Top 1200 Quotes & Sayings by Famous Coaches - Page 2

There are a lot of people who came out of adverse situations and made it. Use it as motivation. Use it to drive you.

To be honored by your peers is incredibly gratifying and I am so thankful to my colleagues across the league for this recognition. I'm also grateful to the talented and dedicated coaching staff I work with every day in Toronto. To be recognized with an award that bears Michael H. Goldberg's name is very special.

This is always one of my big pet peeves is that 65% of NBA players, three years out of the NBA, are broke. I mean, so, maybe maturing a little more on the front end and getting an education might serve you well down the road.

The ability we have to handle this adversity will determine the degree of success that we will have in life. To me, this is where the gospel can be the greatest of help to us. The power of the Holy Ghost is the greatest source of strength and comfort we can have in our lives. The Holy Ghost will not only help us in times of need, but will help us to gain a firm testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ, thereby preparing us for life.

Jurgen has a very proactive way to play, he set marks in Germany with his kind of football and that really influenced my style.

Success isn't measured by money or power or social rank. Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace.

The numbers are there just to help you - at the end of the day you've still got to make the decision. There are certain things the numbers can't quantify: They can't quantify injuries, they can't quantify the weather, they can't give you a number on whether the referee's going to make a good call or a bad call.

Gratitude is not a limited resource, nor is it costly. It is abundant as air. We breathe it in but forget to exhale.

That decision, for me, was almost certainly definitely wrong.

Pressure is self-doubt when you're unprepared.

Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.

One of our things is that money follows; it does not lead. So we want people that are fired up and passionate about their mission... and people that aren't so married to spreadsheets and thinking that kind of voodoo controls the future. Because it doesn't.

If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges.

You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and five the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all.

It's always an honour to receive recognition, but I always consider them more important when they come from your colleagues.

Discipline is doing what you really don't want to do so you can do what you really want to do.

You've got to think lucky. If you fall into a mudhole, check your back pocket - you might have caught a fish.

If you don't change with the times, the times are going to change you.

I like entertaining football but, at the same time, you can't concede goals. That's a tricky balance to find.

Each person holds so much power within themselves that needs to be let out. Sometimes they just need a little nudge, a little direction, a little support, a little coaching, and the greatest things can happen.

Paralyze resistance with persistence.

We always think that the right thing is to make an effort to have domestic coaches. I don't think that posture is bad.

Consistency is a beautiful word.

I have always believed that the first Test of a series is very crucial.

I love being in a city with great weather.

Believe deep down in your heart that you're destined to do great things.

Leadership is getting someone to do what they don't want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve.

There are always distractions, if you allow them.

The one thing that I know is that you win with good people.

I think everyone should go to college and get a degree and then spend six months as a bartender and six months as a cabdriver. Then they would really be educated.

The best success, for me, is not one trophy. It's not harmony. It's when players improve and grow.

If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that's a full day. That's a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you're going to have something special.

Building takes passion and energy. Maintenance is awful. It's nothing but fatigue. Once you reach the top, maintaining that beast is awful.

It's very important that we don't make the same mistakes twice. That's a big part of improvement.

Often, bumpy roads lead to beautiful places.

People who live in the past generally are afraid to compete in the present. I've got my faults, but living in the past is not one of them. There's no future in it.

The longer we keep looking back in the rearview mirror, it takes away from everything that's moving forward.

Sometimes you've got to put your realistic glasses on and see who you are.

I don't look further than next year because in our world, anything can happen.

One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than a hundred teaching it.

You can live by biblical principles, and you can teach by those principles and still be a winner. So many coaches think you've got to kick your players in the rear end. You've got to cuss them out. You've got to hit them across the head. No. You don't have to do that.

There are difficult matches from time to time, and that is absolutely normal. You have to stay calm and confident after them.

I think that the ATP and the WTA are doing a good job because they're satisfying their fans, and I am one of their fans.

In football, time and space are the same thing.

You've got to make tough decisions, sometimes unpopular decisions... Whatever it is, if it's the right move at the right time, you've got to be also willing to make mistakes.

If you like being patted on the back for the good times you have to be prepared to take the bad times.

My motivation is being the best. Pretty simple and straightforward.

If I tell you there's cheese on the moon, bring the crackers.

Just do what you do best.

I never underestimate or overestimate anybody. Really we have to try and find levels of performance for ourselves first.

The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.

There are some real memorable highlights in my history that, in my mind, are such milestones. Winning a national championship in college and being on the Olympic platform getting a gold medal. Visiting the Hall of Fame and going into the Hall of Fame.

What I've been telling everyone that loves Carolina football is that we are going to put a team out there that, number one, is in good shape. We're going to be fit, we are going to be able to play the whole game and we're not going to poop out.

Allah is with people who show patience. If you are down in the dumps, Allah will help you if you have belief. But this is a personal thing between you and him. You can't fool Allah.

I'm a high school history teacher who got lucky.

Good things happen to those who hustle.

There is a set of rules and a code of conduct that I believe that you should adhere to in life.

You try to bring a smile to people's faces, and try to tell people of the adventure you've been on, the success you've had and what it takes.

We are going to be process-driven in the pursuit of bringing a Lombardi Trophy back to Green Bay.

An individual can make a difference, but a team can make a miracle.