“My high school coach was Ray O'Conner. He has coached a lot of players that have signed professional contracts, and many of those have gone on to play in the major leagues.” PlaySchoolSportsGonePlayerMajorsHigh SchoolCoachesLeagueContractsRaysMajor League Author:Robin Yount
“In high school I was on the basketball team, but the coach did something I didn't dig and the next day he looked up and saw me practising with the football team.” SchoolNextSawsTeamFootballBasketballHigh SchoolCoachesNext DayFootball TeamBasketball Team Author:Charles Mingus
“Every coach always worries about accidents happening. I was very fortunate as a head coach that we were never in any accidents. But when you hear about them happening to other schools, it is very sad.” SchoolWorryHappeningsAccidentsCoachesFortunateVery SadHead Coaches Author:Fred Williams
“No parent or coach can be true to any child and say he's ready for the N.F.L. out of high school.” ChildrenSchoolParentReadyHigh SchoolCoachesBeing True Author:Tony Dorsett
“I was pretty hot-tempered all through school. I remember my high school basketball coach telling me: 'Boy, if you don't learn to control that temper, you're gonna kill somebody.'” IfsSchoolRememberBoysBasketballHigh SchoolHotCoachesTemperBasketball Coach Author:Tony Dorsett
“I was doing all the coaching schools so that I'd be able to stay in the game, and I gave myself a chance by doing that. I was only an average player, could score a goal or two, that sort of thing, but I wasn't a Bobby Charlton or a Messi, or Ronaldo. There are very, very few really great players who have become great coaches.” TwoAbleSchoolGamesGoalChancePlayerAverageCoachesCoachingScoreReally GreatMessiGreat Coach Author:Alex Ferguson
“My school was 17 years as a player and another 16 watching more games probably than any coach has - all over the world, all systems. I couldn't go to school and write it down for people who are far less experienced, telling me what to do and how to do it.” PeopleWorldWritingYearsSchoolGamesPlayerCoaches Author:Andy Gray
“I grew up in Arkansas and that's the law. My dad was a high school basketball coach, so I was raised as a coach's son and I was a baseball player back in Arkansas, and I lived in Texas, too, so I was just surrounded by sports. So that's what I was going to do: Pitch for the St Louis Cardinals. I had no idea I was going to be an actor. So I got my collar bone broken in the Kansas City Royals training camp. And once I got hurt I started doing other things for a while.” IdeasSchoolLawActorsSportsHurtCitiesPlayerSonBrokenGrewDadBasketballGrew UpTrainingHigh SchoolBaseballRaisedMy DadBonesCoachesNo IdeaTexasCampsRoyalCollarsCardinalsBaseball PlayerKansasBasketball CoachArkansasKansas CityGot HurtTraining Camp Author:Billy Bob Thornton
“We ask these players to do some very difficult things, for the team, the coaching staff, the school - at risk of injury. And when they do those things, I feel as if I'm in their debt. It's an honor to coach those guys. I want to be of service to them.” IfsWantFeelsSchoolGuyAsksDifficultPlayerRiskTeamHonorDebtCoachesCoachingInjuryStaffTigersDifficult ThingsLsuCoaching Staff Author:Les Miles
“Sportsmanship is that quality of honor that desires always to be courteous, fair, and respectful, and it is interpreted in the conduct of players, spectators, coaches, and school authorities.” SchoolDesireQualityPlayerHonorAuthorityFairsCoachesSpectatorsRespectfulSportsmanshipCourteous Author:Fielding H. Yost
“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