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Coach Quotes
"The athlete of today is not an athlete alone. He's the center of a team - doctors, scientists, coaches, agents and so on."
173
"I am a coach on the outside of the establishment and that works."
73
"The fewer rules a coach has, the fewer rules there are for players to break."
63
"I was still enjoying coaching, but there was a repetitious manner about it."
61
"I was a pretty good coach and working with marketing was like coaching."
60
"I knew that when I resigned from the University of Texas that I would never coach again."
60
"There's a picture of the real Coach Gary Gaines in the book and he's sitting in the locker room after a game, and he just looks so much like Billy Bob, that we went to him."
60
"We should because when coaches get fired, the players have a lot to do with it."
59
"I'm happy with the coach we have. I think any one of the ones I asked them to consider would've been good."
59
"The better the coaching has become, the worse the game has become."
59
"How do you win? By getting average players to play good and good players to play great. That's how you win."
59
"No, I'm not coaching. It's a huge responsibility to coach somebody."
58
"Coaches aren't concentrating enough of the technical part of this game and that could lead to injuries."
58
"Coaches who can outline plays on a black board are a dime a dozen. The ones who win get inside their player and motivate."
57
"If the national coach lets decisions be made from outside, he's lost the team."
57
"You've got to be actively involved in the process yourself and you've got to listen carefully to what the coach is saying, take that on board yourself and implement what the coach is saying."
56
"The coach's job is to get the best players and get them to play together."
54
"Obviously I was disappointed when it fell into disuse, because it was my own track named after me, but I am sure all those youngsters we lost will be coming back, and I certainly intend to be down here as much as I can, coaching and advising."
54
"The more games you coach, the more comfortable you feel."
53
"I worked with my coach to develop some new spiral variations to make my program more interesting. Each one is different and you'll have to wait until January to see them."
53
"Coaching in the NBA is not easy. It's like a nervous breakdown with a paycheck."
52
"We know that in order for us to turn this around, it doesn't matter how many coaches they bring in here, assistants, weight trainers, whoever, we're the ones that are going to have turn it around. And I think just took that responsibility on ourselves."
52
"A coach's greatest asset is his sense of responsibility - the reliance placed on him by his players."
50
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