Sports & Teamwork: Coaching Quotes

"If you're going to have to beg them to play, it's not going to work"

Chuck Daly, Coach

"You can always improve your bench and relief pitching"

Keith Hernandez, Athlete

"When I was playing the game we never had the benefit of TV or video to analyse our techniques or look at faults, we depended on other cricketers to watch us and then tell us what they thought we were doing wrong"

Geoffrey Boycott, Athlete

"Winning that first game was so important; my mother always said that the first game of the second set was the chance to keep it going if you were ahead or change things if you were behind"

Tracy Austin, Athlete

"Number two, we're going to play with a lot of effort. Our guys are going to be in such good shape that fatigue is not going to be a problem. We're going to play with full effort from snap to whistle on every play the entire game"

Steve Spurrier, Coach

"Number three, we're going to play very smart and we're not going to beat ourselves. If the other team is better than us and they just out execute us and play better, then we can live with that, but we're going to play smart and give ourselves every opportunity to win the game"

Steve Spurrier, Coach

"But as coaches, we need to get a little more fire and passion and be more demanding that our guys get the job done. I think players will respond to that, and we'll see"

Steve Spurrier, Coach

"Players suffer coaching changes all the time; it's life in the NFL"

Michael Wilbon, Journalist

"I was running to catch a train when one of my teachers saw me. He thought I was fast, time me, and later gave me my first instructions in sprinting. I happened to be at the right place at the right time"

Elizabeth Robinson Schwartz, Writer

"I learned this about coaching: You don't have to explain victory and you can't explain defeat"

Darrell Royal, Coach

"What I always do is just look at the players, look at the best 11 they can put on the pitch"

Alan Hansen, Athlete

"The vast majority of people who watch baseball can properly call 95% of all plays that happen on the field. My job is to teach you how to call the other 5%"

Jim Evans, Athlete

"Professional managers, coaches, and players have a right to question an umpire's decision if they do it in a professional manner. When they become personal, profane, or violent, they have crossed the line and must be dealt with accordingly"

Jim Evans, Athlete

"The challenge coaches face is replacing players they were counting on to be major pieces of a puzzle. In a lot of cases, there is just no way to make the necessary adjustments"

Ron Jaworski, Athlete

"I coach a few guys and they work very, very hard, but in our day we did it because we just loved it"

Linford Christie, Athlete

"It's difficult to compare coaches. You really can't compare them"

Cobi Jones, Athlete

"Being a full time coach doesn't mean that we practice more than other teams. In fact we have strict regulations about the length of our practices and playing season. The academic schedule here means that I rarely have a full team at any one practice!"

Tony Brown, Journalist

"So I don't really believe that how many years you've had in the league determines how well your players play... Coaching is coaching"

Steve Spurrier, Coach

"But at some point, we've got to have disciplined play and have got to coach better. I'm not putting it on the players. We've got to coach them to tackle and block better. It's as simple as that. If we can do those things, we'll have a chance"

Steve Spurrier, Coach

"All I can say is that I'm going to try to coach the way I've coached in the past. And if it ends up not being good enough, then so be it"

Steve Spurrier, Coach

"He's one of those managers you'd give your left leg to play for"

Colin Cooper, Athlete

"We have got to go out there and deliver, go on the streets and find athletes, improve facilities around the country and find coaches. We have got to go out there and search for a star"

Linford Christie, Athlete

"It's sometimes easier to defend a one goal lead than a two goal lead"

Mark Lawrenson, Athlete

"Gary Smith, when I came to America, taught me a great deal about racing"

Emerson Fittipaldi, Celebrity

"But as a coach, I wanted to keep things from being too complicated"

Bob Cousy, Athlete

"You are only as good as the coach thinks you are"

Brian Williams, Journalist

"In the summertime, we do a lot of video work. With that, I can show them if their head is moving too far or if the ball position or alignment isn't right"

Mike Ricci

"How important has Phil Jackson been to the success of the Lakers? He's very important"

Larry Dixon, Writer

"If the coach is good, I don't think a psychologist is needed"

Hansie Cronje, Athlete

"I've had too lengthy a career and coached too many players to make a choice"

Chuck Daly, Coach

"I have a lot of respect for tough coaches"

Reggie White, Athlete

"One is my club, I want to develop those players, and I want to be in the beginning at least, until I have everything ready, I want to spend as much time to develop those kids as possible"

Thomas Dooley, Athlete

"They have so fundamentally flawed techniques, it's ridiculous. They shoot the ball flat. They all stand upright, there's just so many things they do incorrectly"

Rick Barry, Athlete

"There has been only one manager, and his name is John McGraw"

Connie Mack, Businessman

"Football players win football games"

Chuck Knox

"They wanted to jump on their own bandwagon. Bobby Charlton had never made it as a manager. Bobby Moore hadn't either. I think they never stopped trying to put me in the same category. That was the road they went down with me"

Bryan Robson, Athlete

"Let them police themselves, and then it goes another step past them to my coaches, and there, a coach that is responsible for a different area and different category on the field"

Dusty Baker, Athlete

"I have made it totally clear to the players that my door will always be open"

Stuart Pearce, Coach

"We had a very exhaustive, extensive search for the guy that is going lead our football team over the next few years. We spent about two months in an in-depth interview process, and Bret came out with flying colors. We are absolutely thrilled that he is our head coach"

Ron Jaworski, Athlete

"At the minor-league and major-league level, you know how important your coaching staff is, but in a big market it becomes absolutely huge"

Mike Quade, Coach

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