Coaches Quotes

1012 Coaches quotes by 621 unique authors

First of all, it was such an honor to be chosen. You had to be voted in by players and coaches that time. But having… — Dan Fouts
After announcing that the 2000 season would be his last before retirement: Last winter I made the decision to coach for only one more season.… — LaVell Edwards
Overachievement is aimed at people who want to maximize their potential. And to do that, I insist you throw caution to the wind, ignore the… — John Eliot
No jockey ever won a race by carrying the horse across the finish line; no coach ever won a volleyball match by touching the ball… — John Kessel
Most coaches study the films when they lose. I study them when we win -to see if I can figure out what I did right — Bear Bryant
Coaching is something that takes place only when learning does. No matter what you are doing in your practices, if your players are not learning… — John Kessel
Never underestimate your players; they can do it with enough game-like practice. Coaches must put more emphasis in practice and in life on making student-athletes… — John Kessel
A good coach must celebrate in private. He cannot gloat to the press after a victory or criticize heavily after defeat... His game is of… — Bill Bradley
I could sum it up in one thing: A guy has to be what he is. He's got to coach and have a philosophy based… — LaVell Edwards
Coaches and players at the start must think their way through problems where a more experienced person would react out of habit and memory. One… — John Kessel
If you had to spend every second, of every day, of every year of your life with someone, would you do whatever it took to… — James A. Murphy III
Too many coaches have too big a mouth and not big enough ears. — John Kessel
One of the hardest parts of practice is the criticism a player takes from his coaches. Some players think a coach has it in for… — Willie Mays
You can be harsh on your players and still coach, but it is easier when you are kind to them. — John Kessel
No matter how you total success in the coaching profession it all comes down to a single factor - talent. There may be a hundred… — John Wooden
Coaches need to have the ability of tact - to teach the team to rub out mistakes rather than to rub them in. — John Kessel
If we, as coaches, aren't teachers, we are nothing — John Wooden
A coach has to worry not so much about creating motivation, esprit de corps, as about destroying it. The true competitor has it; he wouldn't… — Dick Motta
Coaches should realize that the only way to conquer drudgery is by getting through it as efficiently as they can. A dull job slackly done… — Harold Nicolson
Changing from a player to a coach, I felt like a mosquito in a nudist colony. I didn't know where to begin. — Pee Wee Reese
The trouble with most coaches is that they start with the assumption that everybody is a turd. And that ain't right. — Bum Phillips
Coaches must be flexible, for then they won't get bent out of shape. — John Kessel
I said, 'You missed practice yesterday didn't you?' The player replied, 'No coach, not a bit.' — Vince Lombardi
Conservative coaches have one thing in common; they are unemployed. — Chuck Knox
A coach must sometimes see players with his heart, and hear them with his eyes. — John Kessel

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