Motivation Quote by Mike Quade

Competition doesn’t stop at the sideline; it just changes costumes. Mike Quade’s line is a coach’s wink at the real ecosystem of sports: the game inside the game, where volume becomes a kind of home court and the crowd auditions for a supporting-actor Oscar. “I always get a kick” is telling. He’s not framing fan noise as a nuisance or a sacred tradition, but as entertainment, a variable he can’t fully control yet can’t ignore. That’s a seasoned coach’s posture: amused, pragmatic, slightly defensive.

The phrasing “who is going to be the larger cheering section” also dodges the more charged language of “hostile crowds” or “home-field advantage.” Quade keeps it neutral and almost childlike, as if this were just a playful headcount. Subtext: it’s not just about numbers. It’s about legitimacy. A bigger cheering section signals whose story the arena is buying that night, whose players get an extra jolt of confidence, whose mistakes get swallowed by applause instead of amplified into shame.

Contextually, this is the modern sports marketplace talking. Fans travel, tickets get scooped online, and arenas become temporary territories. Quade’s intent is to normalize that flux and maybe even disarm it: if you treat the crowd contest as funny, you deny it power over your team’s nerves. It’s also a subtle call to arms for supporters without sounding needy. The coach can’t demand devotion; he can only savor the spectacle of it and hope his side shows up loud.