Coached Quotes

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Good corners were going with the deep guys, so we`ve got to hit the underneath stuff. If teams give us the deep route, Jon can hit it, but well coached teams aren`t going to give that to us.

- Steve Howey

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

- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

He was one of the best outfielders that I`ve ever coached. He may be the hardest to replace, along with Ryan Hopkins. He was definitely a leader for us ... Jon just did that naturally.

- Scott Mitchell

I felt comfortable all the time, even when we missed the two free throws after Kimberly scored. West Laurens is a well-coached, athletic team, but they couldn`t match up with us in the post.

- Carol Smith

He is running as well as anyone I have ever coached. He`s just really focused on what he`s doing.

- Chris Hanson

I coached against Dave the last couple of years, and I was very proud to be the first time a father ever coached against his son. He beat me for 30 minutes the first time and 59 and a half minutes the second time.

- Don Shula

And I coached against Mike when he was an assistant with the Bears and they won that football game.

- Don Shula

It was a typical first game of the season, ... Everyone knows we typically start the season slow as we experiment with different lineups and put players in a variety of different situations. We started out the game that way for about the first 25 minutes. Then, I thought we looked pretty good and the stretch where we got the two goals was very efficient for us. We got a little out of shape just after the two goals. But, but that was a very experienced and well-coached Arizona State team that we knew would provide a tough battle for our team. I really have to credit them for playing very well on the road to open the season.

- Jerry Smith

All I can say is that I`m going to try to coach the way I`ve coached in the past. And if it ends up not being good enough, then so be it.

- Steve Spurrier

My Mom, she`s from Ireland, coached tennis in Nigeria when she was a Missionary and turned me on to it when I was young.

- Donal Logue

The exposure the Big Ten gets is national, ... A high school quarterback in California can get up at 9 o`clock on a Saturday morning and watch a Joe Tiller-coached team at Purdue and say, `Wait a second. They throw the ball there. I like that and want to be a part of it.`

- Chris Spielman

The biggest problem will be, because he was so good and so smart, when he sees guys making those mental errors. When I coached those few games, that`s what got to me,

- Phil Esposito

I reckon he`s fantastic. The only thing he needs to do is learn to bowl good length. He`s not bowling his yorker enough. The way I understand is that they`re being coached to concentrate on the top of the off stump.

- Brett Lee

They are a big, physical team that averages about 275 pounds on the offensive line, ... They are coached by former Cincinnati Bengal Bruce Kozerski so it should be a really interesting game.

- Kevin Dunn

He`s one of the better athletes I`ve ever coached here.

- Mark Clark

We knew there was going to be a chance that he may be released. Coach Sherman coached him up there and knew him very well. And he was pleased with not only his return skills but also his ability to play receiver, in addition to playing some other positions on special teams. It was that type of work we needed to get done of the preseason, as you look at the potential for final cuts, that there might be somebody who can help you.

- Jeff Fisher

It was probably the most embarrassing half I`ve ever coached. We looked intimidated. We were absolutely horrific.

- Tim Healy

What I saw started three years ago, when I coached the varsity and the junior varsity. I have eight seniors and they know my system inside and out. They know what I want and they know how to work for it.

- Christine Smith

He coached me through the whole thing.

- Jay Smith

We`re not very well coached. We`re not working hard enough on keeping control of the ball. We get something going and drop the football. Then we don`t catch a few balls that could have broken it open.

- Clay Jordan

Kids coming out of high school are coached better today. Nothing against the coaches I had in high school; I thought they were great coaches. But everything is so specialized now. I watch Gary Rankin (Riverdale head football coach). He was a teammate of mine at Tennessee. (Riverdale) has a different game plan for everybody they played.

- David Parsons

If I asked him to line the field before the game, he would do it well and probably better than anyone out there. He does so many things so well. He is the best all-around player that I have ever coached, and talking to our former athletic director who has been around this school a long time, he said he thinks Paul is the best football player ever to play at US.

- Jim Stephens

That was a game of two completely different halves. I was thrilled with the way we played in the first half. I was very disappointed by the second half. Give Auburn credit - they have not packed it in. They are well coached, and they will be good down the stretch.

- Bruce Pearl

I just want her to play the game under control. And for her, it`s much different from any player I`ve ever coached in that she can be flat-footed and go up and dunk. So it`s not like things have to be perfect in her basketball world for her to dunk. If she goes up inside and dunks it, more power to her.

- Pat Summitt

Every year I`ve coached, we`ve always had that No. 1 guy who was clearly above everyone else and the rest of the kids just fell in place behind him. This year, they`re all so close in playing level. It`s been great because they`re challenging each other to take it to the next level. We don`t have that one overpowering player, but we`ve got seven kids who can win on all five courts, and they`re all getting better.

- Matt Young

I`ve had too lengthy a career and coached too many players to make a choice.

- Alan Kirk

I spent my first twenty years in Morocco, where I coached the national team.

- Allen G. Peck

My high school coach was Ray O`Conner. He has coached a lot of players that have signed professional contracts, and many of those have gone on to play in the major leagues.

- Andre Carrier

That`s the kind of team you want to play. They`re going to play hard, they`re going to be good and well coached.

- Angel Amador

I was never coached; I was never told how to hold a bat.

- Angela Phillips Diaz

We didn`t play well at all. But Deerfield Beach was a well-coached team, and they were physical. Hollywood Hills is going to be a hell of a game.

- Angell Watts

He`s just tough . . . he plays extremely hard, he`s played for some good coaches, and he`s a good player. I`ve talked to Larry Brown (who coached James in Detroit). Larry thinks the world of him, he`s never had any problems anywhere he`s played. We`re hoping that improves our chemistry.

- Ann Hancock

It is the absolute thrill of a lifetime to have coached these kids when they were little and then to see how they`ve matured as individuals and as runners,

- Anne Abood

If we can beat a Randy Marks-coached team, then I know my team has really accomplished something,

- Annette Griffin

Coach Trestman has brought a lot of that NFL stuff to NC State and I think it`s a great thing, ... You`ve got a guy who`s been coaching for 20-some years in the league, where I want to be and where 100 percent of these guys want to be one day. Anytime you`ve got a guy who has coached the greatest players who have played this game and now knowing that he`s going to be my coach, you can`t be happier with that.

- Anthony Weeden

With Jacques, you know they`ll be well-coached. As long as Roberto plays well, they should be a significantly improved team.

- Anwar el-Sadat

I`m going in the right way, ... I`m going in as a coach of a team, with the team that put me on the map. That was the most talented team I`ve ever coached in 16 years as a pro.

- Ariel Cohen

I haven`t heard anything about it. But who wouldn`t want to be coached by a legend?

- Armando Diaz

He has real good breakaway speed. He can make long gains and break tackles. He`s the best running back I`ve ever coached.

- Art Keeble

Although we came away with a loss, it was definitely the best match of the season so far. We played some great volleyball. Beyer was a very athletic, smart and well-coached team. This is a great measuring stick for us.

- Arye Mekel

They`re very deserving of it, there`s not any question that they`re extremely talented and well-coached.

- Banfour Genh

It`s things you can`t coach. You can try to take credit as a coach and say, `Yeah, I coached him those moves,` but we`d all know that`d be a lie. That`s just some God-given athletic ability, and he puts it to good use.

- Barbara Carpenter

At my time at Hylton when I was assistant principal, I could see his intensity and the kids were well coached and well behaved and that caught my eyes then.

- Barbara Webb