Sports & Teamwork: Coaching Quotes

"At first, I didn't know what to expect but I do say that I love our defensive coordinator, Tim Lewis"

Michael Strahan, Athlete

"Most people miss the great part mental outlook plays in this game"

Billy Martin, Athlete

"I care about this state... and I feel a responsibility to get things done. If we stay healthy and play smart, we can be a playoff team. I think we're on the right track"

Steve Mariucci, Coach

"Tim Lewis is great, he's a great coordinator"

Michael Strahan, Athlete

"Where Joe was more vocal and emotional whereas Chuck was very reserved. But both of them executed great strategy and both of them demanded a lot of their players"

Franco Harris, Athlete

"And coaching has never been an option for me"

Franco Harris, Athlete

"At the end of it, I'll maybe do a coaching badge, but I'm not going to get forced into things"

Paul Gascoigne, Athlete

"Anyway, how can you sack anyone who still hasn't got a contract? I'll be there for the game and I'll stand behind the dugout giving instructions to the players from there. They will respond to me more than the next manager"

Paul Gascoigne, Athlete

"I think each player and myself live things differently because I have no physical effort to make"

Guy Forget, Athlete

"My father's coaching Misha and I just might help from time to time"

Richard Krajicek, Athlete

"I believe every era has its significance and the same holds true for players and coaches"

Sachin Tendulkar, Athlete

"No, I'm not coaching. It's a huge responsibility to coach somebody"

Oksana Baiul, Athlete

"There are 30 great jobs in the NBA, and I've got one of them"

Scott Brooks, Coach

"I want to see if the player communicates with his teammates and how he responds to coaching. Another thing to remember is players' bodies can develop better than their skills"

Isaiah Thomas, Athlete

"It's hard, or you wouldn't like it. A lot of coaches really don't like what they're doing"

Steve Largent, Athlete

"You're always at war with the guy on the other bench. You pick up their patterns. That's what I got the most out of this year. I know what other coaches like to do"

Isaiah Thomas, Athlete

"I find young kids. I enjoy coaching and enjoy making them better players"

Graham Roberts, Actor

"I haven't seen a player in this game, as long as I've been in it, that can't be pitched to... Barry is an outstanding ballplayer. I respect him an awful lot. I also have confidence in my pitchers that they can pitch to Barry Bonds and get him out"

Frank Robinson, Athlete

"But I'm not going to walk Barry Bonds, like some teams do, in the first inning with nobody on"

Frank Robinson, Athlete

"I do feel we have several great keepers on this team. We just need to get them that experience!"

Lorrie Fair, Athlete

"There's that initial reticence for some athletes to take you seriously"

Lisa Guerrero, Journalist

"My ambition is to go back to Spurs and Rangers in some capacity and give something back that they gave to me"

Graham Roberts, Actor

"I can evaluate a player in a very short period of time because I'm very close to that game, very educated in that game and played the game for a long, long time. I wasn't just a guy with talent. I learned a lot about the game"

Kurt Russell, Actor

"At some point in time I will be honored if I would be mentioned as a coach"

Karl Malone, Athlete

"How can I tell the eighth or ninth man on the team that I want you to work hard every day and I want you to improve and get better, but while you're doing that you're not going to get any minutes?"

Isaiah Thomas, Athlete

"People come out to see the players. When do you see a manager anyway? When he's out on the field arguing with the umpires, making a fool of himself and you know you can't win, and when he brings out the line-up card"

Frank Robinson, Athlete

"If the guys on the bench were as good as the guys you have out there, they'd be out there in first place"

Frank Robinson, Athlete

"Trying to take the credit for Jamie Carragher and Steven Gerrard, who had been at the club since they were eight. Can you believe it? I can't"

Ian St. John, Athlete

"I lay a lot of blame at the feet of Dusty Baker for not being more strict about fundamentals, which I think would give the team a stronger day-to-day identity"

Billy Corgan, Musician

"Because I select my players from a feeling that comes to me when I am with them, a certain sympathy, you might call it, or a vibration that exists between us that convinces me they are right"

Erich von Stroheim, Actor

"Every coach I’ve ever met asks me: “Do you want to be a better climber? A better sprinter? A better time trialer?” I say, why mess with nature? I am what I am. I go OK. If it’s not broken, don’t fix it"

Peter Sagan, Athlete

"We're going to coach the guys that we have, and we're going to win with the guys that we have"

Mike Vrabel, Coach

"The team that makes the fewest mistakes and plays the most aggressive usually wins"

Mike Vrabel, Coach

"Why shouldn't we pitch to Babe Ruth? We pitch to better hitters in the National League"

John McGraw, Writer

"John Henry Lloyd is the man I gave the credit to for polishing my skills. He taught me how to play third base and how to protect myself. John taught me more baseball than anyone else"

Judy Johnson, Athlete

"A life of frustration is inevitable for any coach whose main enjoyment is winning"

Chuck Noll, Coach

"That didn't happen. Still, I had six pretty good years and one where I didn't reach what I wanted for myself or the club. I don't accept that makes you a bad manager or a poor coach. If that is the view, I strongly disagree with it"

Bryan Robson, Athlete

"All my coaches tell me that I have been under achieving"

Shane Warne, Athlete

"Just knock hell out of it with your right hand"

Tommy Armour, Athlete

"Coaches aren't concentrating enough of the technical part of this game, and that could lead to injuries"

Troy Vincent, Athlete

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