Coaching Quotes · Page 29

There are only two options regarding commitment; you’re either in or you’re out.

— Pat Riley

If I wanted to do anything in the coaching world, I would probably need to upskill myself.

— Dale Steyn

Don't stop at the first obstacle; have endurance to keep on going and you will succeed.

— Anonymous

To win the big games you must get to the Free Throw line, and then you must make them.

— Rick Majerus

The worst day coaching is better than the best day doing anything else

— Don Meyer

We have been so impressed with the Pocket Radar that it has become the only radar gun we use for coaching and…

— Mike Candrea

The big thing about coaching is, however you are, that's how you've got to do it.

— Mike D'Antoni

Mama wanted me to be a preacher. I told her coachin' and preachin' were a lot alike.

— Bear Bryant

Coaching is salesmanship. Coaching is winning players over and convincing them they have to play together. It takes a team conviction to…

— Phil Jackson

A lot of times in coaching, that's more than half the battle, to get people that are willing to buy in because…

— Duncan Robinson

I find that in my own life and with the people I've been coaching, when people make the decision to get rich,…

— Jen Sincero

For us to be successful on defense, we must get back and stop the basketball, eliminate easy baskets, keep the ball out…

— Dick Bennett

If you are pleased with what you are, you have stopped already. If you say, "It is enough," you are lost. Keep…

— Saint Augustine

College coaches measure success in championships. High School coaches measure success to titles. Youth coaches measure success in smiles.

— Paul McAllister

I think the Internet has a way of coaching you into this state of mind where you think that every step you…

— Alan Palomo

That's the toughest part about coaching, I think, is that the longer you're in it, the more winning becomes, 'Phew, I'm glad…

— Brad Stevens

Our offensive philosophy is to simply find a way to get the ball into the hands of our team's best player.

— Kelvin Sampson

Quickness more than anything else should determine your amount of pressure on the ball.

— Don Meyer

Good teams become great ones when the members trust each other enough to surrender the Me for the We.

— Phil Jackson

We travel in Duke stuff... They can have a hat, but it must be a Duke hat.

— Mike Krzyzewski

When you're a coach you've got to go up the ladder, you've got to be ready to travel. That's the nature of…

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Parents would rather have their son get all-state than his team win the state championship.

— Don Meyer

I have no intention of coaching Boca Juniors, and no-one from the club has approached me to do so.

— Gabriel Batistuta

Really, all coaches are accustomed to coaching... normal players.

— Gerardo Martino

Even though I am getting my coaching badges, I am more into mentoring.

— Adebayo Akinfenwa

Thanks to Conte, I got the urge of coaching, and I thank him for that.

— Andrea Pirlo

I don't know about any others, but coaching basketball is the only thing I can do.

— Jeff Van Gundy

Effort and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

— John F. Kennedy

Can your player make a curl cut and score in the lane? If so, he is the cutter.

— Don Meyer

Good players can take coaching; great players can take coaching and learn.

— John Wooden

Lots of things have passed me by, but coaching isn't one of them.

— Joe Paterno

I love coaching football, don't get me wrong. But I just love baseball.

— Rex Ryan

I continually stress to my players that all I expect from them at practice and in the games is their maximum effort.

— John Wooden

I love the job and I can't imagine doing anything other than coaching.

— Hansi Flick

I hold it more important to hold the player's confidence than their affection.

— Vince Lombardi

I'd love to be coaching kids three or four years. You kidding me? That's what I used to do.

— John Calipari

If you are not willing to work hard and establish discipline in your life, then all your dreams are merely pipe dreams.

— Rick Pitino

I could not be more proud of the countless lives that I have changed since I began my coaching and mentoring career!

— Dan Pena

Well, I think it's pretty much established that I just didn't have any interest in coaching in the pros.

— Bobby Knight

It's the attitude of the players, not their skills, that is the biggest factor in determining whether you win or lose.

— Harry Sinden