Sports & Teamwork: Coaching Quotes

"I tell all the rookies that come into our series and all the young drivers they can come ask me anything at any time, and we'll give them the straight shoot"

Al Unser, Athlete

"I was in a profession that received a lot of media"

Darrell Royal, Coach

"I used to care more about the score than I do now"

Darrell Royal, Coach

"I'm going to be the next head coach at Notre Dame"

Dan Devine, Coach

"I've left Boro in the Premiership, which was always what I wanted to do. Actually that's not quite true. I took them to three cup finals, where they'd never been before. But I had set my eyes on being the first manager in their history to deliver a major trophy"

Bryan Robson, Athlete

"When you play against different people from all walks of life you can't do the same thing against every player defensively or offensively. You have to change up the way you go at a player"

Oscar Robertson, Athlete

"The thing about it is, almost everyone could pass that way, but we were kept from doing it by our coaches"

Oscar Robertson, Athlete

"I could have coached better"

Dan Devine, Coach

"It is time for everyone to sit down - the NCAA, the NBA, the players' union and the coaching fraternity - and come up with suitable solutions to these problems"

Dick Vitale, Celebrity

"I've always felt happy at Newcastle. But things have gone a bit differently for me since we got a new manager"

Robert Laurent, Sculptor

"The triangle is a foundation to an offense"

Bill Cartwright, Athlete

"With my team, I am an absolute czar. My men know it. I order plays and they obey. If the don't, I fine them"

John McGraw, Writer

"I want to spend more time with those kids. I want to dedicate my time to train those kids and teach them what it takes, what they need to do to get to this level"

Thomas Dooley, Athlete

"They scored 26 points in three quarters. That's solid defense"

Bill Laimbeer, Coach

"When you coach as long as I did, you can't help but miss those Saturdays - dealing with the players, the game preparation, the challenges, the excitement"

Tom Osborne, Politician

"My family and I took visits to each and every school, and listened to each coaching staff. I felt the most comfortable with, and really excited about, playing at SC. Being close to home in one of the best offensive systems is paying off now as I'm making the jump to the pros"

Mark Sanchez, Athlete

"That's a dream of mine, to be able to coach at the NBA level"

John Starks, Athlete

"Generally, in the Little League you're up against a good pitcher who throws like hell. What does the coach say? Get a walk. Isn't that beautiful way to learn to hit? For four years, you stand up there looking for a walk"

Robin Roberts, Athlete

"The way I was brought up by my parents and guided through my football life by the influences of various managers means that in some ways I am black and white"

Stuart Pearce, Coach

"If I were going to stay in coaching, I would have stayed right there because I was totally happy"

Darrell Royal, Coach

"The key to a winning season is focusing on one opponent at a time. Winning one week at a time. Never look back and never look ahead"

Chuck Noll, Coach

"You can't let players do what they wish and be professional. That's a fact. As for the team, Boro had two internationals when I got there in 1995. Now they have more than 15. And they didn't cost the fortune some suggest"

Bryan Robson, Athlete

"Last season when things weren't working out, I thought we needed a different voice around the place"

Bryan Robson, Athlete

"A chance, as a coach, to take a team to the World Cup finals is probably as high up the tree as it gets, certainly with one-day cricket"

Andy Pick, Coach

"I think if Tottenham are going to be top four side, the fans and the club will need to get away from the philosophy of 'pretty football', that's got to go"

Alan Hansen, Athlete

"We've gotta give Richard Williams a lot of credit - to give us two number one champions is a phenomenal feat"

Tracy Austin, Athlete

"I can't coach anymore. I want to run a team"

Larry Brown, Writer

"I'm not sure there are enough coaches in the system that can take young talent and consistently get them into the top five in the world"

Sebastian Coe, Politician

"I love to work with the younger kids who are trying to live out their dreams, if in fact that's what they plan on doing after college to take the next step. A very select few have that opportunity, so when you do have the opportunity, you know, those guys take advantage of it"

Roger Clemens, Athlete

"But the manager's bought wisely - the players who've come in have taken us on to a different level and the players who won promotion have also performed at the top level, so long may it continue"

Teddy Sheringham, Athlete

"We're going to play better, and we're going to play harder"

Mike Quade, Coach

"I was still enjoying coaching, but there was a repetitious manner about it"

Darrell Royal, Coach

"For me, it is just the total experience - from the time I first started as an assistant coach until I wound up at the University of Texas for 20 years"

Darrell Royal, Coach

"To go to the next level, you have to be special, and I look for those special qualities in those players, those qualities that I think will translate to the NFL"

Ron Jaworski, Athlete

"I'm a bit surprised that the Raiders turned to Art Shell to be their new head coach, not because Shell isn't a good head coach - he had success before as the Raiders' head coach - but because he's been away from the game so long and the game has changed a lot in those years"

Ron Jaworski, Athlete

"All coaching is, is taking a player where he can't take himself"

Bill McCartney, Celebrity

"You need a teaching coach who understands the game of basketball, not just some guy coming on the court talking about Xs and Os"

Oscar Robertson, Athlete

"I think that teaching coaches are the norm now"

Oscar Robertson, Athlete

"What I've been telling everyone that loves Carolina football is that we are going to put a team out there that, number one, is in good shape. We're going to be fit, we are going to be able to play the whole game and we're not going to poop out"

Steve Spurrier, Coach

"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

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