Top 1200 Coaches And Players Quotes & Sayings - Page 18

I'm not really big on humiliating assistant coaches in front of everybody.

Tennis players need to be very focused and very intense, and I can show tennis players are not just hitting the little yellow ball and moving in between the white lines. I'm always trying to show my personality outside of the court.

Attitude is really important to me and I talk about that with the players. Often players don't realise that if they've missed out on selection, the most important thing is how they respond to that. Of course they're going to be really disappointed, but if they're positive they're really supportive of the rest of the team.

I know that there are coaches who do end up sleeping on the sofa in their office.

Coaching is about finding a system that works for your players. There are some underlying principles which are applied in any coaching situation but it's about picking the lock to get this group of players to play the best volleyball they're capable of playing for a long period of time.

The E Street band casts a pretty wide net. Our influences go all the way back to the early primitive garage music, and also, we've had everything in the band from jazz players to Kansas City trumpet players to Nils Lofgren, one of the great rock guitarists in the world.

Footballers from the street are more important than trained coaches.

I think public criticism of players can go one of two ways: either the players will want to raise a proverbial middle finger at their manager and prove them wrong, or the squad will go within themselves and performances will deteriorate.

I... scout, I'm in all the film sessions, I'm in all the coaches meetings, I travel... I'm in on everything.

I've been with five teams, played for a bunch of different coaches.

Coaches will eventually notice a great attitude, and they respect that.

For us, as hoopers and as basketball players, doesn't matter the scenario, the scene. True hoopers and true basketball players are going to get out and perform.

I work with one of the best striking coaches in the world, Henri Hooft.

The coaches at Duke really helped me get better.

The coaches can only take you so far. You have to want to learn and work.

I liked playing with David Eckstein (former Angels shortstop). I'm not talking about players with top skills, I'm sure there were players with way more skill than him, but there were very few people in the league that had the heart like him.

There's a lot of coaches around this league like, 'Everything is good,' and it's not.

Coaches try to beat each other from the ears up.

I've always respected the authority figures in my life, including my coaches.

There are a couple people who have complained on other teams about some of the things that Pittsburgh players have done. Some of that goes in the category of gamesmanship. Some of that goes to the fact that we need to be vigilant as a league to make sure that players aren't unnecessarily and inappropriately hurt.

As coaches, we have to give a lot of information. Too much, I think.

We must have PE teachers and coaches who are well trained and qualified.

You always want to see the best players in action at a World Cup, and the players always want to measure themselves up to the very best.

People go on about my style of play. But I tell you what I do - I go into football clubs, I try to find out what systems suit the players and I try to get the damnedest out of those players. That's what I've done everywhere I've been.

I've played with some great players and against some great players, and Sonny is special, he's so humble and I think that you underestimate that because of the work he puts in, then his quality, outstanding left foot, right foot.

When I was in high school, there were these British blues-rock-type bands with really good guitar players that would jam on one song for half an hour. And as much as I was amazed by some of those guitar players, seeing them prompted me to make a note that that's not something I could do.

Absolutely. There are a 1000 better coaches in the cities, but I'm the best in the country.

I always say the best players I have ever worked with are the hardest players I have ever worked with.

There can be very cheap players that play very well, and maybe, expensive players, they don't do so well.

I hope I'm a role model for female coaches who are coming through.

I've always been a big fan of Thierry Henry. I enjoy watching all the great players, really. But we're always drawn to some players more than others, and in my case, it's Titi. He's my favourite player. I also really liked Luis Figo when he was at Real Madrid.

If you seriously aspire to be a manager in the big leagues, there is a baseball 'book' that one must learn. Alongside that book, you must practice Spanish. Of 25 players on each roster, sometimes there are between eight and 15 players who speak Spanish.

Coaches are okay, I guess, but I prefer to do things my own way.

I've really gained an appreciation for what coaches do since I returned to the NFL.

In Germany, young players are given more time, more patience. In England, they prefer to buy already-high-level players rather than spending some time building up a really talented young guy.

You got to worry about getting good damn coaches.

All my vocal coaches have been pretty great. Thank God.

My dad coached 41 years, and I was always around coaches.

Coaches don't like lazy, disrespectful, cancerous massive headaches.

I do have some young coaches, but I don't really believe that is the biggest problem we have here.

Just listen to your coaches; pay attention to what they're telling you to do.

From an early age, I tried to take in all the instructions of all the coaches I had.

Maradona doesn't play soccer anymore, he coaches it. He needs to remember that.

I have one goal with all my decision: to do whatever is needed to win today's game. I'm loyal to my players, and I stick with people because consistency builds confidence. But if I feel I have to make a change in order to win, I'll do it. I don't ask players to like my decisions, only to accept that I'm doing my job with one thing in mind - winning.

Those who know Neymar know his great quality and how special he is. And I insist again, we have to take care of players like that; they illuminate football. It's players like him that make football have any sense.

Deep down, your players must know you care about them. This is the most important thing. I could never get away with what I do if the players feel I didn't care for them. They know, in the long run, I'm in their corner.

Many fine coaches never become great managers.

There's some things assistant coaches aren't ready to do. They're not the head coach.

I wish my teammates, coaches and the entire Lions organization all the best.

For me, there are no 'between players' in football. For me, there are clear positions and clear characteristics for all players.

We need more coaches like Eugene Bareman in this sport.

Coaches are well aware, especially at quarterback, that it's not the system but the player who comes first.

A lot is expected from athletes but we need good coaches as well.

Yesterday the DEA raided several NFL teams suspected of giving prescription painkillers to their players. In its defense, the New York Jets' doctor said, 'We don't give painkillers to our players. We give them to our fans.'

My most frequent admonition to athletes and coaches is: train, do not strain.

You have three groups. One who is happy. Then players who are doubtful, but still feel they have a chance. And then, you have the losers at that moment, who will go to the second group and try to influence them. They are poison for your team. At Inter, and also at Crystal Palace, you've got to get rid of those players.

When you look at what we want our individual player to represent from that makeup, if you will, we're looking for mentally and physically tough players who are smart and want to compete. And when you say smart, you're talking about situational awareness. Guys that are instinctual. That are smart football players.

We have coaches to pay, trainers, different sparring partners. There's a cost.

I was also very lucky to be a teammate of two of the greatest players to have ever played the game. I learned very early on by playing for Frank Robinson and with Henry Aaron that even the greatest players in the game were just one of the guys.

Whatever role the coaches decide for me and the team, I'm happy with that.