Quotes by Coachs

Coaching the Bruins is like going bear hunting with a butter knife. Pat Burns
Hunting Bear Knife Like Going Coaching Butter
If one of my players ever wants to hit me, he better do it really hard because otherwise, I'll find a rock, a stick, or a piece of wood - and believe me, it's gonna be a brawl. Pat Burns
Me Better Believe Otherwise Find He Piece Because Stick Rock Hit Wood Wants Gonna Really Hard Ever Players
Giving yourself permission to lose guarantees a loss. Pat Riley
Yourself Giving Lose Permission Loss Guarantees
Whatever it takes to win. Pat Riley
Win Whatever Takes
Don't let other people tell you what you want. Pat Riley
You People Other Tell Want
When you grow up on a dairy farm, cows don't take a day off. So you work every day and my dad always said, 'No one can outwork you.' Pat Summitt
Work Day You Every Day Farm Dairy Every Take No-One Said Always Off Up Cows Dad Grow Grow Up
Coaching is the great passion of my life, and the job to me has always been an opportunity to work with our student athletes and help them discover what they want. Pat Summitt
Life Work Great Me Opportunity Passion Job My Life Our Athletes Student Always Been Discover Want Them Coaching Help
I don't want to sit around the house. I want to be out there. I want to go to practice. I want to be in the huddles. That's me. Pat Summitt
Me Practice Sit Out House Around Go Want
Competition got me off the farm and trained me to seek out challenges and to endure setbacks; and in combination with my faith, it sustains me now in my fight with Alzheimer's disease. Pat Summitt
Faith Me Challenges Fight Competition Farm Out Seek Combination Got Alzheimer Off Trained Disease Endure Sustains Now Setbacks
Most people get excited about games, but I've got to be excited about practice, because that's my classroom. Pat Summitt
People Practice About Classroom Excited Most Because Got Get Games
I'd wake up in the morning and I would think, 'Where am I?' I'd have to gather myself. Pat Summitt
Myself Morning Wake Up Think Would Am Wake Up Where Gather
Sometimes I draw blanks. Pat Summitt
Sometimes Draw Blanks
I think that a lot of people would perceive my style as being intimidating. And although I don't want to intimidate kids, I am very demanding. Pat Summitt
People Demanding Style Think Intimidate Intimidating Kids Would Perceive Although Am Lot Very Being Want
In my case, symptoms began to appear when I was only 57. In fact, the doctors believe early-onset Alzheimer's has a strong genetic predictor, and that it may have been progressing for some years before I was diagnosed. Pat Summitt
Strong Doctors Before Believe Progressing Symptoms Some Case Only Fact Genetic Diagnosed Alzheimer Been Years Began May In Fact Predictor Appear
I was like, 'I don't know if I could be an Olympian...' But my dad really influenced me to stay and be in the Olympics. Pat Summitt
Me Stay Could Like Know Influenced If I Could Really Dad Olympian Olympics
We know that if someone is in a better position than you to score, you have to give him the ball. Patrick Vieira
You Better Someone Give Know Him Ball Score Than Position
You need somebody to open your eyes, to tell you there's things that you can do, and I had that person in Brian Marwood. I think if I'm where I am today, it's because of him. Patrick Vieira
Today You Open Your Eyes Eyes Somebody Think Tell Open Had Him Because Am Person Where Your Brian Things Need
I'm a good listener, and I take into consideration everything people tell me, but at the same time, I believe my eyes as well as the experience I had as a player. So players who underperform? There has to be a reason why... my job is for them to perform. Patrick Vieira
Time Good Me Eyes Experience People Job Believe Consideration Everything Tell Take Had Perform Well Same Listener Same Time Them Reason Who Why Player Players
You train far more in France than in England. Here, we still see football as a game. Football is a job. There is still the mentality where training is at 11, you come in at 10:30, and when it is finished, you leave straight away. Patrick Vieira
You Game Training Job Finished France See More Mentality Football Come Still Leave Train Than Where Straight Far England Away Here
I wasn't ready to manage straight away. You have a few players who stopped and managed a first team straight away and were successful, and then there are the other ones who take different pathways. And I think what was important for me was to understand what I really wanted to do. Patrick Vieira
Me You First Important Few Think Other Take Understand Ready Were Manage Stopped Different Wanted Straight Then Really Successful Team Who Away Players
When you're in youth development, you have to develop players - win or come in second. But the job where I am and the reality of our industry is to win to be successful, and that is what I have to do. I have to be successful, and I want to be successful, so we'll do everything we can do to win. Patrick Vieira
You Youth Reality Win Job Our Everything Develop Development Come Industry Am Where Want Successful Second Players
I'm passionate about the job. I'm really excited. I'm really determined. Patrick Vieira
Job About Determined Excited Passionate Really
When you are 14, 15, 16, you can train every day in France, and sometimes you can train twice a day. Patrick Vieira
Day You Every Day Sometimes Every France Train Twice Twice A Day
I sincerely think that firing Roger Lemerre was the easiest solution. There had to be a guilty party, and it was him. He was the ideal prey. He had his share of responsibility like everybody else, like the French FA who organised friendly matches at the other end of the world, but the actors - the players - have the greatest share of it. Patrick Vieira
World Responsibility Party Think Other Everybody Everybody Else Else Easiest Guilty Solution Prey Had Share He Firing Ideal Sincerely Like French Him Greatest Matches His End Friendly End Of The World Roger Organised Who Actor Players
If you look at Arsenal today, I really enjoy watching them play - they play some really good football - but that is not enough to win football matches or to win competitions. But in our time, we were winning, and we had the strength to not play well but somehow manage to win the game 1-0. Patrick Vieira
Today Time Good Strength You Game Win Enjoy Enough Our Our Time Some Somehow Winning Had Football Look Well Matches Were Arsenal Manage Them Really Play Watching Competitions
It was complicated at Madrid. I was suspicious. The lack of recognition for Makelele over there scared me. I was scared it would happen to me. But I should have gone there. Today, I don't regret the career that I have had, but if I could have changed one thing, it would be that: to go to Madrid. Patrick Vieira
Today Me Regret Complicated Gone Changed Recognition Would One Thing Would-Be Madrid Scared Could Had Over Go Lack Suspicious Happen If I Could Should Thing Career
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