“When I was a kid growing up, my dad being a football coach, he asked the same question of all the assistants that he ever hired: 'Is your goal to be a head football coach?” KidsGoalGrowing UpGrowingFootballDadMy DadCoachesAssistantsKids Growing UpFootball Coach Author:Chuck Pagano
“I have three kids, and I'm a coach for a lot of their sports, so I'm around them a lot, but I see friends of mine with older kids and they don't really interact so much, other than giving them a place to live.” GivingKidsThreeSportsMinesCoachesPlaces To Live Author:Mike O'Malley
“Other than my parents, no one had a bigger influence on my life than Coach Smith. He was more than a coach – he was my mentor, my teacher, my second father. Coach was always there for me whenever I needed him and I loved him for it. In teaching me the game of basketball, he taught me about life. My heart goes out to Linnea and their kids. We've lost a great man who had an incredible impact on his players, his staff and the entire UNC family.” MenHeartKidsFatherGamesLostParentTeacherPlayerInfluenceTeachingTaughtNeededMy HeartBasketballBiggerImpactIncrediblesCoachesGreat MenMentorStaffAlways There For MeUnc Author:Michael Jordan
“We should tell our kids to just have fun, participate and not get bent on winning or losing. But every coach, when they say that, they say it tongue in cheek, 'Don't worry about winning': If you win I'll get you ice cream, but if you lose I'm going to pout in the car.” IfsShouldKidsWinningFunLosesWorryCarLosingTongueCoachesIceHaving FunCheeksCreamBentIce CreamWin Or LoseTongue In CheekJust Have Fun Author:Bode Miller
“The messages our kids receive from teachers, coaches--and even, with the best intentions, from us - can push them toward pride or despair...toward self-righteousness or self-hatred.” SelfKidsTeacherPrideDespairMessagesHatredIntentionCoachesRighteousnessSelf HatredSelf RighteousnessBest Intentions Book:Sidney and Norman: A Tale of Two Pigs Source: Sidney and Norman: A Tale of Two Pigs
“My dream was to become a rec league coach. That's what I wanted to do. I wanted to stay home and help the kids out and be a coach.” HelpingHomeDreamKidsWantedCoachesLeagueNbaMvp Author:Kevin Durant
“There is something about Game 7 that there's a memory there for you for sure. You want to be a coach or a manager or a player or a goaltender that gets it done, because to me, that's all part of sports. That's what you dream about when you're a little kid - scoring the winning goal.” WantLittlesDoneDreamKidsGamesWinningSportsGoalMemoriesPlayerCoachesManagersHockeyLittle KidNhlGet It Done Author:Mike Babcock
“One of the things I've always said is that if you're given the ability to coach kids, then you're really given the ability to be a father or parent of some sort.” IfsSaidKidsFatherGivenParentAbilityCoaches Author:Ray Lewis
“Some of these kids are spending more time with the coaches than they are with their parents. The coach is supposed to be raising these kids, not belittling them and talking to them like the world is coming to an end.” WorldEndsKidsParentTalkingSpendingCoachesSupposed To BeMore TimeBelittleComing To An End Author:Ray Lewis
“Parents needs to spend more time with who they're trusting their kids with. That's one of the nuggets going forward. Find out who these coaches are. Figure out their environment and what kind of problems they have, and see if you want your child involved with that.” IfsWantNeedsKindChildrenProblemKidsParentEnvironmentFiguresInvolvedOur ChildrenCoachesYour ChildrenMore TimeNuggets Author:Ray Lewis
“We're in a tough place in this world. There are a lot of kids giving up very early. Scripture says it takes a village to raise one child, and that's what these coaches are going to have to go back and understand.” WorldGivingChildrenKidsThis WorldGiving UpToughRaisesCoachesScriptureVillageIt Takes A Village Author:Ray Lewis
“Parents may be always working, parents may be in and out. When you're dropping them off with coaches, the first thing kids should be coming back and saying is, 'Mom, guess what I learned today? Guess what coach taught me today?'” ShouldFirstsMayKidsTodayParentTaughtMomCoachesComing BackDroppingAlways WorkingWorking Parents Author:Ray Lewis
“Our sports [softball] is a game of failure already so my dad always says to parents who he is a pitching coach and he's been my pitching coach since I was 11 years old is if they can be the best kid on the team, let them experience that and then obviously the challenge has to come later on but you don't get that opportunity very often and confidence is such a huge part of this game and in life in general.” IfsYearsKidsOpportunityGamesSportsParentChallengesTeamHugeDadMy DadCoachesBeing The BestPitchingSoftball Author:Jennie Finch