Best Coaches Quotes

Mourinho is the best coach in the history of football.

The [best] coaches... know that the job is to win... know that they must be decisive, that they must phase people through their organizations, and at the same time they are sensitive to the feelings, loyalties, and emotions that people have toward one another. If you don't have these feelings, I do not know how you can lead anyone. I have spent many sleepless nights trying to figure out how I was going to phase out certain players for whom I had strong feelings, but that was my job. I wasn't hired to do anything but win.

I played for the best coach who ever lived, Henry Iba. I wasn't intimidated by Adolph Rupp.

The standard is the same. Don't get me wrong, the main difference is the number of sparring partners. Greg Jackson and Mike Winkeljohn are the best coaches in the world in my opinion and in many other people's opinion but it really it comes down to the number of sparring partners. I go to my gym and I have 10 fighters fighting on the local level but when you go over there it's like 30 fighters all fighting in the UFC or other bigger shows. That's really the main thing; the numbers.

I sent my Christmas wishes to him, but he didn't answer. He's the world's best coach, but as a man he still has to learn manners and respect.

The best teachers coach their students and the best coaches are great teachers.

Pat Riley is the best coach I've ever had...

I've always been privileged to play for Coach Belichick, who I've always said is the best coach in the history of the league.

I think my father is probably the best coach ever because, if we talk about numbers, he's got a lot and he's only had two players.

I think the best coaches have their own style. That takes time to mold that.

The best coaches I've been around, even older guys, are continually learning new ways to do things and new ways to teach.

I gave my jersey to Mourinho because he’s the best coach in the world and I love him like a father.

Victory is in having done your best. If you've done your best, you've won.

Every leader needs to remember that a healthy respect for authority takes time to develop. It’s like building trust. You don’t instantly have trust, it has to be earned.

People really don't care, in some ways, that you have a family. With a high profile job like I have, they just want you to win basketball games. You can do that and still keep your family together. I try the best I can to be at the basketball practices or tennis practices or recitals. In my first year at Dallas my (then 11-year old) son Avery Jr., said, "You know daddy, you're still the best coach in the NBA." I was like, "But I haven't won a playoff game yet." And he said, "That's okay. You're still my daddy." That makes you feel good.

Failure is good. It's fertilizer. Everything I've learned about coaching I've learned from making mistakes.

Leaders should be reliable without being predictable. They should be consistent without being anticipated

Confrontation simply means meeting the truth head-on.

Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all the time thing.

There are five fundamental qualities that make every team great: communication, trust, collective responsibility, caring and pride. I like to think of each as a separate finger on the fist. Any one individually is important. But all of them together are unbeatable

When a leader takes responsibility for his own actions and mistakes, he not only sets a good example, he shows a healthy respect for people on his team

When you cleanse yourself of a big victory, you may open yourself up to the opportunity for an even bigger victory

People want to be part of something bigger than they are.

If what you have done yesterday still looks big to you. You haven't done much today.

Goals should be realistic, attainable, and shared among all members of the team

People want to be on a team. They want to be part of something bigger than themselves. They want to be in a situation where they feel that they are doing something for the greater good.

A common mistake among those who work in sport is spending a disproportional amount of time on "x's and o's" as compared to time spent learning about people.

I asked a ref if he could give me a technical foul for thinking bad things about him. He said, of course not. I said, well, I think you stink. And he gave me a technical. You can't trust em.

Mediocre athletes that tried like hell to get good are the best coaches.

If you make every game a life and death proposition, you're going to have problems. For one thing, you'll be dead a lot.

But the real tragedy was that 15 hadn't been colored yet.

If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges.

Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it.

Coaches have to watch for what they don't want to see and listen to what they don't want to hear.

Winners never quit and quitters never win.

I went to many coaching clinics, talked to other coaches, read articles, books, etc. Anything I could do that would help me prepare to be the best coach possible. Fortunately, the coaches I had as a player were good men and were excellent role models in setting priorities and relating to the team members and coaching staff.

Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.

My answer is, why not? ... It's what I love, it's what I know. Glen Sather was the best coach that I had and what made him good was his confidence in what he did. I believe that I'm going to be a good coach.

During critical periods, a leader is not allowed to feel sorry for himself, to be down, to be angry, or to be weak. Leaders must beat back these emotions

I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.

Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.

It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.

The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.