Quotes About Coaching

Everywhere I went, Rapid Vienna or Austria Vienna, there was always a problem. I just wanted a coach who said: 'Just go out and win us the game.'

You can have a coach for five or six years, and eventually, that coach has so little new to say. So get somebody else to give a different point of view. Somebody will see something I don't see and vice versa. You evolve with your game and your coaches.

They call it coaching, but it is teaching. You do not just tell them ... you show them the reasons.

In all my years of coaching, I have never been successful using somebody else's play.

We have more coaches on the sidelines than we have players on the field.

Coaches who can outline plays on a black board are a dime a dozen. The ones who win get inside their player and motivate.

Not assuming you already know is a powerful principle of focus. One

For the teacher or coach, the question has to be how to give instructions in such a way as to help the natural learning process of the student and not interfere with it.

From the coaches on down, especially Jim Corsi whose been a great supporter, a true friend who really cares about his players and allowed me the chance to develop.

At a young age winning is not the most important thing... the important thing is to develop creative and skilled players with good confidence.

I wasn't as critical during games as I was at practice. Players needed confidence during games more than criticism.

Coaches can teach you two things: confidence and technique.

Leaders relentlessly upgrade their team, using every encounter as an opportunity to evaluate, coach, and build self-confidence.

I think the most important thing about coaching is that you have to have a sense of confidence about what you're doing.

My dad, like any coach, has always stressed the fundamentals. He taught me responsibility, accountability, and the importance of hard work.

When I was a kid growing up, my dad being a football coach, he asked the same question of all the assistants that he ever hired: 'Is your goal to be a head football coach?

President Obama filled in as the coach of his daughter Sasha's basketball team. Sasha evidently listened to her Dad, because all she did was drive straight down the center and piss everyone off.

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And I loved every single second of being an assistant coach. I loved it.

As an assistant coach, that's basically your role - to get close to your players, talk to them every day and get the most out of them.

I would say we took a lot of pride in our player development program in Atlanta.

I don't just go to a practice, then get some food after and call it a day. I go to practice thinking of what I need to work on, what's my coach teaching me, why he's teaching me this and making sure I don't miss anything. You have to be attentive. I think this is the reason why you see improvements in my game.

Each coach you have gives a little something to every player, but the one who changed my game the most was Mancini. He taught me to play more outside the area, dropping me back a bit.

It's easier to change the manager than all the players. It's never easy to choose who should be in the dugout.