Richard Linklater Quotes

Growing up my favorite coach was Billy Martin.

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.

Well, baseball was my whole life. Nothing's ever been as fun as baseball.

Sometimes I miss coaching, but often things are not how they appear in football.

I think the most rewarding part of the job, and I think most coaches would say it, is practice. If you have it, a very good practice in which you have 12 guys participate, and they can really get something out of it, lose themselves in practice.

I wish I could play little league now. I'd be way better than before.

I wouldn't mind being a track and field coach.

I could've played basketball, but my mind was on baseball. I didn't know what I was in for. In high school it was a matter of talent. No one told you what to do.

My father helped me become a ballplayer and take the good with the bad.

They say some of my stars drink whiskey, but I have found that ones who drink milkshakes don't win many ball games.

I had a great time with baseball growing up. I was lucky to grow up with it and to learn.

I really appreciate the sport background because the structure and the discipline that that gives a person is incredible, and it just carries with you wherever you go.

I like playing. I wouldn't be a good coach. I don't have the patience to be a coach.

'Get up and hit a home run,' has never been a part of the usable technique of any manager.

I have often wondered why I was never captain of the Lakers.

Working on the ABC movie 'Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy 'Satchel' Paige,'' which we filmed in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, was a special pleasure, particularly because I'd played baseball in high school.

My father pushed me to be a footballer. At every opportunity, he took me with him to play football. He came with me to matches.

I wanted to be a baseball player, but I became fascinated with wrestling as a teenager.

I always enjoyed the training part of baseball. I went to play college baseball and decided it wasn't for me.

Coach Staley definitely had me doing overtime. It has been fun, though, man.

I miss coaching - certain elements of coaching.

I wanted to give back to football what it's given me. So, I decided, 'I'm going to be a coach.'

Missing a game or getting a little bit of a bump up or getting a scolding once in a while puts everybody in their right place.

The first thing I usually do after a fight is apologize to my coaches because I didn't do one damn thing they told me to do.