Coaches Quotes - Page 24

• The pessimistic coach complains about the play. The optimistic coach expects it to change. The realistic coach adjusts what he can control.

  John Kessel

  Sports, Optimistic, Play

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• Bill Walton, UH Volleyball coach, after his player kept looking at him on the bench every time the ball hit the floor...Next time you look at me I'll put you on the bench where you can see me better. My basic principle is that you don't make decisions because they are easy; you don't make them because they are cheap; you don't make them because they are popular. You make them because they are right.

  Theodore Hesburgh

  Leadership, Sports, Volleyball

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• The word coach comes from the old English word coach, which was a vehicle, a carriage that took royalty or very important people from where they were to where they wanted to go. That's really what a coach is. He or she tries to create a vehicle that will help you get where you're going, not where the coach wants you to go.

  Timothy Gallwey

  Leadership, Sports, People

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• No athletic director holds office longer than two losing football coaches.

  Robert Zuppke

  Leadership, Sports, Football

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• A coach is someone who always makes you do what you don't want to do, so you can be who you've always wanted to be.

  Leeman Bennett

  Leadership, Sports, Want

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• I've swum for my country, I've swum for my coaches and my schools and my teams. I decided this time I was going to swim for myself.

  Janet Evans

  Leadership, Sports, Country

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• One of the most important qualities for any young athlete is the ability to believe in oneself. If you have confidence in yourself, in your teammates and your coach, you will succeed.

  Chuck Knox

  Leadership, Sports, Believe

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• If there is something a coach might wish to see changed in a player or team, the first place to check and see if it could not be done better is in yourself.

  John Kessel

  Leadership, Sports, Team

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• The only reason these kids keep score in these games is for the parents and coaches satisfaction. Who cares? They're 10 years old.

  Peter Jacobsen

  Leadership, Sports, Kids

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• I'm not going to coach again. I've done my coaching, and I think I can put that aside.

  Phil Jackson

  Thinking, Coaching, Done

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• My coach told me if I broke the national record for the 200, I could run a 100.

  Usain Bolt

  Running, Records, Broke

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I don't control what people put on dot-com or anything else. So I'm just telling you there's no significance, in my opinion, about this, about me, about any interest that I have in anything other than being the coach here.

  Nick Saban

  People, Dots, Opinion

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• Thank God he wasn't the St. Louis Rams' coach. I have a lot of respect for Coach Dungy and like everyone in America, everyone is entitled to their own opinions.

  Michael Sam

  America, Thank God, Rams

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• Every day I've got to get up and make a decision. I have an opportunity every day to affect young men and the coaches that are around me, the entire organization and the entire community.

  Mike Singletary

  Opportunity, Men, Organization

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• My coaches were great. My mom and dad. My dad never missed a wrestling meet.

  Dan Gable

  Mom, Dad, Wrestling

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• When I was in elementary school, the coach of our school (soccer) team personally unearthed my talents.

  Eunhyuk

  Soccer, Team, School

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• My dad was my first coach and drove me extremely hard from a very young age.

  Candace Parker

  Dad, Age, Firsts

  "Thanks, Dad, for Believing in Me Before I Did" by Candace Parker, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 16, 2011.

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• I'm honored to be on this list for the official beginning of the College Baseball Hall of Fame. The coaches on the list laid the groundwork for what college baseball is today. Being mentioned with those men means a lot to me.

  Skip Bertman

  Baseball, Mean, College

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• It is the ultimate honor for a coach to be his country's coach.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Country, Honor, Ultimate

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• It's been a dream to play in the NFL and hopefully after next year that becomes a reality, but I wouldn't pass up being here with my teammates and coaches for anything.

  Denard Robinson

  Dream, Reality, Years

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• I had a coach that was not a great player, but he taught with kids and juniors so that by the time he was 50 he was great. He helped me make the top 5 in the world and yet he wasn't a great player himself.

  Guy Forget

  Sports, Kids, Player

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• I can't tell you how proud I am to be the head coach of the Buffalo Bills.

  Rex Ryan

  Proud, Bills, Buffalo

  HC Rex Ryan Introductory Press Conference, Opening Remarks, www.buffalobills.com. January 14, 2015.

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• I neglect God and his angles for the noise of a fly, for the rattling of a coach, for the whining of a door.

  John Donne

  Doors, Noise, Whining

  'LXXX Sermons' (1640) 12 December 1626 'At the Funeral of Sir William Cokayne'

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• There's an old saying amongst players in football talking about your general manger and coaches, they speak with a forked tongue.

  Joe Namath

  Football, Player, Talking

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• I don't like showing the technique. I don't like people who say, "Here, I'm going to act, but first I have to bounce off this wall." If you have to bounce off the wall, do it by yourself. Don't feature the technique. My old drama coach used to say, "Don't just do something, stand there." Gary Cooper wasn't afraid to do nothing.

  Clint Eastwood

  Wall, Drama, People

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