Famous quotes by Coachs

Small: If you dont have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?
"If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?"
John Wooden, Coach
Small: Youre playing worse and worse every day and right now youre playing like its next month
"You're playing worse and worse every day and right now you're playing like it's next month"
Herb Brooks, Coach
Small: Maybe Im sort of like the players - theres still a lot of little boy in me
"Maybe I'm sort of like the players - there's still a lot of little boy in me"
Herb Brooks, Coach
Small: When you were riding on the crest of a wave, youwere most likely to be missing out on something
"When you were riding on the crest of a wave, youwere most likely to be missing out on something"
Knute Rockne, Coach
Small: The essence of football was blocking, tackling, and execution based on timing, rhythm and deception
"The essence of football was blocking, tackling, and execution based on timing, rhythm and deception"
Knute Rockne, Coach
Small: One day of practice is like one day of clean living. It doesnt do you any good
Abe Lemons
"One day of practice is like one day of clean living. It doesn't do you any good"
Abe Lemons, Coach
Small: The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off
Abe Lemons
"The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off"
Abe Lemons, Coach
Small: The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it
"The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it"
Lou Holtz, Coach
Small: Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated
"Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated"
Lou Holtz, Coach
Small: Always keep an open mind and a compassionate heart
"Always keep an open mind and a compassionate heart"
Phil Jackson, Coach
Small: Its not pleasant when you lose your whole football team
"It's not pleasant when you lose your whole football team"
Chuck Noll, Coach
Small: A better ending could not have been scripted. Of course, if we had won, that would have been better
"A better ending could not have been scripted. Of course, if we had won, that would have been better"
Bobby Bowden, Coach
Small: To some degree. I know I couldnt do it anymore
"To some degree. I know I couldn't do it anymore"
Chuck Daly, Coach
Small: Theres nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you
"There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you"
Woody Hayes, Coach
Small: Push yourself again and again. Dont give an inch until the final buzzer sounds
Larry Bird
"Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds"
Larry Bird, Coach
Small: I am ready to work, I am ready for this job and I am ready for this challenge
Stuart Pearce
"I am ready to work, I am ready for this job and I am ready for this challenge"
Stuart Pearce, Coach
Small: I like linebackers. I collect em. You cant have too many good ones
"I like linebackers. I collect 'em. You can't have too many good ones"
Bill Parcells, Coach
Small: I think Ive got an outstanding defensive assistant staff thats really going to help us have consistent, strong
"I think I've got an outstanding defensive assistant staff that's really going to help us have consistent, strong defenses. And offensively, we have an excellent staff. We've got some younger guys on offense, but that's what I coach and have my entire coaching career"
Steve Spurrier, Coach
Small: You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him to a heavy load
"You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him to a heavy load"
Paul Bryant, Coach
Small: The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary
Vince Lombardi
"The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary"
Vince Lombardi, Coach
Small: The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what he must be.
Vince Lombardi
"The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what he must be. He must walk a tightrope between the consent he must win and the control he must exert"
Vince Lombardi, Coach
Small: The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have
Vince Lombardi
"The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have"
Vince Lombardi, Coach
Small: The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender
Vince Lombardi
"The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender"
Vince Lombardi, Coach
Small: Success demands singleness of purpose
Vince Lombardi
"Success demands singleness of purpose"
Vince Lombardi, Coach
Small: Some people try to find things in this game that dont exist but football is only two things - blocking and tac
Vince Lombardi
"Some people try to find things in this game that don't exist but football is only two things - blocking and tackling"
Vince Lombardi, Coach
Small: Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect
Vince Lombardi
"Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect"
Vince Lombardi, Coach
Small: Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence
Vince Lombardi
"Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence"
Vince Lombardi, Coach
Small: People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the problems of modern
Vince Lombardi
"People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the problems of modern society"
Vince Lombardi, Coach
Small: Once you agree upon the price you and your family must pay for success, it enables you to ignore the minor hur
Vince Lombardi
"Once you agree upon the price you and your family must pay for success, it enables you to ignore the minor hurts, the opponent's pressure, and the temporary failures"
Vince Lombardi, Coach
Small: Leaders arent born they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And thats the
Vince Lombardi
"Leaders aren't born they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal"
Vince Lombardi, Coach