“I really feel like that concept of enjoying the now and not worrying about the future is what my coach has been trying to teach me for 14 years - and that is what has made me such a different athlete 10 years later, and that is what has made me strong enough mentally to make this Olympic team.” FeelsTryingYearsHas BeensMadeDifferentEnoughStrongEnjoyTeachWorryTeamConceptsAthleteCoachesStrong EnoughNot Worrying Author:Melanie Roach
“When I was trying out for my first Olympics at 16, my family and coaches tried to regulate what I ate. But the stricter they got, the more I rebelled.” TryingFirstsMy FamilyCoachesOlympics Author:Alicia Sacramone
“I like to be able to control which players I'm working with. Because it doesn't matter how good a coach you are if the guys you're working with think they already know it all. You need a response, you need to feel they're trying. I want players who are always striving to improve.” IfsThinkingKnowsWantNeedsFeelsTryingMatterAbleGuyPlayerResponseStriveCoachesKnow It All Author:Gordon Strachan
“There is a penalty for trying to knock down a cockpit door, but it's the people who try to go from coach to 1st class they really beat up.” PeopleTryingMoneyClassDoorsBeatsCoachesPenaltiesCockpit Author:Jay Leno
“You have to realize that your work is done by your body, and if your body is in very bad health, it's not going to work for you no matter how young you are. So, I'm a bit of an athletic coach when it comes to trying to respect my body's needs and tendencies, and when I teach students, I try and persuade them of the same.” IfsNeedsTryingMatterDoneBodyYoungBitsRealizingTeachStudentsYour BodyCoachesTendenciesGoing To WorkAthleticBad Health Author:Reynolds Price
“The nature of acting is that one is many characters and jumps from one skin to another as a way of life. Sometimes it's hard to know exactly what all of your characters think at the same time. Sometimes one of my characters overrules one of my other characters. I'm trying to get them all to harmonize. It's a hell of a job. It's like driving a coach.” ThinkingKnowsWayTryingSometimesHardCharacterJobsActingHellSkinsCoachesDriving Author:Anjelica Huston
“I always say if you're going to do a movie about Charles de Gaulle get a Frenchman, you know. I'm not French. And yeah, sure I could get with a dialect coach and work for six months trying to talk like a Frenchman. But there's some French actors. Just get one of them, you know.” IfsKnowsTryingActorsMonthsSixYeahCoachesSix MonthsDialectFrenchmenDialect Coach Author:Billy Bob Thornton