Quotes on Player

Teams that play together beat those with superior players who play more as individuals.

I never let our players get satisfied, I never let our Coaches get satisfied, I was never satisfied. We can always do it better.

We may not be the best conditioned team in the country, but our players think they are.

I continually stress to my players that all I expect from them at practice and in the games is their maximum effort.

Hold it more important to have the players' confidence than their affection.

When you are speaking to your team after a game, never talk about the kid who was the star of the game. Talk about what your other players did to help the team win. Be sure to spread the wealth... Then have individual meetings with one to three players to praise and reinforce. Make sure you touch them.

They said you have to use your five best players but I found you win with the five who fit together the best.

It's not what you tell your players that counts. It's what they hear.

If you're going to be a player people will remember, you have to win the Open at St. Andrews.

A leading difficulty with the average player is that he totally misunderstands what is meant by concentration. He may think he is concentrating hard when he is merely worrying.

Golf is the only game where the worst player gets the best of it. He obtains more out of it as regards both exercise and enjoyment, for the good player gets worried over the slightest mistake, whereas the poor player makes too many mistakes to worry about them.

I go out and do the best I can in each game, and I don't think about the fouls other players will commit or whether I might be injured. It only does you harm to worry about those things.

Either love your players or get out of coaching.

Each writer is born with a repertory company in his head. Shakespeare has perhaps 20 players. ... I have 10 or so, and thats a lot. As you get older, you become more skillful at casting them.

I tell young players who want to be coaches, who think they can put up with all the headaches and heartaches, can you live without it? If you can live without it, don't get in it.

I think the most important thing of all for any team is a winning attitude. The coaches must have it. The players must have it. The student body must have it. If you have dedicated players who believe in themselves, you don't need a lot of talent.

If you ever want to be a decent player, you have to be able to use both feet without stopping to think about it.

Good coaching is about leadership and instilling respect in your players. Dictators lead through fear - good coaches do not.

Good attitudes among players do not guarantee a team's success, but bad attitudes guarantee it's failure.

The audience is the most revered member of the theater. Without an audience, there is no theater. Everything done is ultimately for the enjoyment of the audience. They are our guests, fellow players, and the last spoke in the wheel which can then begin to roll. They make the performance meaningful.

What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.