Coaches And Players Quotes

There was no publicity. You had to like it. There was no pressure, just great competition. The attitude of the coaches and players was exceptional.

Coaching doesn’t start with X’s and O’s. It starts with believing that players win games and coaches win players.

Players win games, and coaches win players.

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.

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

The secret is to work less as individuals and more as a team. As a coach, I play not my eleven best, but my best eleven.

Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do

I have a rule on my team: When we talk to one another, we look each other right in the eye, because I think it's tough to lie to somebody. You give respect to somebody.

The mentality of coaches and players alike [in Bundesliga]. It's all about winning.

This team just wasn't good enough today, but they had the unity I always wanted. To have an American team like this has always been a dream of mine.

She's a fighter, and she does the long program well, so we'll see how it turns out. And in figure skating, it's never over until the fat lady sings.

A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.

Coaches and players at the start must think their way through problems where a more experienced person would react out of habit and memory. One must not gain this experience, however, without being careful of empty redundancy. Do not fall into the error of the artist who boasts of 20 years of experience at his craft while, in fact, all he has had is one year - 20 times.

Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.

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

I don't plan on being disappointed. We plan on being really good, and obviously we plan on winning.

I would like to accept this recognition on behalf of all the staff members that that I’ve been associated with; all of the office people behind the scenes who never get credit and make this game so great along with the great coaches and players.

College coaches measure success in championships. High School coaches measure success to titles. Youth coaches measure success in smiles.

Effort and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

To have long term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way.

You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.

I am very excited to be included in the very first college baseball Hall of Fame class. For me to be honored with these coaches and players that I have grown to admire and respect is very special. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone in Lubbock.

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

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.

A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment.

What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player.

The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot.

Great teamwork is the only way we create the breakthroughs that define our careers.

A good coach will make his players see what they can be rather than what they are.

The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.

Every NBA arena has six cameras in the ceiling. The question is what does the software do with video feeds? How to surface that in a set of analytics? There are some "playbooks," but in most sports these days what you really want to share out with coaches and players is a set of video that lets you visualize what's going on and what's the best way to do things.

Football isn't a contact sport, it's a collision sport.

The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.

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

Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there.

I was in the right place at the right time.

It is foolish to expect a young man to follow your advice and to ignore your example.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.

Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.

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.

Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan.

I love sharing my knowledge of hitting with others. Now coaches and players at all levels can learn my systematic approach to hitting a baseball with more consistency, mental strength and accuracy.

I don't think coaches should have to wear mic's. It is an invasion of privacy. We are trying to accomplish things, and wearing microphones may hinder development by straining the nature of relationships coaches and players have.

I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.

The coach should be the absolute boss, but he still should maintain an open mind.

Attitude determines how well you do it.

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.

Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.