Coaching Quotes · Page 30

I think the most important thing about coaching is that you have to have a sense of confidence about what you're doing.

— Phil Jackson

Coaching takes patience. I'm more enthused when teaching players who want it versus when I have to.

— Kevin Garnett

Don't talk too much. Don't pop off. Don't talk after the game until you cool off.

— Bear Bryant

Promise to be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit trouble to…

— John Wooden

I would rather have a player who has mastered two or three moves than to try to teach him six or seven.

— Norm Sloan

Use different basketball offensive alignments to cause confusion for the other team.

— Hubie Brown

It's what you get from games you lose that is extremely important.

— Pat Riley

I believe in our players, our coaching staff, and our entire franchise.

— Dan Gilbert

Basketball is a sport that involves the subtle interweaving of players at full speed to the point where they are thinking and…

— Phil Jackson

It is essential to understand that battles are primarily won in the hearts of men. Men respond to leadership in a most…

— Vince Lombardi

I grew up with great coaching, and it had nothing to do with sports. I had great parents. I really got some…

— Jerry Jones

I once said coaching a first-year team was a religious experience. You do a lot of praying - but most of the…

— Bill Fitch

There is still a big onus to be coached. I understand the best teams don't need a huge amount of coaching, but…

— Brian O'Driscoll

I remember doing my first coaching sessions at Macclesfield, when I was still playing, and I was just terrible. I felt really…

— Graham Potter

I think, what I would communicate to people, if you are really keen in helping the world, you could spend so much…

— Jean-Philippe Courtois

“learning is truly a value, growth for every employee is a real objective, mistakes aren’t always fatal, and there are lots of…

— Jack Welch

When you do make a coaching change, it obviously does shake up everybody, it makes you wonder where you stand in the…

— Carey Price

Come and see my coaching certificates - they're called the European Cup and league championships,

— Brian Clough

It's not that easy for some of these players in China to get the coaching they need.

— Michael Chang

Commitment to the team - there is no such thing as in-between, you are either in our out.

— Pat Riley

Rebounding wins championships, you need to emphasize it and work with kids on it.

— Pat Summitt

There is no sin in not liking to play; it's a mistake for a boy to be there if he doesn't want…

— Bear Bryant

Before I ever got into coaching, I got my law degree at Pepperdine.

— Mike Leach

We put a premium on knowing what the other team does. Then we try to take them out of it.

— P. J. Carlesimo

I could stay in Germany and start my coaching career there. I did not want to.

— Thomas Dooley

Loyalty is a cohesive force that forges individuals into a team.

— John Wooden

The mismatch is not what gets you beat. What gets you beat is giving up the uncontested, open shot.

— Rick Majerus

Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing. If you can shrug off a loss, you can never be a winner!

— Vince Lombardi

For there to be true maturity, people must be given room to grow, which includes room to fail...

— Charles R. Swindoll

Everyone wants to win, but not everyone is willing to prepare to win.

— Bobby Knight

Managing is like holding a dove in your hand. Squeeze too hard and you kill it; not hard enough and it flies…

— Tommy Lasorda

You have no choices about how you lose, but you do have a choice about how you come back and prepare to…

— Pat Riley

I'm not thinking about coaching, I'm thinking about heading to Washington, watching the world champions and my brother coach

— Jon Gruden

Simplify the game as much as possible. When you add, you must subtract.

— Don Meyer

I'm so happy to have joined Celtic and to be with this great team and amazing coaching staff.

— Timothy Weah

There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you.

— Woody Hayes

Good coaching is about leadership and instilling respect in your players. Dictators lead through fear - good coaches do not.

— John Wooden

The most important thing in coaching is communication. It's not what you say as much as what they absorb.

— Red Auerbach

Coaching is real simple to me. You help players realize their dreams. You help them feed their families. Then, in turn, you…

— Mike Tomlin

Especially in the States, at every level - whether it's collegiate, whether it's our professional league - we need more women in…

— Jill Ellis