--- title: "12 Coach Play Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 12 Coach Play quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Coach Play sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/606/frank-vogel-5355_coach_as-a-coach-you-have-to-play-to-how-your_3195220.jpg" --- > [As a coach, you have to play to how your team is built.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-vogel/as-a-coach-you-have-to-play-to-how-your-team-is-built/) [Frank Vogel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-vogel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/606/frank-vogel-5355_coach_as-a-coach-you-have-to-play-to-how-your_3195220.jpg) > [I want to go to China or coach or play arena football.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/metta-world-peace/i-want-to-go-to-china-or-coach-or-play-arena-football/) [Metta World Peace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/metta-world-peace/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c0/metta-world-peace-4059_china_i-want-to-go-to-china-or-coach-or-play-a_2870792.jpg) > [I will always try to give my best and convince the coach that I should play.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keylor-navas/i-will-always-try-to-give-my-best-and-convince-the-coach-that-i/) [Keylor Navas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keylor-navas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d6/keylor-navas-6828_best_i-will-always-try-to-give-my-best-and-co_1415221.jpg) > [I think that's why we all coach. We don't want to admit it, but we coach because we can't play, we could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-tomlin/i-think-that-s-why-we-all-coach-we-don-t-want-to-admit-it-but-we/) [Mike Tomlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-tomlin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/045/mike-tomlin-3886_coach_i-think-that-s-why-we-all-coach-we-don-t_537706.png) > [Messi would never tell a coach who he has to play or not. I think he not only lacks the power to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-tevez/messi-would-never-tell-a-coach-who-he-has-to-play-or-not-i-think-he/) [Carlos Tevez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-tevez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70f/carlos-tevez-7982_coach_messi-would-never-tell-a-coach-who-he-ha_670986.png) > [As a young player the most important thing besides having a very good coach is to play a lot because you improve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-kimmich/as-a-young-player-the-most-important-thing-besides-having-a-very-good/) [Joshua Kimmich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-kimmich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d13/joshua-kimmich-5749_coach_as-a-young-player-the-most-important-thi_1152727.jpg) > [I would just say I'm a coachable person, so any way that a coach can coach me to play, I think I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sony-michel/i-would-just-say-i-m-a-coachable-person-so-any-way-that-a-coach-can/) [Sony Michel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sony-michel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7c/sony-michel-5819_coach_i-would-just-say-i-m-a-coachable-person_1623747.jpg) > [The secret is to work less as individuals and more as a team. As a coach, I play not my eleven best,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/knute-rockne/the-secret-is-to-work-less-as-individuals-and-more-as-a-team-as-a/) [Knute Rockne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/knute-rockne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db4/knute-rockne-12759_eleven_the-secret-is-to-work-less-as-individual_1855552.jpg) > [When you play, you do not ask yourself how it feels to be on the bench. You have to live it to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-torres/when-you-play-you-do-not-ask-yourself-how-it-feels-to-be-on-the-bench/) [Fernando Torres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernando-torres/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddf/fernando-torres-6957_ask-yourself_when-you-play-you-do-not-ask-yourself-ho_240248.jpg) > [I'm going to try to get our team to work hard, play together, play with good fundamentals and technique, play as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-flores/i-m-going-to-try-to-get-our-team-to-work-hard-play-together-play-with/) [Brian Flores](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-flores/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c04/brian-flores-6424_good_i-m-going-to-try-to-get-our-team-to-work_321620.jpg) > [It was crazy, like I watched him on TV growing up. And you know, I'd be a little starstruck sometimes, because we'd…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zion-williamson/it-was-crazy-like-i-watched-him-on-tv-growing-up-and-you-know-i-d-be/) [Zion Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zion-williamson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f82/zion-williamson-6663_coach_it-was-crazy-like-i-watched-him-on-tv-gr_3044464.jpg) > [In his sophomore year Wilbanks tried out for the high school basketball team and made it. On the first day of practice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-g-robbins/in-his-sophomore-year-wilbanks-tried-out-for-the-high-school/) [Lynn G. Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-g-robbins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b8/lynn-g-robbins-28606_anger_in-his-sophomore-year-wilbanks-tried-out_715261.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/coach-play/#itemlist", "name": "Coach Play Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "As a coach, you have to play to how your team is built.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Frank Vogel" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-vogel/as-a-coach-you-have-to-play-to-how-your-team-is-built/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/606/frank-vogel-5355_coach_as-a-coach-you-have-to-play-to-how-your_3195220.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/606/frank-vogel-5355_coach_as-a-coach-you-have-to-play-to-how-your_3195220.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/606/frank-vogel-5355_coach_as-a-coach-you-have-to-play-to-how-your_3195220.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“As a coach, you have to play to how your team is built.” — Frank Vogel", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I want to go to China or coach or play arena football.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Metta World Peace" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/metta-world-peace/i-want-to-go-to-china-or-coach-or-play-arena-football/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c0/metta-world-peace-4059_china_i-want-to-go-to-china-or-coach-or-play-a_2870792.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c0/metta-world-peace-4059_china_i-want-to-go-to-china-or-coach-or-play-a_2870792.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c0/metta-world-peace-4059_china_i-want-to-go-to-china-or-coach-or-play-a_2870792.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I want to go to China or coach or play arena football.” — Metta World Peace", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I will always try to give my best and convince the coach that I should play.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Keylor Navas" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keylor-navas/i-will-always-try-to-give-my-best-and-convince-the-coach-that-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d6/keylor-navas-6828_best_i-will-always-try-to-give-my-best-and-co_1415221.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d6/keylor-navas-6828_best_i-will-always-try-to-give-my-best-and-co_1415221.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d6/keylor-navas-6828_best_i-will-always-try-to-give-my-best-and-co_1415221.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I will always try to give my best and convince the coach that I should play.” — Keylor Navas", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think that's why we all coach. 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To play when you simply don't have the habit of playing.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Fernando Torres" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-torres/when-you-play-you-do-not-ask-yourself-how-it-feels-to-be-on-the-bench/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddf/fernando-torres-6957_ask-yourself_when-you-play-you-do-not-ask-yourself-ho_240248.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddf/fernando-torres-6957_ask-yourself_when-you-play-you-do-not-ask-yourself-ho_240248.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddf/fernando-torres-6957_ask-yourself_when-you-play-you-do-not-ask-yourself-ho_240248.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When you play, you do not ask yourself how it feels to be on the bench. 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