Dave Martinez Quotes

I had many good teachers, but only three of them were school teachers.

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.

In football, like in life, you must learn to play within the rules of the game.

I learned a lot from the coaches I played for.

Playing all these different sports, you learn so much from the people you get coached by.

They call it coaching but it is teaching. You do not just tell them...you show them the reasons.

In general I like a guy who is athletic, somebody who can teach me something. Whether it's teaching me a new way to cut on a wave or teach me a three-point conversion or teach me how to dribble a soccer ball. There's something really cool about that.

There's natural mentoring that goes on in my life every day.

I didn't really want to be the coach who wins but the coach who educates.

I just loved to play. I liked to study the other ballplayers. I could talk about it for ages, because I played professional ball for 20 years, and I was still learning when I quit.

The coach doesn't have to play the sport as well as you do. They have to watch you and get you to be your best.

And I found out, the other part of it is that I found out and in my desire to life successfully, that baseball fit very well into my life. It's been a great teacher, trainer, mentor and you'll see what I mean in the next few minutes that I have to speak.

I didn't understand anything about playing baseball. I started playing, and it was enjoyable. Most of my life, I played with older people on my team, in my league. I learned a lot about life. Every day in my life, I learned something new from somebody.

Don't ever think, no matter how old you are, that you don't need to be coached.

You've just got to listen to what experienced people are telling you. You've obviously got to listen to what they want you to do in training and in matches and commit to improving every aspect of your game.

I need to go play the right way, listen to LeBron and be a sponge and try to soak up what he's going to tell me.

I'd like to teach my players how to play and not just run plays.

I always have been comfortable with my opinions and how I feel about the play on the field, and how it should be done and how teams should go about playing the game.

I learned a lot of stuff from Jae Crowder.

We could all use a little coaching. When you're playing the game, it's hard to think of everything.

I was a pretty good coach and working with marketing was like coaching.

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

The best way to find a balance between doing your best and showing that you're ready for more is by developing other people. As tempting as it is to hoard knowledge, don't. Instead, make certain that there are others who know how to do important aspects of your job.

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.

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.