Coach Quotes · Page 51

It's completely normal that every player wants to be a starter. But ultimately the coach decides and we have to accept it.

— Ivan Perisic

I think that the role as a head football coach is a lot more than just winning games. Sometimes that's all we're…

— Bret Bielema

I can't start off with the premise that a coach is better than me just because he's from Europe or South America.

— Angelos Postecoglou

Whatever success I've had it is because I've tried to understand the situation of the player. I think the coach's duty is…

— Bill Belichick

Hitting coach John Mallee, he comes to the ballpark way too early for me, man. He drives me nuts.

— Joe Maddon

My dad was a youth football coach who coached J.J. and Derek, so I grew up taking water to guys.

— T. J. Watt

Coach Snyder was just a determined guy. I was at the ground floor at Kansas State. I learned a lot from that…

— Bob Stoops

Playing at coach is very easy; actually doing it is another thing. Put yourself in the coach's position, and you'll see how…

— Javier Mascherano

“Wooden often said a coach only made four or five real decisions during a game. “It disgusts me to see all these…

— Seth Davis

I try and put in a weights section one day a week. I'd go to a different gym and work with a…

— Daniel Dubois

I was fortunate to be around a couple of coaches who took me under their wing and taught me how to train,…

— Kirk Ferentz

Knowing his coach likes him is more important to a player than anything else. To me, it was important to be able…

— John Madden

“Pacing the locker room floor nervously before the game, Coach considered what he and Joe had talked about earlier that week. He…

— Todd G. Gongwer

They used to call me about coaching, but they pretty much knew what the answer was going to be, so they finally…

— John Havlicek

I got interested in decathlon because a coach that I had was a big fan of Bruce Jenner, and he just saw…

— Dan O'Brien

I feel like I have a really good eye for breaking people down and finding tendencies in people. It does help my…

— Megan Anderson

I'm going to get better as a coach. Or at least I certainly hope to and plan to and need to work…

— Mike Budenholzer

I know there are limits to what a coach can accomplish in improving speechmaking unless the subject is a diligent student of…

— Roger Ailes

When I arrived at Benfica I'd been playing like a No. 10 in the team, but the first thing the coach did…

— Nemanja Matic

I know I have the ultimate eye of confidence to take a shot down the stretch if a coach needs me to…

— Terry Rozier

A coach, especially at a college level - much more at a college or high school level, than at a pro level…

— Matthew McConaughey

I love Coach Zimmer. He's a tough head coach who stands behind his players 100 percent.

— Teddy Bridgewater

The coach should keep out of the way... He is an important figure, of course, but is more likely to lose a…

— Romario

Whenever a coach is let go in-season, the players are left with the pressure to perform. Fail and they may lose their…

— Jerome Bettis

A coach I had in Spain, Scott Roth, he used to call me Zinger. He would yell at me all the time,…

— Kristaps Porzingis

Halas was a great coach, but the only problem I had with him, the problem all the players had with him, was…

— George Blanda

Biggest problem withthe laziness, lack of effort & determination these days in players is the lack of accountability from the coach.

— Anonymous

If a coach comes to me and says you've done something bad I'm going to take that advice.

— Hector Bellerin

You can never guarantee the wins but you can guarantee that you give it 100%. That way you can always look back…

— Ivan Lendl

As an assistant, you are grinding it out and churning out work like there are not enough hours in the day, really.…

— Nick Nurse

I'm not a coach and I know it. I'm too busy and it doesn't pay. I'm expensive. But I would always advise.

— Carl Lewis

Some of the best kids I coach were raised by a grandmother who was so firm that they understood.

— John Calipari

It's not just about a coach telling you what to do and just following it unthinkingly.

— Lynn Davies

To have the kind of year you want to have, something has to happen that you can't explain why it happened. Something…

— Bobby Bowden

I'm a hockey coach and a single mother of two who commutes. I don't watch TV. I watch news, and that's it!

— Ashleigh Banfield

“Your VISION and your self-willingness is the MOST powerful elements to conquer your goal”

— Rashedur Ryan Rahman

I know the reality of the business. But I also say, not in a braggadocious way, that I'm a good football coach.

— Ron Rivera

Maybe one of the qualities of being a great coach is being [a jerk]. There are quite a few of them around.

— Larry Robinson

Regarding Jose Mourinho, I hope I can learn a lot from him - he is a coach with a fantastic record.

— Henrikh Mkhitaryan

I don't want to deal with a booster, and I don't really want to talk to the parent of a player. I…

— Sean Payton