Jock Stein Quotes

I just gotta go out there and play basketball the way I know how to.

I don't want to sit around the house. I want to be out there. I want to go to practice. I want to be in the huddles. That's me.

I like to let the ball do the talking.

Whatever faults I may have, I do know a player.

I was born to play baseball.

There are three types of baseball players: Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen and those who wonder what happens.

I love hitting the ball, controlling the ball. And yeah, even the roar of the crowd. I enjoy the roar of the crowd probably less than some players and more than some. But I'm not out here to be a celebrity.

It's great to have atmosphere at the stadium, but football is all about the players.

I like trying to win. That's what golf is all about.

Baseball is not a grind for me.

The team with the best players wins.

I know that it is a huge responsibility to be the captain, the No. 10, but I like it. I like the responsibility, the pressure, and I like playing football.

The players are out here to help win games and to improve, not to make a movie. They're not actors. They're players.

Day-to-day training with world-class players, there is no better feeling than that.

I can control how hard I play. This is how I respond to coaching. This is how I respond to my teammates. If I focus on that, the other things that come with that are going to come.

When you are a professional, you go into the next game wanting to win.

We try each and every week to win. We know what's at stake, but every coach has that mindset, so it's not easy.

I always like to have the best players in my team.

I love to play football, and when I come on the pitch, I want to do my best to help the team. It's up to the coach the position I play.

In the end, every coach wants the same - that's to win.

Man, at the end of the day, it's just a game. And the way I look at it, when I have fun, that's when I play my best basketball.

What soccer and coaching gave me was sort of a stage.

Coach Spurrier was just an amazing competitor. I felt I learned to really love the competition of it all from watching him and being around him. All his assistant coaches were great recruiters, very professional in how they handled their business. So as a young guy, I got to see that all the time.

Talent is what wins games.

I feel that every league is very competitive.