“Successful colleges will start laying plans for a new stadium; unsuccessful ones will start hunting a new coach” SuccessfulPlansCollegeCoachesHuntingStadiumsUnsuccessful Author:Will Rogers
“Congratulations to Ohio State, your new college football champions. Coach Urban Meyer may be the greatest football coach of all time. Don't confuse him with New York Mayor Bill de Blasio. That's urban quagmire.” MayStatesNew YorkFootballCollegeBillsCoachesAll TimeChampionUrbanCongratulationsMayorsOhioCollege FootballFootball CoachQuagmireOhio State Author:David Letterman
“As a college coach, I felt you could make a difference in a player's life. There was an educational aspect I thought was important.” ImportantFeltDifferencesPlayerCollegeAspectEducationalCoachesNflMaking A Difference Author:Tom Osborne
“My dad was a huge basketball influence in my life on and off the court. Playing for him and having him around, having him push me harder than maybe another coach would have was a huge blessing for me. Getting to play with my brother was an unreal experience at Oklahoma, in college, it's some of the funnest times I've had in basketball, and I'll cherish those memories forever.” PlayMemoriesForeverInfluenceCollegeBrotherHugeDadBlessingBasketballHarderCourtMy DadCoachesMy BrotherCherishUnrealAnd OffOklahoma Author:Blake Griffin
“My dream was to become a rec league coach. I love basketball so much, I love playing it, I just never thought I'd make it to college, NBA, or be standing up here today. It is a surreal feeling. So many people doubted me and motivated me. I failed so many times and got back up. I got through the toughest times with my family, but I'm still standing.” PeopleInspirationalStillsFeelingsDreamTodayCollegeBasketballStandingMy FamilyCoachesLeagueNbaMotivatedSurrealDoubtedMvpLove And BasketballI Love Basketball Author:Kevin Durant
“You always give credit where credit is due - to high school coaches, college coaches - but my dad, the foundation that he built with me, is where all of this came from. The speed, the determination, the mindset, just the natural belief that you can do anything you put your mind to, it all comes from my dad.” GivingMindSchoolBeliefCan DoNaturalCollegeDadHigh SchoolBuiltDeterminationFoundationMy DadCreditMindsetDuesSpeedCoaches Author:Robert Griffin III
“Absolutely. There are a 1000 better coaches in the cities, but I'm the best in the country.” CountryCitiesFootballCollegeCoachesCollege Football Author:Lou Holtz
“You go through high school and college the same way: never listening to your coaches because you're the best. But when you get to the pros, all that stops because everybody there has talent.” WaySchoolTalentCollegeListeningHigh SchoolCoachesYou Re The Best Author:Tom Brady
“When I was growing up, I wanted to be a coach. I had people telling me you can't do this, you're not a great player. Be realistic. When I got rejection letters from colleges where I wanted to coach, my mom would say, "You are going to make it someday. You have something special within you and that is your spirit for life which will help you get to the top."” PeopleHelpingWantedSpiritGrowing UpGrowingPlayerSpecialCollegeMomLettersMy MomCoachesRejectionSomedayRealisticWithin YouSomething SpecialRejection Letters Author:Dick Vitale
“I love coaching. I would probably be coaching. I would work in athletes and work with the youth. I would maybe do personal development and athletics. I would coach in high school or college.” SchoolYouthCollegeDevelopmentHigh SchoolAthletePersonal DevelopmentCoachesCoachingAthletics Author:Donovin Darius
“I saw this college team bowling championship. Each team had their own coach. What kind of strategy advice is a bowling coach giving? "You know what? This time Timmy, I want you to knock down all the pins." "You sure?" "Trust me. Just do it son!"” KnowsWantGivingKindFunnySawsComedyTeamAdviceCollegeSonStrategyCoachesI Want YouChampionshipTrust MePinsJust Do ItBowling Author:Jim Gaffigan
“Some kids, for some reason, it just doesn't click in the classroom as they need it to. We have college coaches talk to them, former high school athletes, motivational speakers, teachers, principals.” NeedsReasonKidsSchoolTeacherCollegeHigh SchoolAthleteCoachesFormerClassroomSpeakersPrincipalClicksAthlete MotivationalMotivational Speakers Author:John Towner Williams
“I got interested in decathlon because a coach that I had was a big fan of Bruce Jenner, and he just saw the ability in me - but when it came down to it, I knew my best chance at a college scholarship would be in track and field.” BigsWould BeChanceAbilitySawsFansFieldsCollegeTrackCoachesScholarshipTrack And FieldDecathlon Author:Dan O'Brien
“I was a much better writer than I was an athlete. My college coach told me flat out, he said, "Deford, you write basketball better than you play it."” WritingSaidPlayCollegeBasketballAthleteCoachesFlatsBetter Than You Author:Frank Deford
“I don't think you can explain why all these other sports and college basketball have a fair representation of African American coaches, but college football doesn't. You can dig and scramble and scratch, but at the end of the day I think it's just pure, old-fashioned racism.” ThinkingEndsSportsFootballCollegePureBasketballRacismFairsCoachesAfrican AmericanThe End Of The DayRepresentationOld FashionedScratchesCollege FootballCollege Basketball Author:Frank Deford
“No one has ever drowned in sweat.” MotivationalSportsEffortFootballCollegeHard WorkCoachesCoachingMotivational SportsSweat Author:Lou Holtz
“A lifetime contract for a coach means if you're ahead in the third quarter and moving the ball, they can't fire you.” IfsMeanMovingSportsFireFootballCollegeThirdsBallsLifetimeCoachesContractsQuartersCollege Football Author:Lou Holtz
“I was still in the college and they told me I should try it. At the time, I still thought I was going to be an Olympic softball player. But later, when I retired from softball in 2007, I decided to give bobsled a try. I emailed the coach and got invited to Lake Placid for a tryout and I never left.” GivingShouldTryingStillsLeftPlayerCollegeDecidedCoachesLakesInvitedRetiredSoftballPlacidSoftball PlayerTryoutsLake Placid Author:Elana Meyers
“I'm passionate about coaching and being able to mentor young men in a lot of different ways. I think it's good to be able to do what you love to do. It's been in me since the beginning. I was telling my college coach what to do and he trusted me. When I got into the NBA, I started having conversations with coaches. Coach Gregg Popp(avich) brought a lot out in me. Coach Don Nelson gave me an incredible opportunity to spend some time with him and he molded me but at the same time allowed me to be myself.” ThinkingMenWayDifferentAbleYoungOpportunityCollegeConversationIncrediblesPassionateCoachesDifferent WaysYoung ManCoachingNbaTrustedMentorWhat You LoveNelson Author:Avery Johnson
“College is a time in life where you get to know yourself as a player on the pitch and off the pitch. My coaches at USF were instrumental in making me understand the discipline it takes to succeed at the next level. Those were four special years for me.” KnowsYearsNextLevelsFourPlayerSpecialCollegeDisciplineSucceedCoachesKnow YourselfAnd OffNext Level Author:Jeff Cunningham
“My dad was a college football coach, so we're a big athletic family. I was either going to be an athlete or an actor. As an actor, I hoped I would be able to bond the two.” TwoBigsWould BeAbleActorsFootballCollegeDadMy DadAthleteCoachesAthleticCollege FootballFootball Coach Author:Matt Barr
“College football is no more of a minor league than, say, the universities' schools of journalism, engineering or music are. We can argue at another time whether football should occupy the same space on campus as those disciplines, but for now, it does. The critical point is that a coach is less concerned with preparing athletes for the next level than he is with molding them to fit a system that helps him win games, keep his job and, eventually, move on to a position with a more prestigious program.” ShouldDoeHelpingSchoolJobsMovingNextGamesWinningSpaceLevelsPositionFootballCollegeDisciplineFitConcernedProgramUniversityAthleteCriticalArguingCoachesJournalismLeagueEngineeringMinorsPreparingCampusNext LevelAnother TimeCollege FootballPrestigiousMolding Author:William C. Rhoden
“For a college basketball player or coach, to reach the Final Four is la-la land. You’ve achieved, you’ve got your stamp of approval. My first team to do that was in 1986. Then we did it in ’88, ’89 and ’90.” FirstsFourPlayerTeamLandCollegeBasketballFinalsCoachesApprovalStampsBasketball PlayerCollege Basketball Author:Mike Krzyzewski
“Professionally - I had the opportunity to play sports throughout my youth, in high school and college. Early on, I decided I wanted to be a coach so I tried to learn everything I could about all positions on the team.” PlayWantedSchoolOpportunitySportsTeamPositionYouthCollegeHigh SchoolDecidedCoaches Author:LaVell Edwards
“Even though I did not go into college teaching, I believe the education I did receive helped me to become a better coach.” BelieveI BelieveTeachingCollegeCoaches Author:LaVell Edwards
“From the time I started teaching, when I was 21, I've always signed my name Bob Knight. My college coach called me Bobby, still does. But I have never introduced myself to anybody in my adult life in any way other than, "I'm Bob Knight."” WayDoeStillsNamesTeachingCollegeAdultsCoachesBobKnights Author:Bobby Knight
“If you are getting into coaching right out of college, you're not one of the coaches because you're not really, like, a coach yet. You're someone who's in limbo all the time. Navigating that is not easy. If you try to be too much like a player, then the coaches are like, You're not too serious about coaching. If you're going to be too much like a coach, the players are not going to confide in anything.” IfsTryingEasyToo MuchPlayerCollegeSeriousLike YouCoachesCoachingLimbo Author:Geno Auriemma