Coaching Quotes · Page 29

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

— Idowu Koyenikan

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

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

— David Cottrell

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

— Mickey Arthur

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

— Mike Budenholzer

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

Back in the day I said in an interview coaching wasn't Arsene's strong point. Actually in the original draft, I said he…

— Tony Adams

But with the right kind of coaching and determination you can accomplish anything and the biggest accomplishment that I feel I got…

— Reese Witherspoon

Coaching at Texas and playing at the University of Oklahoma, I had the opportunity to see a lot of guys in Texas…

— Darrell Royal

It's very easy to say take a player, a world-class player out of the system of playing and just push him into…

— Dale Steyn

Obviously you do get influenced by former managers. That's normal. You try to build your own coaching philosophies. I've played for Arrigo…

— Roberto Di Matteo

I always feel like I'm coaching for my job. Just like when I was a player for nine years in Chicago. I…

— Ron Rivera

Our conditioning program begins the first day of class. The running portion is very demanding. It has physiological advantages, as well as…

— Norm Sloan

Praise your kids. Inspire and motivate your players with praise. Ten years from now it won't matter what your record was. Will…

— Jim Harrick

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

Look, coaching is about human interaction and trying to know your players. Any coach would tell you that. I'm no different.

— Bill Parcells

There was nothing magical that the coaching staff did. This is about the players.

— Bill Laimbeer

Women should let go their responsibilities of kitchen and should take coaching classes of how to give pleasure.

— Rakhi Sawant

So I don't see any stress from players or coaches with coaching during the matches, to be honest.

— Patrick Mouratoglou

The greatest barrier to consciousness is the belief that one is already conscious.

— P.D. Ouspensky

Your ability to communicate to your young people will determine your success.

— Jim Harrick

Our modern coaching culture is not to put too much pressure on any one performance, to let an individual flourish over time.

— Paul Scholes

I wanted to be a great player, and I wasn't. I never got over that. I take that same energy into coaching.

— Mike Tomlin

Taking on a temporary coaching role at Manchester United is extremely exciting.

— Mike Phelan

The strength of my Princeton teams has always been attitude, intelligence and discipline.

— Pete Carril

I absolutely believe that people, unless coached, never reach their maximum potential.

— Robert Nardelli

The best way to build team chemistry is the way Rupp used to substitute, when they fouled out.

— Dean Smith

Education is the beginning of transformation. Dedicate yourself to daily learning via books/audios/seminars and coaching.

— Robin Sharma

I love photography. I like to write. I like coaching. I've made jewelry. I'm very creative.

— Diandra Asbaty

We could all use a little coaching. When you're playing the game, it's hard to think of everything.

— Jim Rohn

“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

I would always want to be involved with football in some manner. I love the game. I love coaching, good and bad.

— Mack Brown

Good defensive play is as much a matter of hustle, desire and pride as it is anything else.

— Tex Winter

“Intrinsic values and qualities are age-free. For example, social competencies or a good heart.”

— Rossana Condoleo