Coaching Quotes · Page 16

“Set the goal, adjust the goal when needed, and stay locked in on the goal.”

— Mike Basevic

Coaching doesn't make sick people well...it helps healthy people become extra-ordinary.

— Thomas Leonard

You can easily separate 'team guys' from 'me guys' by how they accept coaching. The guys that accept it are about winning

— Bill Parcells

Sooner or later we will come to the edge of all that we can control and find life, waiting there for us.

— Rachel Naomi Remen

Regardless of what you do put in, every game boils down to doing the things you do best and doing them over…

— Vince Lombardi

“Failure is constructive feedback that tells you to try a different approach to accomplish what you want.”

— Idowu Koyenikan

If you want team play, you must stress defense. Defense makes players unselfish.

— John Brady

I could see myself coaching at the high school level, but I'd really love to coach at UCLA. That would be a…

— Baron Davis

You take those little rascals, talk to them good, pat them on the back, let them think they are good, and they…

— Bear Bryant

Coaching is about helping young people have a chance to succeed. There is no more awesome responsibility than that. One of the…

— Lou Holtz

The key to coaching is love. It's not knowledge; it's not discipline. If you love 'em, you can discipline them. If you…

— Dabo Swinney

Coaching soccer, like disciplines including journalism, you'll always learn if you're open to it, you'll learn from your players. If that's being…

— Tony DiCicco

And, for me, there is a passion in managing or coaching, whether it is working on a training ground or dealing with…

— Scott Parker

I love to promote our sport. I love grass-roots tennis. I love coaching. I love all parts of the sport. I love…

— Billie Jean King

You're not going to see Bill Walton or Kareem coming in every three years. Those days are over. That's what makes the…

— Ben Howland

In the end, it's about the teaching, and what I always loved about coaching was the practices. Not the games, not the…

— John Wooden

Players who are committed to the team first will find a way to help when things are going bad, they will do…

— Dick Bennett

Your neighbors will make judgments about you based on how your lawn and house look, and people who see you passing will…

— Lou Holtz

What's really driving the boom in coaching, is this: as we move from 30 miles an hour to 70 to 120 to…

— John P. Kotter

I just want to keep getting better. People used to ask me - when I was winning in the D-League - why…

— Nick Nurse

I've had a couple of people - prominent coaches - walk into an office, shut the door and say, 'What's it like,…

— Bill Cowher

I’m definitely excited to have a fresh start. Talking to the coach [Bob Hartley], talking to management, they want me to have…

— Jonas Hiller

I've been coaching the sport for a number of years. And I went through many athletes. Some athletes stay with your program…

— Liang Chow

I guess the prime example is in North America there's a thing where if there's no opportunity to move forward with the…

— Gabe Polsky

If you want to be in the game you better shoot 75% from the line.

— Pat Summitt

All coaching is, is taking a player where he can't take himself.

— Bill McCartney

Habits are critical for players. They cannot think and play well at the same time.

— Don Meyer

It's part of, I guess, one of the harder parts about coaching is you have to make some tough decisions.

— Mike Budenholzer

Coaching England is a huge job, and no ambitious coach would rule himself out completely.

— Mickey Arthur

Coaching sets the pace to get the best out of others while giving the best of yourself.

— David Cottrell

A boy shows how much he wants to play in the spring, when it's tough, and during two a days, when it's…

— Darrell Royal

Frankly it's a big compliment to even be considered a coaching match-up with a guy like Patrick Vieira.

— Jesse Marsch

I get to work with the best and the brightest at UCLA. We get to recruit great kids, and that makes coaching…

— Ben Howland

I've been involved in over 300 playoff games in my playing, assistant coaching and head-coaching career.

— Rick Carlisle

It's not what you tell your players that counts. It's what they hear.

— Red Auerbach

I'm looking for players who make their teammates better. You do that with enthusiasm and passion.

— Mike Krzyzewski

Does coaching work? Yes. Good coaches provide a truly important service. They tell you the truth when no one else will.

— Jack Welch

I want you to be forever strong on the field, so that you will be forever strong off the field.

— Larry Gelwix

You can't defer if you're the person who's in the leadership position.

— Mike Krzyzewski

I've never known anybody to achieve anything without overcoming adversity.

— Lou Holtz