Top 1200 Quotes & Sayings by Famous Coaches - Page 4

I don't like the word 'satisfaction' - never have. I don't think I'll be satisfied with anything, really, to be honest.

We came in today with a chip on our shoulder to prove who we are.

When you don't make people accountable, it leads to a superstar mentality where not everyone on the team is important.

I have no problem with two teams claiming to be national champions at the end of the year. But that's our society. We're dying to know who the champion is. Heaven forbid we have two. That would be socialist, right?

Football isn't a contact sport, it's a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport.

If you're not doing things right yourself, it's unrealistic to think you can hold other people to a standard.

The greatest sin a coach can commit is to allow kids to slide by. This goes for the classroom as well as the court

We cannot accept in victory what we would not accept in defeat.

What you do when no one else is looking will determine how good you'll be.

I like information. I love when smart people make me think of something in a new way.

Discipline is the highest form of love. If you really love someone, you have to give them the level of discipline they need.

We're gonna get some time to sit down individually with each player and see what their role is.

Ability is God-given, prowess is earned.

It's about doing it in a way that it can't be done any better. That is the goal every day.

The student-athlete should control everything that happens. From figuring out what kind of a degree they want to what type of a program they want to play for, they should control it all.

If a Coach is determined to stay in the coaching profession, he will develop from year to year. This much is true, no coach has a monopoly on the knowledge of basketball. There are no secrets in the game. The only secrets, if there are any, are good teaching of sound fundamentals, intelligent handling of men, a sound system of play, and the ability to instill in the boys a desire to win.

There is nothing so uncertain as a sure thing.

Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.

There's always a learning curve, where you've got to learn what your subject is all about.

Starkville is an Indian word for trailer park.

Potential does not always ensure success. The greatest players have not always been the most endowed. In athletics, we often hear the phrase, "He has the will to win". I think this is wrong. We can have the greatest will to do well. But unless we have prepared, it is of little use. Really, it should be the "will to prepare". Those who succeed have this will, whether it be in athletics, whether it be in school, whether it be in their chosen vocation, whether it be on a mission, or in almost any other phase of their life.

What you specifically teach is what your players will do best.

No one will steal my joy.

It is a paradoxical statement, but it takes incredible personal discipline to play with great freedom.

Private life is private life. Off the pitch, there is private life, and the rest is social life, where of course you have to behave responsibly.

When your mom and dad read the paper, they like to know their sons are on the roster.

I think one of my strengths is kind of knowing people and getting a good read and a feel for what that person's strengths might be.

Vincit qui patitur: he conquers, who endures.

Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.

One thing about championship teams is that they're resilient. No matter what is thrown at them, no matter how deep the hole, they find a way to bounce back and overcome adversity.

THE JOY OF DISCIPLINE OR THE PAIN OF REGRET, WHICH WILL IT BE TODAY?

Gary Speed was honourable, trustworthy and a joy to manage. He was honest, he was a role model and he was a great bloke. An avid learner, he recognised responsibility and he was always fully committed.

How do you motivate a human being to do things against his own nature? There's two things: love and fear. And to me, love wins every time.

Me carrying a briefcase is like a hotdog wearing earrings.

Without communication we have nothing.

So you get two good hours on the field about every day, you get about an hour and a half in the meeting room and that's pretty much all you need to thoroughly coach your team.

I don't spend all day thinking about football. But a large part of it, yeah.

I think anybody confusing a system with a reason for success is making a huge mistake. Systems don't win games. Players do.

Getting to the linebackers is difficult. Blocking them is another challenge.

My family has made a lot of sacrifices for me, and I'm looking forward to being there for them.

I may not be able to outsmart too many people, but I can outwork 'em.

Success is the best builder of character.

I've got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.

You know, Willie Wonka said it best: we are the makers of dreams, the dreamers of dreams.

I am a big barbecue-sauce guy.

Failures are expected by losers, ignored by winners.

There's good times and bad times. That's part of the coaching. You live with the ups and downs of it but at the end, it's about not only winning games, it's about developing men.

I write like a two-year-old, and I can't spell.

People always say, 'Do you get bothered by what people say or blog or write about you?' I only do if I know them. If I know them, and I have a relationship with them and they write that, then that would surprise me a lot. Usually the people writing the negative stuff don't know me at all.

It isn't about the words you say. It's about the energetic message you send.

The top clubs in the Premier League benefit very much from the fact that there are six teams on a very high level. They have so many games against each other so that they practically play Champions League the whole year. That helps them very much to persist in the international games.

All it takes is one coach that believes in you.

Here is the truth: While at the University of Florida, and now at The Ohio State University, I have always followed proper reporting protocols and procedures when I have learned of an incident involving a student-athlete, coach or member of our staff by elevating the issues to the proper channels.

The secret is to work less as individuals and more as a team. As a coach, I play not my eleven best, but my best eleven.

We truly love Butler University and Indianapolis and are very thankful to have had the opportunity to celebrate so many wonderful things together.

It is important to have face-to-face meetings, so when the players have things on their mind we talk. It is important to have a good relationship with your players. If they like you and love you - and the other way around - you will be successful.

Saying “I'll try” means our soul isn't really in it. We tell ourselves “I'll try” when our inflated egos won't come clean and admit that we're actually not all that determined. We can't overcome obstacles with the words “I'll try.” As Yoda, the philosopher in the Star Wars movies, says, “Do, or do not. There is no 'try.

Good teams have good rotation.

The past should remain firmly behind one. The present holds enough obstacles.

It may well be that an analysis of figures would reveal a law - the duration of a marriage is inversely proportional to the cost of the wedding. Or, to put it another way, any union celebrated with personalized toasting flutes is doomed.