I’ve had a number of kids in the NBA that I’ve coached and a number of other great players that I’ve coached.
Growing up, I did quite a bit of reading on the mental side. My dad, who coached me, had us doing a lot of different types of mental work, like visualization. I read a couple of tennis books that talked about calming your nerves, belief, visualization, relaxing, breathing.
I’m just going out there and doing exactly what I’m coached and doing exactly what I’m supposed to do and just trying to help this team win.
Growing up, dad coached my footy and cricket teams, but that’s all he could do for me.
I spent my first twenty years in Morocco, where I coached the national team.
The 1973 team is real special. I had never coached against Bear Bryant. Alabama had never played Notre Dame. It was North against South; the Catholics against the Baptists; both teams were undefeated, and everything was on the line.
Whatever’s asked of me, I’m just going to go out there and perform my routes and how I’ve been coached all week, perform in the running game, pass blocking, run blocking, whatever it is.
If I had not been coached well about how to deal with a culture and a set of values that were foreign to my own, I would not have been able to be successful.
When I was a kid, my aunt coached me a little bit for choir, and what she taught me actually stuck with me. She basically taught me to sing from my diaphragm and not from my throat.
You can have old guys who aren’t willing to be coached just like you can have young guys who aren’t willing to be coached.
I’m used to being coached. Something I learned long ago is that a coach is trying to make you better and to be the best version of yourself.
To have a manager who has worked with top players, top strikers, who have played in my position, it’s always nice to know that when he is giving me information, he’s coached these players before so it’s important I take it on board.
My parents are huge influences on me. My mother was an English teacher. My father played professional rugby and coached rugby for the Irish rugby team.
I have remained a Lazio fan and that was the strongest team I ever coached.
I’ve coached UFC champions and stuff before I ever started fighting.
You can have great players, but if they don’t want to be coached, what are you going to do?
For me to be here tonight, everything had to be perfect. I had to get drafted by Utah, had to play with a point guard like John Stockton, and had to be coached by Jerry Sloan and Frank Layden.
I coached five clubs in South Africa and I was successful with them.
I coached in Washington – and in Washington, you lose the ballgame, it’s a bad Monday, I just want to tell you that.
I would’ve coached Barcelona for free. Well, maybe not for free, but in almost any circumstance.
Being coached by Zidane? At the start it was a little difficult, I grew up watching him play. It’s Zidane after all!
Having coached Ajax, Barcelona, the Netherlands, FC Bayern, and Manchester United like I did, it is difficult for any offer to be interesting.
My mentor was Clara Ward of the famous Ward gospel singers of Philadelphia. And my dad was my coach. He coached me. And just my natural love for music is what drove me.
Troy Walters and I coached together.
When you have been coached by Ancelotti and other greats, it’s hard to be coached by Domenech!
When Frank Broyles coached at Arkansas, he used to have a golf tournament each year for all the Southwest Conference coaches.
I coached Derrick Thomas for the first three years of his career. He was a special player.
All of us at some point have been coached by a male cricketer. I strongly believe that they get a lot of intensity into the training sessions. They are very hard taskmasters.
I have been coaching recently. I coached high school basketball in Arizona, and I hope that more opportunities become available.
I feel like I’ve paid attention to all the great coaches who have coached me.
The year I left coaching to get married, Providence College decided to put its women’s basketball games on radio, and because I had played and coached in the program, the athletic director asked if I’d like to give it a try.
I’ve been really fortunate to have coached in some moments that you can only dream about coaching in. The day after, you wake up and you try to do it again.
The best player I ever coached was Gary Payton.
I coached against Dave the last couple of years, and I was very proud to be the first time a father ever coached against his son. He beat me for 30 minutes the first time and 59 and a half minutes the second time.
I’m pretty sure that every player who’s ever played for me doesn’t hate me. Now, we’d have to do a survey, but I’ve coached a lot of guys, and I’m pretty sure there’s one or two that don’t hate me. I don’t know that any liked me. But I’m pretty sure there’s one or two who don’t hate me.
I don’t think you’ve ever coached till you’ve coached an Asian team.
My involvement with the USFL began in the broadcast booth before I ever coached a game in the league.
I’ve always coached energy, hustling, rushing to the pile, and if it is wiggling, you do hit it because guys are fighting for yardage, and sometimes, you’ve got to give up the ball because of one inch.
I’m a Christian, but I’ve coached and played with Muslims and all kind of different religions.
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.
My dad coached pretty much my whole life. I think he stopped coaching me when I got to the seventh, eighth grade, serious AAU, when I started getting recruited and stuff like that.
You’ve got to know the defense by watching film and by how you’ve been coached. And then when you approach it, you’ve got to be real physical. You’ve got to deliver the blow, not let the blow be delivered to you.
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