Coaching Quotes - Page 38

• I keep trying to bring a more professional approach to New Zealand cricket. It's an uphill battle. I stay in the game because I find it intriguing and interesting. I'm not interested in coaching international sides. I don't mind short-term coaching. I don't want to get involved in the politics of teams.

  Glenn Turner

  Team, Games, Interesting

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• Somebody has to give a wakeup call to our coaching world to ask them real questions and show them that if you have kids, then you know there is no way you can talk to somebody else like that, because that's somebody's child.

  Ray Lewis

  Children, Real, Kids

  "Ray Lewis Is Fed Up With Abusive Coaching". Interview with Ryan Bort, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2015.

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• People need to know that by donating, coaching, and just lending support, anyone can become part of the wonderful global family.

  Bill Toomey

  People, Support, Needs

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• The most important thing in coaching is communication. It's not what you say as much as what they absorb.

  Red Auerbach

  Leadership, Sports, Communication

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• Criticize on defense and encourage on offense.

  John Brady

  Basketball, Defense, Criticize

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• When it comes to celebrating, act like you've been there before.

  Terry Bowden

  Basketball, Like You, Celebrate

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• I think the most important thing about coaching is that you have to have a sense of confidence about what you're doing. You have to be a salesman and you have to get your players, particularly your leaders, to believe in what you're trying to accomplish on the basketball floor.

  Phil Jackson

  Basketball, Believe, Player

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• The more things we can get kids to do correctly off the court, the more they will do correctly on the court.

  Mike Jarvis

  Basketball, Kids, Court

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• In no other profession does the character and personality of a director play a more vital role in the development of young people than in the coaching of athletics.

  Clair Bee

  Character, Play, People

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• The coaching profession has lost one of its true legends. Though he was best known for winning more football games than any other coach when he retired, Eddie Robinson's impact on coaching and the game of football went far beyond wins and losses. He brought a small school in northern Louisiana from obscurity to nationwide, if not worldwide, acclaim and touched the lives of hundreds and hundreds of young men in his 57 years at Grambling. That will be his greatest legacy.

  Grant Teaff

  Football, School, Loss

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• I coach hockey players—some of them just happen to be girls. When I’m coaching youth hockey, I put the boys and girls together and they can’t tell the difference. They are just playing hockey.

  Natalie Darwitz

  Girl, Hockey, Boys

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• Everything we know, we learned from someone else!

  John Wooden

  Mentoring, Knows

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• Your neighbors will make judgments about you based on how your lawn and house look, and people who see you passing will judge you based on how clean you keep your car. It's not always fair, but it has always been true. Appearances matter, so make yours a good one.

  Lou Holtz

  Judging, Car, People

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• If you can't get emotional about what you believe in your heart, you're in the wrong business.

  Vince Lombardi

  Believe, Heart, Emotional

  Vince Lombardi (2012). “What it Takes to be Number One”, p.91, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Basketball is sharing.

  Phil Jackson

  Basketball, Basketball Coaching

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• Basketball is a sport that involves the subtle interweaving of players at full speed to the point where they are thinking and moving as one.

  Phil Jackson

  Basketball, Sports, Moving

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• Unless you plan to out-rebound and out-shoot everyone you play, then you better learn to handle the ball.

  Henry Iba

  Basketball, Play, Balls

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• Come and see my coaching certificates - they're called the European Cup and league championships.

  Brian Clough

  League, Cups, Championship

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• Coaching is preparation.

  Pete Carril

  Basketball, Preparation, Basketball Coaching

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• Like life, basketball is messy and unpredictable. It has its way with you, no matter how hard you try to control it. The trick is to experience each moment with a clear mind and open heart. When you do that, the game - and life - will take care of itself.

  Phil Jackson

  Basketball, Heart, Games

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• The strength of my Princeton teams has always been attitude, intelligence and discipline.

  Pete Carril

  Basketball, Attitude, Team

  Pete Carril, Dan White (2004). “The Smart Take from the Strong: The Basketball Philosophy of Pete Carril”, p.97, U of Nebraska Press

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• I don't recruit players who are nasty to their parents. I look for players who realize the world doesn't revolve around them.

  Pete Carril

  Basketball, Player, Parent

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• Good coaching is good teaching and nothing else.

  Pat Conroy

  Teaching, Good Teaching, Good Coaching

  Pat Conroy (2010). “My Losing Season”, p.103, Random House

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• Once practice starts, we work hard, and that's the best conditioning there is. Everything counts. Every little thing counts. Run hard, play hard, go after the ball hard, guard hard. If you play soft (what I call signing a 'non-aggression pact' with your teammates), you won't ever get into shape.

  Pete Carril

  Basketball, Running, Hard Work

  Pete Carril, Dan White (2004). “The Smart Take from the Strong: The Basketball Philosophy of Pete Carril”, p.153, U of Nebraska Press

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• To be successful, you have to expose yourself to different situations-different styles of play, different teammates, different coaching.

  Sue Bird

  Successful, Play, Style

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