching is it's a different challenge every day.

— Brad Stevens

If you play the game and you think about coaching, you should know it's about listening to people and learning.

— Warren Gatland

We know the principles of coaching. The art is knowing when to apply them.

— James Counsilman

All I know is, I don't want to stop coaching, and I don't want to stop winning, so we're gonna break the…

— Bear Bryant

“A good coach can change a game. A great coach can change a life.”

— John Wooden

The only place you can win a football game is on the field, the only place you can lose it is in…

— Darrell Royal

The biggest mistake we usually tend to make with young players is over-coaching.

— Mats Wilander

I'm sure at some point I will get back into coaching, but right now I need to focus completely on my kids.

— Patrick Ewing