Top 1200 Quotes & Sayings by Famous Coaches - Page 19

I was the best guy, you know, all through Little League and Pop Warner and that kind of stuff. But when I went to high school, I was undersized. I didn't grow. I was behind the whole puberty cycle. I didn't like high school.

The players do their thing on the pitch, and there's a lot of young women or former players that want to coach.

I have confidence in my manhood to be able to cry at a movie or at a wedding, too.

Competition is key to developing players. The only practice environment in which you truly develop a player is a competitive arena.

My strength is my humility. When you are humble, people like you.

Every time the ATP or WTA speak about changing something, you see the reaction. So I think they're doing a good job because those people are still watching tennis 40 years later and they are still fans so I'm not sure they should change because I don't know how the fans would feel.

I have always had sympathy for Atletico Madrid because, among other things, I have friends there, and my father always liked Atletico.

Sometimes, I don't enjoy the wins, and I don't enjoy the losses, but I'm here just to get the result and get moving.

Positioning, anticipation and technique create quickness. Therefore, you can always get quicker

I think one of the things I really learned in Denver is the value of being a good listener.

A good teammate will correct somebody when they're doing something wrong. A friend might not say anything, a good teammate does.

The more talented a young man is, the earlier the recruiting process usually begins.

It all goes back to the players putting everything out on the pitch. They commit to the game, so the support gets behind them straight away. They don't see half-hearted performances, they don't see people that are not running around. They see players competing, putting in the effort and enthusiasm.

Speaking French is good for me and also a mark of respect for the PSG institution.

Having the family around is always very important because they are supportive. If you have a good day, you can enjoy it together. And if you have a bad day, you always find something as a distraction with your children, because they are normally happy.

The players have to understand how it feels to be fatigued and then go again.

By listening to others, you better understand their needs and you can then better communicate with them.

It was complicated at Madrid. I was suspicious. The lack of recognition for Makelele over there scared me. I was scared it would happen to me. But I should have gone there. Today, I don't regret the career that I have had, but if I could have changed one thing, it would be that: to go to Madrid.

Everyone has the right to make mistakes.

You can either be a quitter, a camper or a climber. I don't want to quit, and I certainly don't want to camp.

To have the kind of year you want to have, something has to happen that you can't explain why it happened. Something has to happen that you can't coach.

Before you can win, you have to believe you are worthy.

When you are in the big competition for the first time, you grow, and then you lose something when you go back into your own competition.

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.

I think it's gonna take a sincere empathy and compassion for people of all races, to really reflect and process on the true history of the black community in this country. The history has been filled with incredible oppression and we really have to acknowledge that, to start to change the lens of how we see true equality.

Having Steve Nash running your team makes you a lot smarter.

Hungry is a word that I've been analyzing here of late. It's not hunger that drives me, it's not hunger that needs to drive our football team. Hunger and thirst are things that can be quenched. We have to be a driven group, we have to seek greatness.

You always spend a little more time watching the guys you coached, to see how they're playing. And there's no question that when I check scores, I still go to the Nuggets scorer faster than any other scores. I have a lot of love for the players and a lot of love for the city.

Tough teams win when the shots are not going.

Give people enough guidance to make the decisions you want them to make. Don't tell them what to do, but encourage them to do what is best.

I have never played a game for the national title. Our goals always have been to win the Big Ten title and the Rose Bowl. If we do that, then we consider it a successful season.

He made the impossible possible.

If you lose a player who scores seven, eight, or nine goals, you have to find another one.

If worms carried pistols, birds wouldn't eat 'em.

Every year that you enter this business and this game, the goal is the Super Bowl.

If you keep your eyes fixed on Christ, He's going to reward you.

I'm going to tell you the story about the geese which fly 5,000 miles from Canada to France. They fly in V-formation but the second ones don't fly. They're the subs for the first ones. And then the second ones take over - so it's teamwork.

At 30 I thought I knew everything, and 30 years later I didn't know anything.

Little changes over time are the secret to long term weight loss success!

I love Courtney Lee. He's a very good player. I know that sounds very simple, but it's true. He does things well. He's a good defender, a great team defender, and he shoots the ball very well.

When you bat, you need to have a lot of patience. I started training for it from the age of eight or nine. So, I knew what I needed when I stepped on the field to bat.

At the minor-league and major-league level, you know how important your coaching staff is, but in a big market it becomes absolutely huge.

I never realized how similar that I am to Tom Brady. mean, the obvious physical appearance would be the first thing. The fact that he's married to a supermodel? Hello? Yeah, I'm also married to a supermodel.

When you have confidence, the atmosphere in the dressing room also improves.

Sheffield has everything as far as I'm concerned and the football club is right in the heart of it.

Sometimes, a national team's shirt is heavy.

It's that preparation that goes into each week. We have a term: 'Trust your training, trust your teammate, and trust yourself.'

The challenge is to stay cool enough to handle the pressure in the moment so that you can succeed in the future.

I think sports is good for goal setting, and I think it teaches you some important values.

The beauty of coaching is that you are working with human beings. I feel very comfortable with my staff that we can make a difference, that we can make a difference on the ice.

I'm glad the NCAA is pushing back the 3-point line a foot. I'm a big supporter of the 3-point shot; it's exciting. I hope the high schools adopt the same rule.

It's our job to put a good product out there, and fans will come. If they see a good product, a good style, fans will come.

I am Jose Mourinho and I don't change. I arrive with all my qualities and my defects.

The chairmen of the largest companies in the world can cancel an appointment or move a board meeting; a manager cannot change the date of a game. In the combined 42 years that Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger have managed in English football, I can only remember one occasion when Sir Alex did not attend a Manchester United game.

The challenge for young players is always stepping into the next level in terms of how much faster the game is.

Globalisation has changed the world, and football is the perfect instrument to set an example and to help adapt to this new world.

The job of the offense is not to score points. The job of the defense is not to stop the other team from scoring points.

If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?

Every time you win, you're reborn; when you lose, you die a little.

I hate this quality, but I can go to dark levels when we lose. It's not a panic attack, but there's anxiety. I'm inconsolable. I'm a train wreck. I'm being myself. Then I get this crazy, intense focus, where I get desperate not to be embarrassed again. That dark spot is what I tap into. Creativity comes from there.