Coaching Quotes · Page 27

Coaching the Bruins is like going bear hunting with a butter knife.

— Pat Burns

Fewer people are bent from hard work than are crooked from avoiding it.

— Zig Ziglar

There is nothing more important than rebounding... don't just give it lip service.

— Don Meyer

A great way to test the conditioning of your team is the two-mile run.

— Bobby Knight

I have a hunger to grow and to learn, so coaching is a natural extension of a lifelong love of the game…

— Karch Kiraly

Coaches have to watch for what they don't want to see and listen to what they don't want to hear.

— John Madden

Promise yourself to make all your friends know there is something in them that is special and that you value.

— John Wooden

My father didn't know about cricket. Then, one of my father's friend advised him to take me to a coaching camp.

— Prithvi Shaw

The goal of coaching is not in fixing what is broken, but in discovering new talents and new ways to use old…

— Gifford Pinchot

Winning games, titles and championships isn't all it's cracked up to be, but getting there, the journey, is a lot more than…

— John Wooden

Probably the most important aspect of individual defensive play is the 'close-out.' This approach to the ball should be made in a…

— Tex Winter

I didn't know that I'd like it this much, coaching both boys and... seeing how excited they are to play hockey. It…

— Joe Sakic

The further I get away from coaching, the more I know I made the right decision. You almost forget how wonderful family…

— Tony Dungy

I love coaching. I would probably be coaching. I would work in athletes and work with the youth. I would maybe do…

— Donovin Darius

It was a great learning curve because I knew I could put on a session, but I couldn't set out cones straight!…

— Harry Kewell

I've been following some of the coaches, trying to get a little bit more experience, because coaching is very different from being…

— Michael Essien

Coaching Russell Westbrook, it was really interesting, he was just an incredible player at getting to the basket.

— Billy Donovan

Coaching was something I've never had much interest in. I've always been a big-picture guy, like a manager has to be.

— Martin Brodeur

I'm one of those people who tells my wife, "No coaching from the sidelines."

— Dave Barry

I do not want players who do not have a keen desire to win and do not play hard and aggressively to…

— John Wooden

The giants of the faith all had one thing in common: neither victory nor success, but passion.

— Philip Yancey

I don't have a lot of close significant coaching relationships outside of my small network.

— Mike Tomlin

“Divorce is the start point for a brand new life. Don't lose the chance to redesign it upon your dreams!”

— Rossana Condoleo

To get the best coaching outcomes, always have your 1-on-1's on your employee's turf not yours. In your office the truth hides.

— Marcus Buckingham

Offensively, you do what you do best and you do it again and again. Defensively, you attack your opponent's strength.

— Vince Lombardi

The greatest accomplishment is not in never failing, but in rising again after you fall.

— Vince Lombardi

I love the game, would love to still be involved in the game, coaching and speaking in dressing rooms and motivating players.

— Darren Fletcher

I've started the coaching badges. I did some at Aston Villa, but things got in the way.'

— James Milner

Nearly all of these Chinese girls that have had success have had coaching from foreign coaches.

— Michael Chang

When I was coaching, I wasn't worried about what I was making. I was worried about winning a championship.

— Bill Cowher

When you're on TV, you're still coaching, believe it or not. You're just coaching America, you're not coaching one team.

— Herm Edwards

I will miss the day to day stuff because I love coaching. I love being out on the pitch.

— Steve Clarke

I'm not in charge of making moves, you know. I'm in charge of coaching.

— Don Cooper

I did a few more plays, and then I went to L.A., because I knew I could get a coaching job there.

— Lee Majors

Your program must have an overriding purpose which is clearly visible and which teaches lessons beyond winning.

— Don Meyer

I can't confirm any rumors. I'm happy doing what I'm doing. I have no interest in going back to coaching.

— Jimmy Johnson

As people know in coaching, you can get fired and hired just like that.

— Gary Payton

Women helping each other - coaching, mentoring, and providing tips - is a great way for us to be our own force.

— Indra Nooyi

The single most important aspect of coaching is running effective practices

— Bobby Knight

Self-esteem is directly linked to deserving success. You must deserve victory to feel good about yourself.

— Rick Pitino