Coaching Quotes

You've never heard of them- and you never will .

Hell, I live like I did when I was 35. I don't believe in retirement groups because I don't believe in retirement. How long can I keep coaching? How about forever? I'll never walk off the field.

Players will never do more than you demand.

Losing is only temporary and not encompassing. You must simply study it, learn from it, and try hard not to lose the same way again. Then you must have the self-control to forget about it.

Without an adequate answer to the question, "Why?" the price is always to high.

Coaching is about helping young people have a chance to succeed. There is no more awesome responsibility than that. One of the greatest honors a person can have is being called 'Coach.'

What you specifically teach is what your players will do best.

And, coaching has never been an option for me.

We were over-whelming underdogs.

In the last few days when I was not even the manager of England my freedom was taken away from me and that is not the coaching I am used to.

To get the best coaching outcomes, always have your 1-on-1's on your employee's turf not yours. In your office the truth hides.

Because you can't change results - I would change my losses, and I would definitely like to see on-court coaching.

Have a vision. Sell your program. Your team is going to reflect you.

I have been coaching recently. I coached high school basketball in Arizona, and I hope that more opportunities become available.

Coaching really is an individual philosophy.

I am standing for NSW Super 12 coaching position. NSW great. Queensland bad.

You never know, I might get back into coaching someday.

Only praise behavior that you want to be repeated. Never use false praise.

When it comes to celebrating, act like you've been there before.

I find young kids. I enjoy coaching and enjoy making them better players.

We don't see clearly because we don't see with the eyes of our heart.

I just think they were just a team that really enjoyed the process and allowed our coaching staff to enjoy the process.

Coaching at Texas and playing at the University of Oklahoma, I had the opportunity to see a lot of guys in Texas - Texas lettermen - who I played against.

Well, I think it's pretty much established that I just didn't have any interest in coaching in the pros.

We probably spend more time talking about individual players in our coaching sessions than anything else.

Don't do anything as an individual that will make you stand out from your teammates.

Every day you teach attitude.

You can never have enough talent.

I was still enjoying coaching, but there was a repetitious manner about it.

During my 40-year coaching career at West Point, Indiana and Texas Tech, my teams reached the Final Four on five occasions, winning the national championship three times.

The single most important aspect of coaching is running effective practices

We know the principles of coaching. The art is knowing when to apply them.

As a leader, you will receive a large amount of praise and criticism and you should not unduly affected by either.

What I do for myself stays within me, what I do for others lasts a lifetime.

We cannot transform what we refuse to engage

[Coaching] is a difficult job which everyone who owns a TV thinks they can do better at.

In all the years that I've been in football - I went directly from coaching to broadcasting - I never really had a lot of experience watching it.

Hearing improves with PRAISE!

It was a tough. Sixteen games into my career, we had a coaching change. It was something I never experienced before, and something I had to go through a lot earlier in my career than I expected.

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Act as though it were impossible to fail.

When we ask for advice, we're really looking for confirmation of what our soul already knows.

I learned a lot in the Minor Leagues, spending six years there. I honed my skills, as far as coaching goes. I was able to work with the players in a lot of facets of the game.

The worst thing we can do is put the (other) team in a one-and-one.

I have always wanted to teach, and coaching is teaching.

I coach hockey players—some of them just happen to be girls. When I’m coaching youth hockey, I put the boys and girls together and they can’t tell the difference. They are just playing hockey.

Just identify the very first physical action you need to take, and do it.

The challenge for you is to decide not what is important, but what is most important and then focus your attention on that.

Do you want to know what one of the secrets to achieving all of your goals is? You’ve got to be committed.

Success is simply never giving in to failure - either in mind or body.

It is one thing to know what should be done, it is another to do it.