“As captain, I must always be an example to my team-mates. I'm calm and I don't have any problem with the coach or with the club. My only goal is to be ready whenever I have the opportunity to play.” PlayProblemOpportunityGoalTeamExampleReadyCalmClubsCoachesMatesCaptainsTeam Mate Author:Alessandro Del Piero
“Hard work is not punishment. Hard work is the price of admission for the opportunity to reach sustained excellence” HardMotivationalOpportunityWorkHard WorkBasketballExcellenceCoachesPunishmentReachingNbaPaymentAdmissionMotivational WorkHard Work Pays Off Author:Jay Bilas
“Our coaches want to be a part of South Carolina football when they win it for the first time. When they win the division, when they win the SEC, win a major bowl game, etc. The opportunities to do it all for the first time here make it extra special.” WantFirstsOpportunityGamesWinningSportsSpecialFootballMajorsFirst TimeSouthCoachesExtrasEtcDivisionBowlsCarolinaSouth Carolina Author:Steve Spurrier
“Bill Belichick is the best professional football coach I think ever lived. I'm upset that I played for a plethora of teams and never got an opportunity to play for Bill Belichick.” ThinkingPlayOpportunityTeamFootballBillsCoachesUpsetNflSuper BowlFootball CoachBill Belichick Author:Deion Sanders
“Everybody has an opportunity to play a role, a playmaking role, so it makes it harder to coach. It takes a little more time.” LittlesPlayOpportunityRolesHarderCoachesMore Time Author:Phil Jackson
“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
“I feel blessed that I had an opportunity to be in the Big Ten for four years as a player and be in the Big Ten as a coach for eight years. To get 12 years in a conference like the Big Ten - it's a first-class league with great towns and great fans.” FeelsYearsFirstsBigsOpportunityClassFourPlayerFansTenTownsBlessedEightCoachesLeagueFour YearsConferencesFirst ClassGreat Fans Author:Steve Alford
“Any coach certainly wants to have the opportunity to have some input over the personnel that he's coaching.” WantOpportunityCoachesCoachingInputPersonnel Author:Jim Cleamons
“I just wanted to quit running. My coach, Tracy Walters, took me aside and told me that I had an opportunity few people ever get. He said that I could inspire the whole team because I was so small and unathletic.” PeopleSaidWholeRunningWantedOpportunityTeamInspireCoachesQuittingTracy Author:Gerry Lindgren