Bear Bryant Quotes

I got interested in coaching while I played at St. Joseph's. Because we played a national schedule, we played teams coached by Nat Holman, Joe Lapchick, Hank Iba, and others. I could see the impact the coach had on their teams, and I thought, 'That's a pretty good thing to do.'

As a coach, you've got to do what's best for the team. If guys don't like it, they're going to leave. If they stay and don't like it, well, your team's going to suck anyway. Even if this happens, you still have to do it. You can't coach worrying about any individual.

I was just taught, the team goes how the point guard goes.

Ask any player. You're only as good as your coach allows you to be.

A lot of these teams really forget that part of success comes with having veteran leadership. You see a lot of teams forget that and start letting go of these old veterans. They don't realize how important it is to have a veteran voice in your locker room or on the bench. It's important to have guys who have been there before.

The greatest ally you have to get things working well and the players performing as a team is the bench. Don't be afraid to use it, either for the star player or anyone else.

Larry Brown thought Steve Francis was a Larry Brown type of player.

The important thing is to get the right players on the team so Mike can be successful.

The heartbeat of a football team is the quarterback position and I think everyone who has any intelligence about the game understands you must have consistency at that position to be a championship team.

The players make the manager, it's never the other way.

It's not a successful captain that makes a successful team.

A manager gets in the Hall of Fame by what his players have done for him.

Over my NFL career, I've had five head coaches who have helped me become better at my craft and have helped me become a better human being: Jim Mora, Tony Dungy, Jim Caldwell, John Fox, Gary Kubiak.

It's my responsibility to put a team on the floor that will win, and that attracts players.

It is important for the manager to find the right solution for your team.

One of the things I like to do is let the players play and the coaches coach.

When things aren't going well, it's very easy to blame the coaching staff.

There's tons of point guards in this league. There's good point guards on bad teams.

My job is to improve the performance of the team game by game.

Every good German team has strong leadership in the side.

A point guard can carry a team - if he has all the right stuff.

If head coaches weren't important to the success of a team, then owners wouldn't fire them all the time.

I want to feel the team is playing like I want. If not, why am I here?

Allegri is very good at managing the locker room in the most difficult moments of a season, to make the team understand how to manage the time of a match.

The decisions you make are based on what you think is better for the team and the player.