Top 1200 Coaches And Athletes Quotes & Sayings - Page 18
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Last updated on December 4, 2024.
It's all about patience and I'm sure my time will come. I'm learning what it takes to be successful and I'm doing the things the coaches tell me.
It is very unique. I think what happens in a big, major institution is coaches get wrapped up in their own little deals.
We're professional athletes. People know who we are, and if there's some way we can help with a friend or someone in need, that's a responsibility we have. I really strongly believe that.
The captain tag is something that players vote on, head coaches they give their title to. It requires a player that you think exemplifies leadership.
I personally believe that professional athletes should give back to their communities in any way possible. We are in a position to make a difference.
I was always raised as a student first and an athlete second. I think that's the main purpose in college. Some athletes lose that perspective.
As I traveled around the league for FOX and called games, really good coaches know how to exploit the weakness of an opponent.
It's like getting the Williams sisters to play (tennis) against a man, and they're far better athletes than she (Sorenstam) is.
The one thing that young coaches should do is if there is an NBA team in your area, get to training camp and see the coaching that goes on.
I have great coaches, but one thing I've never really had is that head coach - a Greg Jackson, Matt Hume, John Hackleman.
Hibs are such a brilliant club, amazing training ground, good coaches, and a great platform for Scottish players to get better.
Athletes become our heroes, because they're superhuman. They do things nobody else can do. They're better than 6 billion other people.
My coaches know when it's a big fight, I'm at the gym because if they give me some pretender, another actor, I might not take it.
The career span for athletes is very short-lived. So you aren't being, perhaps, the smartest person if you don't take care of your family when you're able to.
Im not sure there are enough coaches in the system that can take young talent and consistently get them into the top five in the world.
Athletes are still exploited. If they blow out their knee, if they somehow don't meet the mandates of a coach, they lose their scholarship. They don't get their degree.
I am extremely lucky - I met Antonio Conte. I had so many coaches to compare him to, and he is the one that surprised me the most.
There's an old saying amongst players in football talking about your general manger and coaches, they speak with a forked tongue.
Elite athletes learn entitlement. They believe they are entitled to have women serve their needs. It's part of being a man. It's the cultural construction of masculinity.
Lance Armstrong has joined the legion of the lost, the great athletes who were barred or exiled for sins admitted or charged or suspected.
Coaching will become the model for leaders in the future... I am certain that leadership can be learned and that terrific coaches... facilitate learning.
Most college athletes are obsessed with getting to the pros, and many of them have proved they will do anything to get there, even if it's something unethical.
It happens too frequently that after a couple of poor performances, athletes are dumped. That's unfair as Olympic glory is a long path.
As I think back years later as to what a Game 7 is, what stands out most is how unpredictable it is, even for the athletes closest to the environment.
I have always dreamt of going to an Olympics and watching these incredible athletes and being motivated and inspired to want to be successful in my own sport.
I think at times I get treated a bit unfairly, but then so do other athletes in Australia, and I feel like things can change.
I would like to praise all of my coaches, from Pep to the first I had as a kid, because all of them have helped make me who I am.
I've coached a lot of athletes over the years and it's not new to me to work with people and create drilling structure and things for them.
When you're young, you do dumb things. I just can't understand why some other athletes never were extended that same excuse.
I am excited to partner with Under Armour to bring game-changing sleepwear, with the same bioceramics technology I use, to athletes all around the world.
I always tell young athletes the same thing, 'Wherever you go, whatever you do, what must your top priority be? Running.'
Myself, and all coaches, need to have courage, because we are so exposed. When we win, we're the best. When we lose, we're stupid. We must find a middle ground.
Does coaching work? Yes. Good coaches provide a truly important service. They tell you the truth when no one else will.
Mike Keenan has been responsible for creating a lot of good things for coaches, like mid-season job openings.
When I started I knew it was a matter of when, not if, I would get fired. That's because that was just the past history of the previous coaches that had been there.
To be the best in your field is a great ambition, and requires discipline and a huge amount of effort. The athletes who possess this drive are the ones I am attracted to.
So, college was kind of the only option that I looked at, and I was fortunate to have great coaches when I was at UCLA. They helped me improve on and off the court.
I've worked with some teachers and coaches over the years, but I didn't really study theater or technique or voice or any of that stuff extensively.
I love the way managers and coaches can spin people signing a new contract into telling us it's a transfer, 'these are our transfers.'
When I was trying out for my first Olympics at 16, my family and coaches tried to regulate what I ate. But the stricter they got, the more I rebelled.
I want people to realize bodybuilders are athletes. We have a very meticulous philosophy on how we are able to gain muscle and lose fat simultaneously.
Some athletes are super fashionable and not good. It's like c'mon man focus on your craft, be who you're supposed to be and then go put on the clothes.
Understand that nutrition plays a huge role in athletes' lives, and one of the most nutritious ways to eat is to cook your own food.
On today's athletes: I wish I could turn back the clock a little bit so I'd have a chance to cut it up with those guys.
As aspiring athletes, you should never give up on your dreams. Just believe in yourself, and everything will be possible.
Considering retirement is like skirting with the reality of what's to come, and I think that's why so many athletes decide to do more introspection at that point.
Our hitting coaches have done a great job of understanding when I don't look right at the plate and getting me back on track.
Great coaches help create an environment that makes the players want to be successful and work hard and accomplish goals for their teammates.
Some coaches and quarterbacks over-analyze things at times. Sometimes it can be pitch and catch, let the play-makers make plays.
It ranks right up there with winning a championship, being selected as one of the 50 greatest athletes in the NBA. It's definitely a highlight in my career.
For the most part, from the player standpoint, the coaches do the coaching and you try to come in and execute the game plan or the scheme they put in front of you.
I watch a couple of fights to get a visual image in my head. I don't like doing a lot of research on my opponents; I leave that to my coaches.
I think it's very hard for coaches to work with me. They'll no doubt have a good CV afterwards, but at the same time they're under a lot of pressure.
As coaches, we learn to accept criticism for our decisions. If a writer says you shouldn't have gone for it on fourth-and-one, we understand that's part of the job. We expect it.
I'd like to see a show about what happens to young sports stars who've been pushed too hard by their parents or coaches.
As women professional athletes, you have to have respect for every player and individual. Beyond that, it doesn't matter what your interests are. People can have their own lives.
Nike is at its best when we focus on the future. Sport is in a constant state of progression. Athletes are expanding their potential every day - and so must we.
In my school, people liked the gym teachers because they were the football or soccer coaches. But look, if they're cool, they get respect.
Coaches know that a parent publicly scolding his kid after a race will not help the athlete perform better.
Surely, AP or the coaches are all aware everybody has agendas. Anybody who's on TV has one. You know, that's viewership and ratings and those kinds of things.
