Coaching Quotes

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.

Even the greatest players accept coaching and value the need for discipline and the order that it brings to the team

The worst day coaching is better than the best day doing anything else

Profound responsibilities come with teaching and coaching. You can do so much good–or harm. It’s why I believe that next to parenting, teaching and coaching are the two most important professions in the world.

They say a tie is like kissing your sister. I guess that is better than kissing your brother.

One of the biggest reasons I like coaching college ball is the kids. I feel I can impact players lives

My final coaching point of the day: It's my contention that in any given moment one lives one's life in one of two ways, either under a threat or for a challenge. In performing when it counts, it's one or the other, under a threat or for a challenge. If, as Einstein says, "Imagination will take you everywhere," then living your life under a threat will take you nowhere.

As a player, I was fortunate to work with coaching and medical staffs that underscored the importance of utilizing injury prevention exercises, which contributed to my healthy and long playing career.

We've gotten into this situation where integrity is really lacking and that's why I'm glad I'm not coaching. You see we've got a coach at Kentucky who put two schools on probation and he's still coaching. I really don't understand that.

I never drop a player I only make changes.

It ain't what you eat but how you chew it.

The really valuable method of thought to arrive at a logically coherent system is intuition.

We cannot transform what we refuse to engage

Forget the failures. Keep the lessons.

Don't become a seeker of success. Become a person of value.

One hour of compassionate deep listening can bring about transformation and healing.

Perfection is impossibility but striving for perfection is not. Do the best you can. That is what counts.

Knowledge is not enough to get desired results. You must have the more elusive ability to teach and to motivate. This defines a leader; if you can't teach and you can't motivate, you can't lead.

Great leaders get people to think more of themselves, not more of the leader.

Motivating through fear may work in the short term to get people to do something, but over the long run I believe personal pride is a much greater motivator. It produces far better results that last for a much longer time.

A man is always better than he thinks.

The team with the most talent usually wins.

There is no beginning. There is no end. There is only change.

Over-coaching can be more harmful than under-coaching. Keep it simple!

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.

I'm not thinking about coaching, I'm thinking about heading to Washington, watching the world champions and my brother coach

Any time you have coaching changes and things like that, you go and study everything.

We talk in coaching about "winners" - kids, and I've had a lot of them, who just will not allow themselves or their team to lose. Coaches call that a will to win. I don't. I think that puts the emphasis in the wrong place. Everybody has a will to win. What's far more important is having the will to prepare to win.

I’ve always had this idea that if you’re going to try something, if you’re going to expend that first big block of effort and energy to participate - whether it’s riding the Tour de France or applying for a new job or coaching your daughter’s soccer team - you might as well go ahead and give whatever else it takes to win, I mean, I’m going to be there no matter what, right? Why not go ahead and get the victory?

The metaphor ( coaching) with sports is meant quite seriously... the coach stands back , observes the performance, and provides guidance. The coach applauds strengths, identifies weaknesses, points up principles, offers guiding and often inspiring imagery, and decides what kind of practice to emphasize.

You have to learn what makes this or that Sammy run. For one it's a pat on the back, for another it's eating him out, for still another it's a fatherly talk, or something else. You're a fool if you think as I did as a young coach, that you can treat them all alike.

Don't overwork your squad. If you're going to make a mistake, under-work them.

A total commitment is paramount to reaching the ultimate in performance.

Intelligent coaching is sometimes no coaching.

I want my team to be more detached from the wins and losses and be more focused on doing the little things well. When you focus on getting the win, it can suffocate you, especially during the playoffs when the pressure gets thick.

We hated to see Coach Riley go. Coach Riley is a very smart individual and he knows his coaching style. He also knows how long to stay with it and move on. He is a very demanding individual. When you coach at that level like that it tends to whirl the players.

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.

A closing team is so important in the NBA. The last seven minutes is what you are always coaching to get to. Now you have your team set, you have the match-ups you want, you have your time-outs, your chance to finish the game, and that's my job, to get us to that position during the course of the game.

On coaching the 1970s Philadelphia Flyers: Nobody likes us. Nobody outside Philadelphia, that is. In fact, the nicest thing people say about us is that we are a bunch of muggers.

Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing.

Be quick, but don't hurry.

Love is the force that ignites the spirit and binds teams together.

Young people need models, not critics.

First master the fundamentals.

It's a great day for a ball game; let's play two!

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.

It is foolish to expect a young man to follow your advice and to ignore your example.

The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That's real glory. That's the essence of it.

Always acknowledge hustle plays in practice.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.