Back Quote by Mack Brown

If I were going to stay in coaching, I would have stayed right there because I was totally happy.

— Darrell Royal

When I retired, I really wanted to spend time with my family and kids. Coaching would have prevented that due to the commitment of…

— John Elway

The further I get away from coaching, the more I know I made the right decision. You almost forget how wonderful family life is.

— Tony Dungy

“The happiest people in my life are people who did the thing our coaches and parents always told us not to do: They quit.”

— Nora McInerny Purmort

She told me I wasn't playing for the coach, I was playing for myself.

— Eric Dickerson

I've spent my entire life around coaches.

— Stan Van Gundy

I never really thought that I was going to get out of coaching ever. In my fifth year, I thought I might get out.…

— Jim Boeheim

You can always go back, to coaching. You can't go back to spending time with your family.

— Bill Cowher

As I look back now on my coaching career, I think of my family, I think of the days that we spent together. I…

— John Madden

Had I been a great athlete, I'm not sure I would have even gone into coaching. I may have turned out feeling that my…

— Lou Holtz

Well, I love being a head coach. And when my kids were younger, it just didn't feel right at the time. I was happy…

— Ed McCaffrey

I decided not to pursue coaching. Even though the people in coaching are some of my best friends and people I admire the most.

— Archie Manning