Quotes About Coaching

It's really a shame for the coaching profession that it's so volatile.

I have a hunger to grow and to learn, so coaching is a natural extension of a lifelong love of the game of volleyball.

I spent seven years with Jose and we were part of a very good technical staff. We went to top class clubs at Porto, Chelsea and Inter Milan and worked with top players who gave us such a tremendous volume of success.

The coach needs to understand, when he's not teaching something the right way or he sees something wrong, he's got to be able to admit to his mistakes.

Coach Kiffin calls plays based on matchups and what he sees.

Klopp and Guardiola are two sensational managers.

I personally experienced which exercises Tuchel did in training - that shaped me.

Bill Belichick has been an awesome, awesome guy to learn from.

Days before Barcelona called me, I was about to leave to coach in Egypt.

Who does not want to coach Barcelona?

Boy George always told me to stop noodling; he wanted me to belt like Ethel Merman.

All I did from day-to-day is coach. That's what my job was, that's what my passion was, and the fact that now it's something I'm being considered for is just mind-blowing to me, that I would ever be in that kind of company.

I have got two paths - one to go into the media, the other to go into coaching and management. I have got offers from both.

If our players start to see coaching as a dead end, where is the next Ferguson, the next Clough or Shankly? It's sad. How will players see a pathway, how are they going to see a future if even the England job goes abroad?

Ossie Ardiles got the job at Tottenham. I knew Ossie well and he brought me back as his reserve-team coach. That was my intro into coaching. Over the years I have known lots of other potential coaches who couldn't see a pathway. They couldn't see role models. There were so many BAME coaches who would apply for jobs and not even get an interview.

Kevin McHale was a master communicator and knows how to coach stars, and that's a unique gift because you take an old-school guy that's used to coaching his way, he'd have a hard time coaching them cats now, but Kevin knows how, and he has the patience of Job.

I always felt before Paul Brown, coaches just rolled the ball out onto the field.

Just listen to your coaches; pay attention to what they're telling you to do.

Of course you learn a lot as a player when you pay attention to managers when they speak to you.

Coaching in the NBA is not easy. It's like a nervous breakdown with a paycheck.

You don't really coach high school basketball because it's a good paycheck. You do it because you love it, care about the kids and you're just passionate about the game.

When you're paying millions of dollars for somebody to coach your team, you can find somebody good.

If I had maintained my athletic fantasy, I probably would have ended up as a fat football coach somewhere in central Pennsylvania. I'm really glad I'm starring in a Broadway musical instead.

People say, 'Is broadcasting the same as coaching?' I say, 'Hell, no.' Coaching, you win and lose. Broadcasting, you don't win and lose. Coaching was a lot bigger than broadcasting.