Coaches Quotes - Page 32

• I took my father on a coach trip last summer.We were halfway there when the driver lost control of the coach, it flew down a hill around a bend and crashed through a brick wall. I wasn't hurt but luckily my father had the presence of mind to kick my head in.

  Chic Murray

  Funny, Summer, Hurt

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• I started running in Junior High School. I was so slow and uncoordinated the coach set me up with a paper route so that instead of going to work out after school I went to the corner of Providence Ave at Crestline St. and picked up a bundle of 15 newspapers.

  Gerry Lindgren

  Running, School, Work Out

  Interview with Mick Grant, John Molvar, www.youthrunner.com. January 12, 2011.

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• I just wanted to quit running. My coach, Tracy Walters, took me aside and told me that I had an opportunity few people ever get. He said that I could inspire the whole team because I was so small and unathletic.

  Gerry Lindgren

  Running, Team, Opportunity

  Interview with Mick Grant, John Molvar, www.youthrunner.com. January 12, 2011.

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• Ideally I would start by racing my athletes once every two weeks. But, such a program has to be flexible because some runners improve better with weekly races or even bi-weekly races. A coach has to adjust to what is best for the runner.

  Gerry Lindgren

  Athlete, Race, Two

  Interview with Mick Grant, John Molvar, www.youthrunner.com. January 12, 2011.

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• I love coaching. I would probably be coaching. I would work in athletes and work with the youth. I would maybe do personal development and athletics. I would coach in high school or college.

  Donovin Darius

  Athlete, School, College

  Source: prointerviews.org

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• I saw this college team bowling championship. Each team had their own coach. What kind of strategy advice is a bowling coach giving? "You know what? This time Timmy, I want you to knock down all the pins." "You sure?" "Trust me. Just do it son!"

  Jim Gaffigan

  Funny, Team, Son

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• To implement a new sport aside your tradition takes time. You definitely need a strategy for the entire country. You need highly qualified coaches for all regions that work with the same concept.

  Berti Vogts

  Sports, Country, Needs

  Source: www.china.org.cn

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• I never look at salaries. I have no aspirations of being a general manager or anything like that, I want to coach. For me there is no dollar signs on the towels, no dollar signs on their jerseys, I will make the decisions based on who is going to make us win. For me, that is my only priority.

  Bob Hartley

  Winning, Priorities, Decision

  Source: flamesnation.ca

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• I think there's an awful lot of ball players with great skills, but whether or not they're going to be on winning teams is not going to be answered until you see how they fit in to a team or a program. If they don't, it may be their fault or it may be their coaches.

  Tex Winter

  Team, Winning, Player

  Source: alanpaul.net

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• Part of being a great restaurant chef is having an ability to bring all those people together, rather like a captain on a rugby field or a coach. It's also being a great teacher, because I'm only one person in a kitchen of 10 and I need to be able to bring all those people together and to teach them. I need to be able to communicate my thoughts and my process to them.

  Paul Rankin

  Teacher, People, Kitchen

  Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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• In cooking I found my mentor in this great chef, Albert Roux. I think this is a very important thing in life, to find someone who can steer you because to find it all by yourself is quite a difficult and slow process. That's not to say you won't ever get there, but to find a great coach, a great mentor, someone to show you the way and to open a few windows and doors, is a wonderful thing in life.

  Paul Rankin

  Thinking, Doors, Things In Life

  Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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• I've got a strength and conditioning coach, a weights coach, but I've also got a nutritionist, a physiotherapist and a masseur available to me if I need it. It's quite a good network. I've also got sports scientists who record the technical information, so that, after the race, we can analyse the video and check comparisons between, not only me and the other competitors, but me and my best performance. I couldn't do it without these guys, but I'm the one who gets all the credit.

  Liam Tancock

  Sports, Race, Guy

  Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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• Education is fantastic. In my case I had to split my university course so it took a few more years. I really want to excel at everything I do, so I sat down and spoke with both my swimming coach and my tutor and we worked out a good plan to get the best out of both my swimming and my education.

  Liam Tancock

  Swimming, Years, Splits

  Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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• I get on well with people and I have really good relationships with the other coaches around me. I don't know everything about the games and I'm still learning all the time, so it's important to have an open mind.

  Warren Gatland

  Games, People, Good Relationship

  Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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• Having a social appetite for knowledge and wanting to develop and improve as a coach is important, but I believe in empowering people, particularly the other coaches that work with the team, giving them ownership and responsibility.

  Warren Gatland

  Team, Believe, Responsibility

  Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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• As a coach, I want players to challenge me, to question me and ask why we're doing a certain thing, so they feel that they're taking ownership.

  Warren Gatland

  Player, Challenges, Want

  Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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• The attitude in terms of how players work both on and off the field has a massive impact on us as coaches but also the performance and how the team does as well.

  Warren Gatland

  Attitude, Team, Player

  Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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• For me coaching was all about being involved, and taking the best qualities from the coaches I had as a player and moulding them into my own personality.

  Warren Gatland

  Player, Personality, Coaching

  Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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• The support is absolutely crucial. If you have the right people helping you in the lead up to a major event, then you know when you're lining up to start the race you have them there with you, willing you on. And I'm not only referring to the coaches, mechanics, physios, administrators, but also family and friends.

  Chris Hoy

  Race, People, Support

  Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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• I'm a social butterfly. Once I get somewhere, I can make myself at ease and start the team bonding and build a relationship with my team, all my teammates, all the coaches, all the coaching staff.

  Drew Gooden

  Team, Butterfly, Coaching

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• The relationships that I've built and the connections and the network that I have created playing on these multiple teams, playing for these multiple coaches and assistant coaches - I wouldn't give that back for anything, because I believe that's going to prepare me for my next step, whether that's going to be on the floor coaching or in an office doing some type of management work.

  Drew Gooden

  Team, Believe, Office

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• I have a senior staff meeting every day, with key personnel who interface with the players - coaches, the medical staff, our analyst department. This is a useful exercise as it means we are all across what is happening and they are aware of my expectations.

  Brendan Rodgers

  Senior, Mean, Exercise

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• I dictate entirely how the team is prepared, and I am a hands-on coach; I love to be out there with the players taking the sessions.

  Brendan Rodgers

  Team, Player, Hands

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• I don't see coach job stressful, I really don't. Of course, there is pressure and expectation, but I wouldn't necessarily equate that with stress.

  Brendan Rodgers

  Jobs, Stress, Expectations

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• I think my history as a coach shows I like players who are gifted technically and have courage when it comes to being in possession of a football. That is a key quality for me.

  Brendan Rodgers

  Football, Player, Thinking

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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