Coaches Quotes - Page 23

• There's never been a finer man in American sports than John Wooden, or a finer coach.

  Rick Reilly

  Sports, Men

  Rick Reilly (2003). “The Life of Reilly: The Best of Sports Illustrated's Rick Reilly”, Sports Illustrated

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• As a coach I think that's one of the things we have to exude: the ability to move on regardless of the result.

  Brad Stevens

  Moving, Thinking, Results

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• I always say if you're going to do a movie about Charles de Gaulle get a Frenchman, you know. I'm not French. And yeah, sure I could get with a dialect coach and work for six months trying to talk like a Frenchman. But there's some French actors. Just get one of them, you know.

  Billy Bob Thornton

  Dialect Coach, Trying, Months

  Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

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• No coach is more important than the Team

  Bo Schembechler

  Team, Important

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• We should tell our kids to just have fun, participate and not get bent on winning or losing. But every coach, when they say that, they say it tongue in cheek, 'Don't worry about winning': If you win I'll get you ice cream, but if you lose I'm going to pout in the car.

  Bode Miller

  Fun, Kids, Winning

  "Bad boy bode" by Bill Saporito, James Graff, Helen Scott-Smith, www.theguardian.com. January 28, 2006.

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• I’m definitely excited to have a fresh start. Talking to the coach [Bob Hartley], talking to management, they want me to have success, and that definitely makes your life easier. It keeps your mind free to just go out there and play as good as you can, instead of worrying about giving up bad goals and having to prove yourself every night – not just to the public, but to the coaching staff and everybody else. That’s definitely a nicer way to feel comfortable, if you know they have your back.

  Jonas Hiller

  Giving Up, Night, Talking

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• Seldom do we experience the charisma and character of a dynamic personality such as Lou Holtz, the very successful former football coach of Notre Dame. Lou has left his distinctive mark of success everywhere he has coached. Winning Every Day is not just a catchy phrase, but with Coach Holtz, a way of life.

  Carl Pohlad

  Football, Character, Successful

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• The main quality a great third base coach must have is a fast runner.

  Rocky Bridges

  Quality, Runners, Thirds

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• Pride gets into the Coach, and Shame mounts behind.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Pride, Shame, Behinds

  Benjamin Franklin (2012). “Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.25, Courier Corporation

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• I'm not supposed to know what's going on. But I can tell you this, I won't be standing around scratching my head like Coach Johnson in that Denorex commercial.

  John Avery

  Johnson, Standing, Knows

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• Don't soil your pretty little shoes The gutter's deep and red Climb up climb up and ride along with me the tumbrel driver said But she never said a word never turned her head Don't soil your pretty little pants I only go one way Climb up climb up and ride along with me There's no gold coach today But she never said a word never turned her head

  Peter Weiss

  Shoes, Gold, Gutters

  Peter Weiss (1993). “Peter Weiss' The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat: As Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade [a Play]”

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• I've never worked with an acting coach, but my parents had acting classes and I grew up around them my whole life just because I didn't have a babysitter.

  Blake Lively

  Class, Parent, Acting

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Not everyone is equipped to be a leader, but in a sense, everyone is a leader to someone, even though you're not equipped. I think parents are a leader to youngsters, teacher are leaders, coaches are leaders, businessmen are leaders.

  John Wooden

  Teacher, Thinking, Leader

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• If I was on an airplane, the people in coach would know who I am. But no one in first class would know.

  Jim Gaffigan

  Airplane, Who I Am, Class

  "Q&A With Jim Gaffigan: ‘Hot Pocket’ Comedian Reaches Out to Our Wounded Soldiers (VIDEO)". Interview with Joshua Kors, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 8, 2012.

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• No parent or coach can be true to any child and say he's ready for the N.F.L. out of high school.

  Tony Dorsett

  Children, School, Parent

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• I was pretty hot-tempered all through school. I remember my high school basketball coach telling me: 'Boy, if you don't learn to control that temper, you're gonna kill somebody.'

  Tony Dorsett

  Basketball, School, Boys

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• You can’t coach guts and commitment.

  Heyneke Meyer

  Commitment, Guts

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• The NLP/HNLP Coach Practitioner Training in combination with Hypnosis I were just the 9 days that I needed. I enjoyed the many practical excercises. As a Coach, building a stronger relationship with my unsconscious mind is the best way I can help my coachees too. Thank you!

  Schalk Burger

  Hypnosis, Mind, Training

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• I don't think there is any coach more sophisticated than me any more...

  Sam Allardyce

  Thinking, Sophisticated

  "Sam Allardyce: the big man gets the biggest job in football" by Andrew Anthony, www.theguardian.com. July 23, 2016.

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• A lot of coaches want guys to be loose for games. I never wanted them to be loose. I wanted their hands sweating, their knees shaking, their eyes bulging. I wanted them to act like we were going to war.

  Jerry Tarkanian

  War, Eye, Hands

  "Hall of Fame UNLV coach Jerry Tarkanian dies aged 84", www.theguardian.com. February 11, 2015.

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• I was always making decisions and they were easier decisions because I had control of the game, I had control of the ball. As a coach you sort of put the ball in other player's hands and let them make decisions for you. But I still get a kick out of winning basketball games and that's what I'm in this for.

  Larry Bird

  Basketball, Winning, Player

  "Yes, Great Players Can Make Good Coaches". Interview with Ross Atkin, www.csmonitor.com. January 29, 1998.

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• Guys like Larry Bird -- he played so hard, he wants everybody else to play hard. That's not unreasonable. Any coach would want that and demand that.

  Larry Bird

  Play Hard, Guy, Bird

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• The outstanding coach is a teacher that gets all his squad to accept the role that he considers to be the most important for the welfare of all.

  John Wooden

  Teacher, Squad, Important

  Interview on "Charlie Rose Show", archive.org. June 14, 2000.

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• Any coach needs talent. You start with talent. Without talent, we're all in the soup.

  Red Auerbach

  Needs, Soup, Talent

  Interview with Ken Shouler, www.espn.com. October 28, 2006.

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• If I'm going to coach the players, I want some say on who they're going to be.

  Red Auerbach

  Player, Want, Ifs

  Interview with Ken Shouler, www.espn.com. October 28, 2006.

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