James Collins Quotes

Our job as a coaching staff is to mentor, to discipline and to educate young people.

If you're a coach, you're a teacher.

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

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

Many more of our young people have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy and the other arts of peace. But liberty is not quite the same thing as opportunity; the fact that young people are free to develop their abilities and talents in constructive ways does not necessarily mean that they will do so, unless they get help and support from adults.

It's important for parents to put kids in positions where they can succeed and to teach competition because competition exists not only in sports.

It's not just teachers, but coaches are helping to shape the young people of tomorrow.

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 love teaching I think more than anything. It's the opportunity to just teach young people and teach the game. You teach more than basketball. You teach life skills. The teaching part of it is something that I am passionate about. I look forward to every practice. A lot of people say well, I enjoy coaching, but I see myself as more as a teacher.

I'm very passionate about the use of sports in young people's lives to build self-esteem and self-discipline and self-confidence. It's been a big thing for me.

We started a movement... to build character, citizenship and confidence in young people.

I'm a Prince of Wales Trust ambassador, so I'm all about giving youth an education, a voice and a chance to not take the wrong road.

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

Vocational education programs have made a real difference in the lives of countless young people nationwide; they build self-confidence and leadership skills by allowing students to utilize their unique gifts and talents.

I want to support kids that not a lot of people believe in. Give them an opportunity to do good in school, play sports and get scholarships.

Young people need models, not critics.

I fell in love with coaching. I loved interacting with young people, having the opportunity to make a tremendous impression on them.

At the moment we need training for leadership.

I was a coach, and I put a lot of education and experience into coaching.

Doing and making positive programming for young people is so important to me, and I will keep doing it.

As a coach, you're like a teacher. You don't give the players their talent. God gives them talent, but you can give them knowledge, and you can give them information.

During the day, I'm a business owner. I'm a teacher and a mentor.

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

I managed Zlatan when he was young and sometimes also difficult! But, okay, that is normal.

As you develop relationships in your team you have to learn how your teammates react to being yelled at or how to put your arm around them and show them how to do things. You have to build those relationships up and understand who that person is and how they respond and choose your way to lead them to hopefully help everyone out.