Coaching Quotes

“The key is to create an environment where players can thrive.”

“Good players want to be coached... Great players want to be told the truth.”

“Sometimes you have to let them play through their mistakes.”

“I don't believe in statistics. I believe in people.”

“If I was a coach, I'd be hitting guys in the head with clipboards. I'd be screaming at them.”

“Offensively, we're doing some things that are difficult to do.”

“I still bother with runners I call hamburgers. They're never going to run any record times, but they can fulfill their own potential.”

“The players are the ones who win the games.”

“No one is bigger than the team. If you can't do things our way, you're not getting time here and we don't care who you are.”

“The thing I learned from Don Coryell is what it takes to be a great coach.”

“The coach is the teacher.”

“He can take his'n and beat your'n and take your'n and beat his'n.”

“Coaching is about teaching and developing people.”

“There's two kinds of coaches, them that's fired and them that's gonna be fired.”

“You don't know a guy until you've coached him.”

“Coaching is about teaching. It's about helping guys get better.”

“You have to adapt to your personnel. You can't just have one system.”

“A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment.”

“A guy can be a good coach with good players. I'm not sure I'm a good coach.”

“The one thing I've always preached is, you've got to be a team.”