Vicente del Bosque Quotes

I used to get stressed out all the time when I thought winning was important. I wanted to try to win and help my kids win. Once I figured out it wasn't about winning or losing, it was about teaching these kids about being men, that's when I started to relax.

The sport in Scouting is to find the good in every boy and develop it.

I've always tried to grow people rather than cricketers.

My desires are simply I love to teach, I love to be in uniform, I love to throw batting practice, I love to be with the kids.

We're all about trying to teach the kids life through basketball.

A coach, especially at a college level - much more at a college or high school level, than at a pro level - you're more of a teacher than an actual coach.

The opportunity to coach Kerry Kittles I wouldn't give up for anything.

The whole thing is develop players, develop them as people, develop teams.

Every kid I've been around as a football player, they want their coaches to make them better as men and as players.

I've watched what coaches do for young people in our country.

I've always enjoyed the coaching side, working with young players, trying to improve them and to make them not only see football different but to see life differently.

I love to have my football camps. I love being a part of that.

I want to coach because I love it. I don't want to sound hokey, but when you play for Frank McGuire, Dean Smith, and Pete Newell - they taught me a lot - I want to share what they taught me with a lot of people. I don't want to stop doing this.

There's something about that 15- to 18-year-old boy, the time of their life that you can really impact them, not only on the field but off the field and still get the competitiveness that I love.

I would like to involve and love to work with young players.

I try and focus on the youth coming up, and I think tennis is a great sport regardless of how far you make it: just, obviously, a lot of good life lessons.

When you decide to go into coaching, obviously you don't forget why. That's to help develop young people, help them chase their dreams, help them reach their goals.

I don't think I have the ability or patience to teach badminton to others.

You know, a football coach is nothing more than a teacher. You teach them the same subject, and you have a group of new guys every year.

I still love to find and develop the young athletes in traditional ways. I like to watch the physical and mental growth. That has always been very exciting.

At the end of the program, I tried to talk to the kids a little bit about life skills.

I want to spend more time with those kids. I want to dedicate my time to train those kids and teach them what it takes, what they need to do to get to this level.

The true value of sport is more than the skills that young people learn.

I know when I have kids, when I'm older, I'm going to encourage them to play sports because I think it teaches you a lot. It teaches you discipline, teamwork, and that there's really no 'I' in team.

Here, I have an opportunity to affect the lives of a lot of young people - and not just on my football team. I'm not kidding myself that that would be true at the professional level.