Top 1200 Coaches And Players Quotes & Sayings - Page 3

I think sometimes when it comes to sports, and especially relationships between players and coaches, that people lose track, lose a sense of reality.

We push players beyond their limits and expectations every day. We ask them to take risks. Sometimes, as coaches, we have to remember to do that with our decisions, too.

There's always been conflict, inherent conflict between players and coaches.

I've always just tried to treat people with respect, build relationships with players and coaches... build a trust.

I've missed the association with players and coaches but haven't missed the recruiting and the travel.

In the U.S., coaches could be the father next door. They had no formal training. They're like old hockey players. They don't go to school and study.

The people I've been around who've been successful - be it players, executives, coaches - there's no substitute for a hard day's work.

I had some great players, great coaches, the best organization in football.

I love the Premier League, the quality of the players, the quality of the coaches. There are great challenges. But there are arms and legs flying off managers down there.

When the game is played by such a high percentage of black and ethnic minority players and we're looking at the percentage of managers and coaches, at the top level it is minimal.

Coaches win practices, players win games

Above all, the fans of the Cleveland Cavaliers, as well as the entire franchise, deserve and need our players and coaches to dig deep within themselves.

Anytime you get an award as a coach, you've got to be the ultimate fool to think it wasn't your assistant coaches and all the players responsible for the award.

It's been years since I've had a real input in the game anyway. For this game, I've just tried to keep all the other stuff away from the players and coaches.

From the coaches on down, especially Jim Corsi whose been a great supporter, a true friend who really cares about his players and allowed me the chance to develop.

Coaches can sometimes mollycoddle players too much - if they are good enough, then they are old enough.

I want to be honest with you: The players I played with and the coaches I had...they were directly responsible for my being here. I want you all to remember that. I always will.

Cruyff defined a philosophy and a style of how we had to play: positional play, type of players, the profile of the coaches, even.

I could sum it up in one thing: A guy has to be what he is. He's got to coach and have a philosophy based on his own personality. You see too many coaches trying to imitate other coaches, trying to be someone else. It's all right to emulate the qualities of good coaches but I don't think you should imitate. You've got to be yourself.

We have very smart players and they've been fortunate to play for three very good coaches.

In football, it is normal that coaches and players change. There is always a new environment and you have to prove yourself again and again.

Everybody made mistakes for years, but by making them, everybody learned - myself, the franchise, coaches, players, LeBron, everybody.

Injuries happen every season. We can't rely on that being a crutch. It's up to all of us to do our best to fill those voids as coaches and players.

Our philosophy doesn't change. We're always competing. But the ways to approach it and the ways to make that up and make it available to our players, there's no end to that. That's why the thought is that you're either competing or you're not, and that's why I'm learning and searching and trying to transfer information to our coaches and to our players.

Systems, coaches, and directors or club presidents do not win games - players do, they are the only people who can make a significant difference once that game starts.

Rita Guarino is one of the best technical coaches I have had in my career - often she demonstrates a specific technique and shows the players up!

Don't misunderstand,' he said, 'there's pressure with every football game... Sometimes players, coaches, teams put pressure on themselves when they don't have to.

And when you're a coach your main concern is the players and the coaches. The last concern you have is really about yourself.

Some players are more fortunate than others to have coaches who are more focused on improvement.

There's no evidence that coaches with a conservative bent are better coaches or more likely to get jobs.

Great football coaches have the vision to see, the faith to believe, the courage to do - and 25 great players.

As coaches, whether we're making personnel decisions or not, we're all critical of ourselves. We always want to get better. We push our players to do that. But nobody bats 1.000.

I think coaches sometimes foul their own players out of game by benching them too long when in foul trouble

The challenge coaches face is replacing players they were counting on to be major pieces of a puzzle. In a lot of cases, there is just no way to make the necessary adjustments.

The one thing you can't ever forget - the playing field is the property of the players and the coaches. It is not to be used by some fat-butted announcer trying to make a name for himself.

High school coaches sometimes are better coaches than I am.

I've no doubt about the attitude of the players. Everything moves quickly in football; we coaches move on quickly from victory and defeat.

Coaches build teams, parents build players.

You have to have great players and great coaches working with you.

I have known a lot of coaches, but Tuchel gets to get into the players' heads quickly. You want to listen to him. And give 100% because he gives himself thoroughly.

I prefer to play against the best players and the best teams and the best coaches. Never personal.

I believe if the players and coaches respect my viewpoint of the game, then fans will as well. And full credit there goes to the NBA and to ESPN. They are willing to put people like me in a position to do this.

I've lost count of all my assistant coaches who have been made head coaches.

There is a mutual respect that exists between coaches and players, and ultimately, it's about us trying to help them reach their highest potential.

Sportsmanship is that quality of honor that desires always to be courteous, fair, and respectful, and it is interpreted in the conduct of players, spectators, coaches, and school authorities.

But people don't know if I can teach the game. I know I can. My experience in Oklahoma was positive. It opened my eyes to how the game is played - the interaction among players, fans and media, how all that works. You have to know about the business of the game and how the actions of players and coaches affect the business. I think I have it down now.

When I first came to England to play I saw coaches having a go at players when they made mistakes and they would literally be talking them through the game.

Good coaching is about leadership and instilling respect in your players. Dictators lead through fear - good coaches do not.

Coach Noll is quite demanding all the time. He expects a lot from both his players and assistant coaches because that is the only way he knows how to get the job done.

He has to be a great teacher. You have to have the right stuff and in the right proportions, and you have to convey that to the coaches, and then to the players.

Man, coaching is a hard job, and it requires a lot of time... I hear stories from coaches who tell me that players call them in the middle of the night not knowing where they parked their car.

Chelsea's players, coaches and agents are now football's wealthiest millionaires. Surely the billions taken from the Russian people by an oligarch in questionable privatisations couldn't be better spent?

The one thing about players today is that they're very sensitive, and very fragile. They didn't grow up with tough coaches.

The FA finds itself in a situation where there is a glaring lack of English coaches, along with a generation of players with huge experience who will simply go missing.

The performance of your position coaches is obviously more than just the actual statistics of how their players perform. There's insight from relationships you have around the league throughout all the different interactions that you have.

Guardiola, Jurgen Klopp, Thomas Tuchel, Joachim Low... How many players can say they've had coaches like them?

Players and coaches alike, you sign up for 82 games. You get paid for 82.

Now, all the people who spoke before, when I won the Golden Ball, have shut their mouths now the coaches and players from national teams have given me this prize and this recognition.

You want a coach who is going to push you and be strong and be in your corner when it's tough, but sometimes you have coaches who think they are more important than the players. That's where the conflicts come.

The one thing that has gotten worse for sports media is access. We hardly get to see, talk to and most of all get to know the players and coaches anymore.