Quotes About Coaching

You can have old guys who aren't willing to be coached just like you can have young guys who aren't willing to be coached.

If I had not been coached well about how to deal with a culture and a set of values that were foreign to my own, I would not have been able to be successful.

I ain't get the opportunity to get coached until being a star.

I always coached mostly the have-not schools.

I've coached UFC champions and stuff before I ever started fighting.

I've had a number of kids in the NBA that I've coached and a number of other great players that I've coached.

Kids can really get better quickly. Here's another thing I would like to say: Kids should never be coached by their parents, ever. They should be as natural as possible.

After retiring from competition in 1981, I did exhibitions and coached.

The thing that surprised me is you hear a lot about NBA guys, do they really want to be coached? My experience is they really do want to be coached. They want a plan: 'How are we going to win the game?' And they'll follow that plan.

I coached Afghanistan for seven months. Out of those, I spent five and a half away from home.

I would've coached Barcelona for free. Well, maybe not for free, but in almost any circumstance.

You can learn a lot. You can learn how to win. You can learn how to be coached.

I want to be coached.

I think Mancini did a huge job. He did very well wherever he coached. He has been criticised, sure, but again, that's part of the picture.

It's special for me to coach the team Lombardi coached.

From a personal perspective, I try never to go back to a club where I have already coached.

I'm passionate about the game - just like the fans are, and I've coached in the league for a long time, so that's the perspective I will bring to ESPN.

Troy Walters and I coached together.

I was never the best athlete, but I knew how to be coached and I knew how to work hard at it.

I had to buy into being a better player and being able to be coached.

Most players, they want to be coached, they want discipline, and they want an environment in which they can play their best.

I've coached a lot of athletes over the years and it's not new to me to work with people and create drilling structure and things for them.

To have a manager who has worked with top players, top strikers, who have played in my position, it's always nice to know that when he is giving me information, he's coached these players before so it's important I take it on board.

I will say this about Thibs, he's a tough coach if you don't like to be coached or if you don't like to play or do things the right way, then he's tough.