Coach Quotes

The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.

The only thing worse than a coach or CEO who doesn't care about his people is one who pretends to care. People can spot a phony every time.

As a coach you can influence the diet of your players. You can point out what is wrong.

I got a text message from (ISU assistant) coach (Todd) Fitch that said 'Congratulations, today is the day you've been waiting for' and it really has been. I'm finally a part of the Cyclone family. I guess I was before, but now I really am part of the team. It's a great day.

I love my relationship with Coach Vermeil because it is one of the few genuine relationships that I have.

Sometimes your coach will set you up, like an arranged marriage. Which is what happened to us.

Coach Lombardi showed me that by working hard and using my mind, I could overcome my weakness to the point where I could be one of the best.

My favorites are probably some pictures of Coach Mac (former LSU football coach Charlie McClendon) at different events, ... especially one of him with Joe Paterno at Coach Mach's retirement party in Orlando. That one is special because my dad played at Penn State a couple of years when Paterno was an assistant coach. Paterno was my dad's hero at Penn State.

It's quite an honor. I feel humbled to be national junior college coach of the year, but I'm sure there are quite a few people who deserve it more than me.

Team chemistry isn't something you coach. It's something you hope for.

This is a fun team to coach. This is a great group.

We probably didn't realize (we had won) until it hit us in the fourth quarter. Coach started telling us during to timeouts to look around and let it sink in and just cherish the moment. That's when we realized we were going to win.

He had a multitude of schools coming after him. Maryland is a great fit -- strong academics and a coach who was a national champion.

Coach has faith in me. I knew he was a great coach. No one has such trust in his players.

It would be great for (coach) Andy (Reid), Donovan and T.O. to sit in a room to talk out their differences.

Dealing with adversity is something you just can't coach or teach. You just have to deal with it. In a way, it's been nice because we're all learning and growing. Once we got past the stage where we were making errors, we started to understand what we are capable of doing. There's always a chance.

It's been great learning different things. I learned a lot from coach, and with this being my last year, it was really important that we did as good as last year. I wanted to leave behind something good.

Rebounding was the key. Coach told us that if we rebounded we would have a good outcome.

It's amazing the influence of a coach, ... A coach can build a spirit or break it down.

She's been working super hard. She had a personal coach working with her the past two months and as long as she has a good defense in front of her she'll be able to come up with some big saves.

Tara is a smart and intelligent coach.

Coach has really been challenging him to stay out of foul trouble. We need him to hold the middle down, get big rebounds and make good defensive plays without picking up fouls. I think he's going to make the extra effort to stay in the game and we're going to need him to.

It's an awesome feeling. I've grown up as a player and now as a coach having a lot of pride in my country. I've played overseas professionally and have always had a great appreciation for the U.S. and, in particular, USA Basketball.

(Athletic Director and head basketball) coach (Dave) Loos did a really fabulous job working that first game out for us. He spent a lot of time on the phone trying to make it work for Austin Peay. I've very appreciative of that. We're going to be able to have a home game in our transition year in the opener here at Governors Stadium and it just comes form his hard work. How we'll play, we'll know on the second (of September). But I know, we're excited about the opportunity.

We just signed a basketball player (Tyrone Hansen) from Maine, so you know Mark (Fox, the men's basketball coach) had to fly all the way back there just for one player. That's going to cost some money.