Coaches Quotes - Page 19

• You don't win games as a coach during games. You win games as a coach before games. Players win during games, not coaches

  Red Auerbach

  Basketball, Winning, Player

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• You learn from everybody. You learn from the players. You learn from great coaches. You learn from great teams

  Tom Thibodeau

  Basketball, Team, Player

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• Winning coaches look for opportunities to praise. Anything that reflects a commitment to the team is praiseworthy

  Bill Parcells

  Basketball, Team, Commitment

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• Players have to buy into your system and be willing to accept the role, you, as the coach, have assigned to them

  Chuck Daly

  Basketball, Player, Nba

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• I'm a lot better coach when I have really good players

  Chuck Daly

  Basketball, Player, Nba

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• On good teams coaches hold players accountable, on great teams players hold players accountable

  Joe Dumars

  Basketball, Team, Player

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• I've really gained an appreciation for what coaches do since I returned to the NFL.

  Mike Singletary

  Appreciation, Nfl

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• There were high school coaches such as Charles Boston that took me under his wing and taught me the fundamentals of football. And when I went to college there was Robert Hill who took me there and he showed me what hard work and determination would do if you put forth the effort and you take a little time.

  Walter Payton

  Football, Determination, Hard Work

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• Players have responsibility, and if they don't do their job, certain things happen. Coaches have responsibility. If they don't do their job, things happen.

  Mike Singletary

  Jobs, Responsibility, Player

  "Mike Singletary: short fuse and short leash" by David White, www.sfgate.com. October 10, 2010.

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• There's a picture of the real Coach Gary Gaines in the book and he's sitting in the locker room after a game, and he just looks so much like Billy Bob, that we went to him.

  Peter Berg

  Real, Book, Games

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• Obviously you have to have talent in order to play so you can't overlook that, but we won't overlook the character issue when it comes to talent because if they have talent and they don't have character, it's going to be very difficult to coach that person.

  Tim Buckley

  Character, Issues, Order

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• In life it wasn't what you know, but who you know. I had people who were trying to buy teams and had they bought the teams, I would have gotten to coach because they wanted me to coach. But the people who have the teams hire their friends.

  Rick Barry

  Team, People, Trying

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• I realised that the political context had got worse since the 2010 World Cup. I tried to ignore it but I wanted, as a national coach - you may call this Utopia - to make Catalans and Basques feel good about supporting a Spanish side... to unite even the most sectarian and nationalist.

  Vicente del Bosque

  Feel Good, Political, May

  "Vicente del Bosque: Putting regional tensions aside has united Spain" by Jimmy Burns, www.theguardian.com. September 7, 2012.

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• My former coach, Simen Agdestein, used to be the best player in Norway.

  Magnus Carlsen

  Player, Norway, Being The Best

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• Man, coaching is a hard job, and it requires a lot of time... I hear stories from coaches who tell me that players call them in the middle of the night not knowing where they parked their car.

  Joe Montana

  Jobs, Player, Night

  "Interview: Joe Montana blood pressure". www.askmen.com.

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• Coaches are like ducks. Calm on top, but paddling underneath. Believe me, there's a lot of leg movement.

  Ken Hitchcock

  Believe, Hockey, Ducks

  Personal Quote, www.imdb.com.

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• Hey, I'm just looking for an excuse to retire so I can play summer league baseball, go coach my nephews, play pickup basketball. I've always had that ability to move on to the next thing.

  Doug Flutie

  Basketball, Summer, Baseball

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• I was very lucky with 'Soap' and 'Who's the Boss,' which was great fun, and then went on 'Coach' and 'Everybody Loves Raymond.' I've been truly blessed, and the work has all been fun and a joy.

  Katherine Helmond

  Fun, Blessed, Joy

  "DIVA TALK: Chats with Helmond and Rose, Oz's Block Gets Wicked and Q Folk Go Empty-Handed". Interview with Andrew Gans, www.playbill.com. August 6, 2004.

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• I don't know if I'd call myself a prodigy, but I was a big forensics competitor in high school, and then during college I spent some time working at speech and debate camps as a coach.

  Josh Gad

  School, College, Speech

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• There's not a day that I don't work on vocals, have vocal coaches, go to acting classes, read books.

  Aaron Carter

  Book, Class, Acting

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• When I was younger, my coach, Liang Chow, made all the decisions. I would go to the gym for practice, do exactly what Chow told me to do, go home, come back and start all over again. If Chow told me to do 50 squat jumps, I did 50 squat jumps.

  Shawn Johnson

  Home, Practice, Decision

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• Coaches will eventually notice a great attitude, and they respect that.

  Heather O'Reilly

  Attitude, Great Attitude

  "Win An Autographed World Cup Game Ball!". Interview with Kim Tranell, www.seventeen.com. September 14, 2011.

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• Ignore him," Heather begged. "I do. Constantly." Jean-Luc studied the coach, then turned to Heather with a wary look. "Every man in this town wants you." She laughed. "Yea, right. The old guys from the nursing home go into cardiac arrest whenever I walk by." His gaze drifted over her. "I can believe that.

  Kerrelyn Sparks

  Believe, Home, Nursing

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• Coaches do so much research about a referee because they believe refereeing is such a crucial part of the game that the result may hinge on what we say or do. They probably know more about me than I know myself!

  Alan Lewis

  Believe, Games, Research

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• My dad is a good role model for me, and then I had a high school coach that really helped me out when I was struggling and made a big difference in my life.

  Sean Covey

  Dad, Struggle, School

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