Jennifer Wyatt Quotes

That's something that's so often overlooked in this game - the dynamics of the locker room.

I always love the locker rooms that I end up in.

When a new coach comes to a new club with new ways, new ideas, the players have to adapt.

It is always good to be away with a few of the older lads because you pick up so much from them every day. You see how they prepare for games, how they rest, and how they train.

It would be worse if I have players who are happy if they sit on the bench, because that doesn't mean that we develop our game.

I have a lot of admiration for those who build tactical systems, but I always thought the most important thing a good coach must do is build the team around the characteristics of his players.

Every team I've played on has players-only meetings, players staff meetings, so this is part of the process.

There's at least one person on every team that everyone likes to make fun of.

In Boston, the year we won the championship, guys were so much different in age. You don't have the same lives off the court.

You can't just can't simply replace head coaches and say, 'Now it's going to be better.'

I'm not the most open player; I'm not the biggest clown. I just like going into the dressing room easy.

When you're looking from the outside looking in, you don't know what's in the locker room until you get there.

I know every part of their lives. I know about their animals; if they've got a dog, I know its name. My players love their dogs. I know about their partners; I know if they go to the cinema - it's the detail you need to be successful. If they have an ice cream, I know about it.

I like watching Spanish and Italian games and looking at how they play compared to us.

Despite their tremendous talent, (NBA players) are still, by and large, young adults, seeking validation from an authority figure, and there is no greater authority figure on a team than the coach. Needless to say, in today's warped, self-indulgent climate, too many players couldn't care less about appeasing the coach.

A team should be an extension of a coach's personality. My teams are arrogant and obnoxious.

The outstanding coach is a teacher that gets all his squad to accept the role that he considers to be the most important for the welfare of all.

During the season, your team should be led with exuberance and excitement. You should live the journey. You should live it right. You should live it together. You should live it shared. You should try to make one another better. You should get on one another if somebody's not doing their part. You should hug one another when they are. You should be disappointed in a loss and exhilarated in a win. It's all about the journey.

I know you're smart. But everyone here is smart. Smart isn't enough. The kind of people I want on my research team are those who will help everyone feel happy to be here.

I love how everybody just brings a different personality to the mix and everyone's different in their own way. There's a lot of energy - that's the vibe of Team USA.

A good team is a great place to be, exciting, stimulating, supportive, successful. A bad team is horrible, a sort of human prison.

One player's selfish attitude can poison a locker room and make it hard, if not impossible, to establish team work

Pit Riley had a lasting effect on us as players and the coaching staff.

A football team is like a society, straight up. There are rapists, but there are creatures and there are film guys.