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Quotes About Coaching

I watched players getting really battered by the coach and their head just goes down, they dont want to play, theyre not enjoying it. Back then theyd say: that shows mental weakness. No, you were just horrible.
~ Emile Heskey
I think every time you coach a certain team, when you leave that franchise, I think you continue to grow. You take a look at the things that you did, the things you wish you had done better. You analyze your strengths and your weaknesses, and then when you move to your next job, you continue to do the same thing.
~ Doug Collins
I don't think, in international cricket, there is a need for coaching. The real coaching is to recognise your players' strengths and weaknesses. You always remain positive with your players.
~ Shahid Afridi
Every player is different. And you want them to play to their strengths, and cover up their weaknesses.
~ Tom Thibodeau
I have spent years as a leadership coach to the very wealthy and have been able to get behind the eyes of some of the world's best, studying the minute details of what makes a person great.
~ Robin S. Sharma
Whichever position coach decides to put me at, I will be ready, I want to be able to use my jumper as a weapon in whichever position they put me at.
~ Derrick Favors
I know my background was defense, but I'm not a defensive coach who wants to win 9-7 every week.
~ Sean McDermott
Extra thick skin is something every Bruce Arians' quarterback needs to have because the stuff he says to media is rated G compared to the stuff he says to your face on the sideline and after the game in the locker room and throughout the week.
~ Carson Palmer
There's always plays that Coach Reid just draws up every single week. I always say that they always work. He just gets on the board in his room and just starts drawing plays. The possibilities are endless.
~ Patrick Mahomes
Whatever's asked of me, I'm just going to go out there and perform my routes and how I've been coached all week, perform in the running game, pass blocking, run blocking, whatever it is.
~ Rob Gronkowski
Erik Seidel ended up introducing me to some of the best players in the world, a few of whom also agreed to take me on to coach me. So I had access to the best poker minds in the world to help me study and figure things out.
~ Maria Konnikova
Listen, if Bill Belichick were coaching in Poland, I think you'd be excited about playing for him.
~ Howie Long
Based on my pool of coached clients, 90% of the challenges for business owners exist in a lack of personal development.
~ Darren L Johnson
Day after day, I spent long afternoons in the talent pool, being told how to walk, how to talk, how to sit.
~ Gene Tierney
Long time ago, we used to sit around eating popcorn and drawing up plays.
~ Nick Nurse
I think there is a lot of experiences you have in coaching, and if you learn from the experiences as you go through them, whether it's as a coordinator or position coach, a quality-control coach, a head coach, whatever it might be, and you learn from those mistakes you make.
~ Josh McDaniels
Marco Silva is always talking to me in training; he is always giving me guidance on positioning in the area. His coaching is essential for me. He is training me with an eye to being in the right place at the right time when balls come into the box so I am able to score more goals.
~ Richarlison
Many in top positions around Europe have devoted their lives to coaching.
~ Jamie Carragher
A lot of the kids gave a lot of positive feedback about if I ever became a coach, they would love to play in our program. And I was very confident that we would be able to get the top-tier players to come in.
~ Penny Hardaway
Sometimes coaching is being hard on them, but there's a balance. I'm fine with the word nurturing. It's teaching in a positive way. You have to find what works for each group.
~ Mike Budenholzer
Honestly, Thibs is a dog. He's a guy that is an extreme competitor and very aware of everything that's going on. Takes each possession like it's our last, and really coaches with the type of intensity and passion that you want from a coach.
~ Julius Randle
Every coach, when starting work at a new club, hopes to stay many, many years because it means you are working very well. You have the possibility to improve your players, to improve your team, and to grow together.
~ Antonio Conte
The only thing I try to do as a coach is just stay on message and pound the points home.
~ Mike D'Antoni
I was so focused on winning and coaching; there were times players felt like I was really tough on them and hard on them. Now, I try to be more considerate with how I get my message across.
~ Monty Williams