Basketball Quote by Dean Smith

I would be a very demanding coach. I wouldn't yell and scream, but I want players that want what I want. And that's why…

— Kyle Lowry

If I were a high school coach, I would put my best players on offense. The best athletes on my team, I would give…

— Nick Saban

I always believe that every player has a right in recruiting to do whatever they feel is best for themselves.

— Billy Donovan

As a coach, one thing that used to frustrate me was one player would make a bad decision, and that's all you would read…

— Lou Holtz

It's a bad place when you see sometimes how coaches treat people. I don't even want to say players. I want to say people.…

— Ray Lewis

If there is a really good player at U16 level who disrespects the coach, if you then say: 'You can go somewhere else then.…

— Per Mertesacker

I've been around young, talented, non-coachable players. I've been around veteran, talented, non-coachable players. No matter what you do, sooner or later - even…

— Scott Brooks

When I made the transition from player to coach, I evaluated myself and saw that I needed to improve my personality. I would fight…

— Manuel Pellegrini

You can have great players, but if they don't want to be coached, what are you going to do?

— Scott Brooks

Seeing a player return to campus 20 years later with his family and he tells you, 'I'd never be where I am today without…

— Mack Brown

I'm only a player; I only do what my coach says.

— Frank Gore

As a college coach, I felt you could make a difference in a player's life. There was an educational aspect I thought was important.

— Tom Osborne