Top 1200 Coaches And Athletes Quotes & Sayings - Page 16
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Last updated on December 4, 2024.
The ancient Greeks kept women athletes out of their games. They wouldn't even let them on the sidelines. I'm not sure but that they were right.
At times, we, as coaches, try to shove guys as square pegs into round holes and keep hammering away.
That's something that I just can't underestimate the importance of, the staff continuity. I really think that the players feed off the coaches.
Only a handful of professional football athletes have had a signature shoe, unlike in basketball where there have been a number of guys.
I went to school at the University of Utah, and they had outstanding facilities and coaches that helped me grow and mature as a person.
Coaches give you too much information. I've been allowed to develop that intuitive ability in my career and lifetime.
My parents gave up on their dreams in sports because they were athletes, and they had me at such an early age. I didn't want to do that.
I was trained under very famous coaches in the Italian national team, Read Madrid, Juventus, Internazionale and Parma.
Universities exist to transmit knowledge and understanding of ideas and values to students not to provide entertainment for spectators or employment for athletes.
In this culture, where entertainers and athletes wield such power, it seems only right to me that they try to make their influence a good one.
I've probably given myself enough time to prepare for this meet and we're all different athletes so I can't take their results as what's going to be inevitable for me.
I work with a team of coaches and trainers to make me feel like I am not alone out on the ice.
International Amateur Atheletic Federation had selected me in 1985 and 1986 as one of the best eight athletes in the world.
The symbolic significance of individual athletes' achievements has sometimes proved more productive than the negotiations of diplomats or politicians.
I'm very proud of the fact that we dispelled the myth about black athletes not being able to survive in Green Bay.
I am overjoyed to receive the Michael H. Goldberg Coach of the Year Award from the National Basketball Coaches Association.
An Olympic medal in athletics is still a dream for India. Milkha Singh is the torchbearer for young athletes to achieve that goal.
Yoga, meditation, and unplugging the phone at night to make sure I get enough hours of sleep. That's huge for athletes.
People no longer know how to apologize, which is particularly noticeable among athletes, politicians, and entertainment figures.
Training under Conte is strange - there's a lot of tactical work. In that respect, though, he is one of the best coaches I have ever had.
There are so many kids in Africa who adore these athletes in the NBA and see themselves in them, even though we're so far removed.
Obviously, not many people get to be pro athletes and hopefully make it in their sport. So I'm just lucky enough to have the chance.
I think we, as pro coaches, should have a consciousness towards having an image and a role model mentality for kids.
In my own opinion, psychology in football is far more important than anyone believes, including the coaches.
Who is the ally of the coach? Who's going to write, 'Man, that was a well-coached game.' Players win, coaches lose.
For players, during our active career, it is always difficult to talk about coaches - whether it is former or a current.
Overall, I believe there has been a significant shift in the acceptance and appreciation of Paralympic athletes, but we still have a long way to go.
I definitely want to come back to Cleveland. The coaches, the team, everything about the situation, it's perfect for me.
Coaches who can outline plays on a black board are a dime a dozen. The ones who win get inside their player and motivate.
Athletes make nothing like the money that footballers or even cricketers earn. If you are a female athlete you are at the bottom of the ladder.
Never rank, rate, or compare coaches, children, concerts, or championships or congratulations. Just enjoy them all.
St. Louis has a super-rich history of soccer, so I was very fortunate growing up to have coaches that played.
After winning a medal, many athletes give up and go into oblivion, the reason being lack of encouragement.
Winning coaches must treat mistakes like copperheads in the bedclothes - avoid them with all the energy you can muster.
You need coaches and players that are connected to the community, and I think all of those elements came together in New York.
It's just really cool to see high profile trainers, athletes, and celebs using my products and loving them.
For athletes traditionally it's such a fantastic stepping stone to greater things down the track and in the future. Don't undermine the Commonwealth Games!
What has happened is just cases of athletes neglecting to correctly check the supplement they've had. It's not like they are deliberately or intentionally cheating.
I've been a bit surprised, and encouraged, by the NBA's support for athletes that speak out. Compared to the NFL, it's night and day.
We've worked with Special Olympics Florida before, and I had so much fun doing that. It was really inspiring to meet all the athletes.
Truly sports is a great unifier as our athletes come from villages and cities, north to south, from east to west.
If you train with fast athletes, it keeps you pushing. I know that good preparation is more important than everything else.
There's always going to be some phenom fighter coming up. If they're special athletes and highly trained, they'll do big things.
There is no free speech in football. Information is parsed by monosyllabic head coaches, who dictate who gets to speak to whom and when.
Cruces is like my town, where I grew up, where my heart is... All the teachers and coaches and people who have really influenced my life are from there.
Maybe, early on, I had too many coaches, with three or four guys all giving different input.
The universities will ask for money back so they can put their name on the side of a building without fully educating athletes .
As a candidate, Obama disdained the game of politics, a self-conscious contrast to all the tireless political athletes named Clinton.
I'm a huge sports fan. I love the psychology of athletes and the culture of athletics. I'm constantly drawn to those kinds of stories.
I've worked with acting coaches, I've been going out on auditions and meeting with casting directors. But I'm not known as an actress.
I know the UFC's a big organization, the best athletes and fighters are here, so... every third or fourth month, I'm ready to fight.
I have been involved in this sport since I was eight years old, so, hopefully, I can train and coach athletes down the line.
If athletes are found to have taken performance enhancing drugs, then they should be banned for two years, even if they are British.
A lot of coaches and players get so tunnel-visioned that when they do have some time off, they spend it concentrating on the game.
I'm able to give a voice to the athletes around the world - use my degree for something other than the power play.
My coaches and I always stress getting better and working on all aspects, so I'm ready to fight and take it to the next level.
Some coaches are on power trips. I've never needed somebody to tell me I'm not working hard enough.
I have met a lot of athletes who were on the top of their sport, and then sat around and did nothing. They just didn't know what to do.
There's an adage that a lot of coaches have, that I completely disagree with, is if you make the Olympic team too early you become complacent.
Surely, sport is not fundamentally about the safety of athletes. If it were, we'd probably have to ban professional football, right after boxing.
