Head coach Quotes

The head coach has to crack down a little more.

— Nate Oats

The head coach tells us what to do, and we follow his orders.

— Peyton Manning

I'm going to be the next head coach at Notre Dame.

— Dan Devine

I want to be a better head coach than my father.

— Rex Ryan

As a head coach, you're always concerned how you pace the team.

— Tom Thibodeau

I have no desire at all to become a head coach.

— John Havlicek

I want a hard-working head coach that will push me.

— Jabari Parker

A team takes on the personality of the head coach.

— Ricky Williams

A head coach has to be able to oversee all facets of the team and of the game.

— Jimmy Johnson

Just know that as the head coach, you're always talking about being composed.

— Sean Payton

I knew as an assistant coach it wasn't my place to overstep the head coach.

— David Fizdale

I want to be a general manager, and I want to be a head coach. Definitely both.

— Rajon Rondo

Assistant coaches become a little bit more buddies to the players than a head coach.

— Adam Oates

If head coaches weren't important to the success of a team, then owners wouldn't fire them all the time.

— Troy Aikman

I am so excited to join Aston Villa and to reunite with Dean Smith as my head coach.

— Ollie Watkins

There's some things assistant coaches aren't ready to do. They're not the head coach.

— Kelvin Sampson

Jurgen and myself have known each other since 1997. We've always had a good relationship. He called me before his first job…

— Ralf Rangnick

When you're a head coach there's never a minute of the day when you're not thinking about your team. But when things…

— Steve Nicol

It's different to have your head coach be in the offensive meeting room going through every play, every detail to every guy,…

— A. J. Green

I think there's a lot of things that need fixing at Manchester United apart from David Moyes, but in this business, you…

— Tim Howard

I was head coach before and my main ambition is to return to that. But to work for Maurizio and Chelsea was…

— Gianfranco Zola

I don't care about what people think about me that don't know me. But the one thing that bothers me of all…

— Lane Kiffin

I have always had the same philosophy throughout my career: work hard for your club, and if you get selected, it's because…

— David Villa

I don't think when I decided I didn't want to be an accountant any more that I was necessarily saying I wanted…

— Nick Nurse

The combination of an out-of-control tabloid press and a readership that thrills to the destruction of the England head coach is something…

— Simon Barnes

Al Davis has been the biggest influence in my professional football life. I mean, he was a guy that gave me an…

— John Madden

We haven't had the success we had hoped to achieve. Josh McDaniels is the head coach of the Broncos and you always…

— Pat Bowlen

I took a lot of pride, honestly, in hiring these young guys, that not only to become future head coaches, but I…

— Jon Gruden

There are a whole load of different pressures that go with being the head coach, manager, whatever you want to call it.…

— Steve Nicol

If you break down actual techniques and knowledge of MMA, I am more knowledgeable than the head coaches of all the guys…

— Frank Mir

People say crazy things. Some people think Penn State called me with some ridiculous financial offer to take over as head coach.…

— Cael Sanderson

The thing I enjoy the most about being the head coach is that I get to create the climate. I get to…

— Dabo Swinney

“As Parcells developed as a head coach, he came to understand that creative tension produced better results. He preyed upon the insecurity…

— Gary Myers

“ Sideline Story By Barbara Dooley, Georgia Grits When you have a lot of children, and we had four, you get worn…

— Deborah Ford

For me the starting point for everything, before strategy, tactics, theories, managing, organizing, philosophy, methodology, talent, or experience, is work ethic. Without…

— Bill Walsh

Victory is produced by and belongs to all. Winning a Super Bowl results from you whole team not only doing their individual…

— Bill Walsh

I enjoy the challenge of being a head coach.

— Stan Van Gundy

Head coaching options are limited.

— Dan Gilbert

I hold head coaches accountable.

— Roger Goodell

I wasn't in a rush to become a head coach. I really wasn't.

— Brian Flores