--- title: "3 Teri McKeever Quotes - Famous Head coach" description: "Terisa \"Teri\" J. McKeever is an American former college and Olympic swimming coach. She was the head coach of the California Golden Bears women's swimmi..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b130/author-teri-mckeever-81329.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Teri McKeever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b130/author-teri-mckeever-81329.jpg) # Teri McKeever (1961) Head Coach **3** quotes in **37** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Teri McKeever is a head coach. ## Quick Facts About Teri McKeever Born November 30, 1961 Profession Head Coach ## About Teri McKeever Terisa "Teri" J. McKeever is an American former college and Olympic swimming coach. She was the head coach of the California Golden Bears women's swimming team at the University of California, Berkeley, from 1993 until her firing in 2023. ## Quotes by Teri McKeever > [I think sports gave me the first place where this awkward girl could feel comfortable in my own skin. I think that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teri-mckeever/i-think-sports-gave-me-the-first-place-where-this-awkward-girl-could/) Teri McKeever [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/530/teri-mckeever-81329_awkward_i-think-sports-gave-me-the-first-place-w_38576.png) > [I don't believe my athletes care what I know, until they know that I care.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teri-mckeever/i-don-t-believe-my-athletes-care-what-i-know-until-they-know-that-i/) Teri McKeever [Athlete](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/athlete/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bda/teri-mckeever-81329_athlete_i-don-t-believe-my-athletes-care-what-i_490704.png) > [Failure and setbacks and struggles are where all the good stuff happens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teri-mckeever/failure-and-setbacks-and-struggles-are-where-all-the-good-stuff/) Teri McKeever [Adversity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adversity/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e36/teri-mckeever-81329_adversity_failure-and-setbacks-and-struggles-are-w_1227589.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/teri-mckeever/#itemlist", "name": "Teri McKeever Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think sports gave me the first place where this awkward girl could feel comfortable in my own skin. 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