Top 1200 Quotes & Sayings by Famous Coaches - Page 16

The one thing about Lumbee people is that there's so many stereotypes about Native Americans, especially reservation Native Americans, and we all tend to get lumped under that umbrella. But the Lumbee are non-reservation. I grew up no different than anybody would in normal American communities.

We have to be realistic. If we don't win, life will continue.

Scars remind you of difficult places in your life that you've championed.

In Boston I got to a point where I thought I was putting out fires more than being a baseball coach. And some of it was my fault. I was getting stubborn. My fuse was a little shorter than it needed to be. And that helps nobody.

As a quarterback, you have to have a short memory. Don't lose your confidence, and stay within yourself. Don't try to do too much.

I think fans oftentimes get an inferior product on back-to-back games, and I think that has to be the number one thing that gets addressed for the fans and for the players - the elimination or the drastic reduction of back-to-back games.

I'm not going to kiss any rings from anybody.

Nobody thought I would be a great coach.

We keep score in life because it matters. It counts. It matters. Too many people opt out and never discover their own abilities because they fear failure. They don't understand commitment.

I like it when the team is in control of the match. I like very much the ball possession; I like to play in the other half.

You cannot compare the way someone plays for a club and for a national team. At a club, you spend every day with the same players. In a national team, you are with your team-mates for only a few days.

When you sit with people you love, if you say something stupid, they call you on it - because they're honest with you and they're making you better. That's what we're as couches going to have here with our players. We're going to have an honest respect for one another, to make everyone maximize the potential they have. I expect the players to listen to me, and I'm going to listen to them. We've got to make each other better, and it's the way to create safety, because the players know you've got their backs. When you tell a player what you want, he will try to please you.

It doesn't affect my authority if I change my stance on something. If I have to reconsider a decision, I will.

I just want to remind everybody that it's Columbus Day. That all those of you that know Italians and like Italians are the people that might venture on to a ship and travel to explore and find new lands, this is your day. It's not St. Patty's Day. That's a different day entirely.

I'm a lot of things, but none of them are great.

Everyone has to understand what the role is - what the role of the player is, the role of the coach is. You're hired to do something. You're paid to do something.

Intelligent players are receptive and capable of implementation.

The players have to come and play. Today we did.

Every day is one day closer to the dirt, so you got to go hard.

I'm very thankful to players like John Stockton and Spud Webb. They've made it possible for someone like me to make it. I think teams are actually looking for one player under 6-feet now, because they make things happen.

My oldest daughter got married, she had a wedding in Hawaii and a reception in Nashville, and in between I had a Cup date in Dauphin, Manitoba.

To survive in the NFC West, we have to win in the trenches.

If you were born white, you automatically have a monstrous advantage educationally, economically, culturally, and within the society.

Where ever the Mavericks are today, we owe it to Michael Finley. He was the one guy who stayed when we were a terrible team. He stayed and fought the fight.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

I would still consider myself in the elite group of managers. If it was me against someone else, I'd trust myself.

In a team sport like basketball, every time you help somebody else, you help yourself.

My very first competition was at the end of 2005. Honestly, I just looked it up online and tried to find something local, because I had no idea how to do it or where to start. I did Denver's Strongest Man here in Colorado, and I won.

I loved my time in Japan, and I am grateful to have had the chance to live in Japan and embrace the Japanese culture.

I've been on the phone, I think, 20 out of 24 hours the last three days.

If I try to be Sean McVay, I'm going to fail, to be quite honest with you. We're different people. I've learned a lot from him, but I'm going to be Zac Taylor and do the best I can my way.

I am not a dreamer. I am a football romantic.

If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, we did it. If anything goes really good, then you did it. That's all it takes to get people to win football games for you.

I only had a high school education and believe me, I had to cheat to get that.

You're looking for players whose name on the front of the sweater is more important than the one on the back. I look for these players to play hard, to play smart and to represent their country.

You always want to surround yourself with better people than you.

For every game we play, I might have spent 12 hours working on the video alone. In an hour, the players have to understand everything you have seen in 12 hours.

The magic is in the man, not the 100 miles.

One of the most unfortunate things I see when identifying youth players is the girl who is told over the years how great she is. By the time she's a high school freshman, she starts to believe it. By her senior year, she's fizzled out. Then there's her counterpart: the girl waiting in the wings who quietly and with determination decides she's going to make something of herself. Invariably, this humble, hardworking girl is the one who becomes the real player.

So I don't really believe that how many years you've had in the league determines how well your players play... Coaching is coaching.

If you think my career has been a failure because I have never won a national title, you have another thing coming.

Balance provides the chance for longevity. You can be a champion at work and at home.

And opportunity doesn't always come. I thought I should have had a head-coaching opportunity a long time ago. Called plays in the Super Bowl. Won the game. No phone calls.

As an athlete, it's all about confidence in general.

My mother and father were farmers from very humble means, and when I was three years old they moved from the roca to the city to try to give us a better life. My father took a job at a winery and my mother worked as a seamstress.

Education is the key solution for change, for peace, and for help in the fight against racism and discrimination in general.

'What is success?' It isn't only about winning, but playing in a certain way.

Winning 9 games is very respectable.

Give me a lead of 14-0 at halftime and I will dictate the final score.

Pressure comes from being unprepared.

My dad emphasized athletics. My mom did as well, but my mom was really hard on the academic end of things and always stressed, 'Hey, you've got to have the grades, you've got to be prepared for life outside of sports.'

I think it is important to help our country's image outside of Spain.

Shearer could be at 100 per cent fitness, but not peak fitness.

We need to play tough defense and have a sound offense. But mostly, we have to outrebound the other team.

I'm really going to miss all the people in the front office, media relations, marketing, all the great people at the ball park. They were my family for a while, and that part really stings. But life does go on.

You can go to the pictures or read a book, but football constantly comes back into your mind. It's not a job, it's a life. It takes up your time, thoughts and energy and it can damage relationships with those around you.

I believe in Wendel Clark. We want Wendel to be a prime-time player.

You see Boris Becker, Mats Wilander, Nadal, Pete Sampras - they were all great when they were young. As a coach, you can see that type of talent at an early age.

Taking on a temporary coaching role at Manchester United is extremely exciting.

The reality is, if you're going to have a defeat on the road, Week 1 is probably the best time to have it.