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Quotes About Coaching

On the playing side, a lot of guys I played under were pretty good managers.
~ Don Mattingly
Coaching is what I love to do, and I think I'm pretty good at it.
~ Kelvin Sampson
I learned a lot from Al Davis, and I got a lot better as a coach.
~ Jon Gruden
Any decent coach can make more than enough money just doing three or four T20 leagues.
~ Jonathan Agnew
For me to be at my best, I need to do something I'm decent at, which is coach.
~ Rex Ryan
A big part of my decision is not made about whether I'm able to coach in the NHL or if I'm ready to step up and take that challenge. Basically, it's about my family, it's about my children, and this is where my decision is going to have to be made.
~ Patrick Roy
I came from Ajax where you play 4-3-3 and as a winger they didn't want you to defend.
~ Ryan Babel
I love coaches that think more about attacking than defending. As a football fan, I think that's wonderful.
~ Luis Enrique
I've always been a big fan of what Ron Rivera and Sean McDermott have been able to put together on the defensive side.
~ Cris Collinsworth
Martin O'Neill has definitely got the best out of me.
~ Gareth Barry
Before I ever got into coaching, I got my law degree at Pepperdine.
~ Mike Leach
I read a couple books on democratic coaching.
~ Nick Nurse
I would not deny that to work as a club coach could be fun.
~ Joachim Low
You get different philosophies in coaching, usually depending on what position the coach himself played.
~ Ara Parseghian
I feel very comfortable with the system used by Mourinho. It's a very dynamic 4-2-3-1 that can easily change to 4-3-3 or 4-1-4-1 depending on the moment or the team's needs. He really knows what he wants.
~ Xabi Alonso
When I came back to England after my stint with Derby in 1995, I really wanted more time to study coaching.
~ Nick Nurse
Managers are driving the ship, so to speak, without actually being on the pitch, so every manager I've worked under here definitely deserves credit.
~ Mile Jedinak
When coaches arrive at a club, we need to understand its history. If we don't understand it, then we are destined to have a bad time.
~ Diego Simeone
So I don't really believe that how many years you've had in the league determines how well your players play... Coaching is coaching.
~ Steve Spurrier
That's one of things I've heard about Brooklyn - how good they are at developing players.
~ Jahlil Okafor
Watching a guy go from not having ever played an NBA game before to growing up and developing into an All-Star player, that's probably the most rewarding thing that you can do as a coach.
~ Dwane Casey
There's not a single NFL writer in the country who could diagram a play for Bill Belichick.
~ Colin Cowherd
I break down the tape like I'm a quality-control coach, just like I was with the Packers in 1992. I break it down by hand, every play.
~ Jon Gruden
Teachers can use technology-based assessments to inform their instruction. These assessments can quickly produce data and surface patterns that help teachers identify where students are faltering and intervene with targeted coaching immediately, before the student falls too far behind.
~ Sal Khan