Quotes About Coaching

I can play on the right, from the left, behind the main striker, or upfront - it depends on where the coach wants me to play.

You need a lot of leaders, but a hockey team needs a voice, not only in the community, but more importantly between the coaching staff and the players. There are always ups and downs in a season; the captain is the guy players look to in those situations.

You have a lot of ups and downs in coaching, especially, but I can't remember any bad times at this point. I mean, they're all good. A lot of tears when you lose, a lot of down times, but I can't remember any of them. They're all positive now. Even the bad times were good.

As long as Will Muschamp is the head coach at the University of Florida, Urban Meyer will be a part of this program. He needs to be involved with this program for our players. He's a great sounding board for me and part of this great tradition.

I grew up an Urban Meyer fan. I loved the way he coached, loved the way he did things.

Greg Davis, Ron Randleman, David Bailiff, Paul Rhoads, Urban Meyer. I would be remiss if I didn't mention all of them as influences.

You can't coach desire, and no matter how fancy your training plan or how high your stated goals are, it comes down to getting out the door and doing the work day after day.

I didn't get out of coaching to get back into it. This is my next challenge and I'm planning to work hard at it.

The guys who stick around are the smartest guys and the guys who are the most self-driven. You have to have drive. The coaches can only take you so far. You have to want to learn and work.

I think it's very hard for coaches to work with me. They'll no doubt have a good CV afterwards, but at the same time they're under a lot of pressure.

Real management is developing people through work.

You have to have a passion for your work. How can we expect people to be passionate if you, as their coach, does not have a passion? Coaching has to be something that gives you passion and energy.

We've been like that all season. They're starting to have the vision I've been asking them to have for a while. Our settled, normal offense stuff, we need to work on that.

I think people forgot that there are still ways you can get the ball inside rather than just standing there and throwing the ball in. You have to have a system that makes all things work.

I don't think I'm any different than most coaches, honestly. Maybe Steve Kerr. The guy never loses.

Look at Steve Kerr - he's the Milli Vanilli of coaching.

I'm a big fan of Steve McClaren. I worked with him over several years during my career and I can say with total confidence that he is an outstanding football talent, as well as being a top guy.

Having Steve Nash running your team makes you a lot smarter.

I think coaching Steve Nash is easy no matter if it's a good or bad start.

Coaches often sting me to get the best of me. I am used to it.

Coaching helps you take stock of where you are now in all aspects of your life, and how that compares to where you would like to be.

I won't lie, I stole a lot of ideas from Giampaolo.

The fellows that I played with encouraged me to bunt and beat the ball out. I was anxious to make good and did as I was told. When I came to Brooklyn, I adopted an altogether different style of hitting. I stood flat-footed at the plate and slugged. That was my natural style.

It never stops. It's 365 recruiting. That cell phone you've got, these smartphones are the death of college coaching.