Sam Darnold Quotes

I am a positive-energy, enthusiasm type of a coach and I'm going to spread that to everybody that will feel it.

He's helped me do so much in my career, helped me be the player that I am. If there's no Larry Brown, then there's no MVP, Allen Iverson.

The biggest thing is no matter what level I've played at, there is something I can bring to them.

I feel fortunate to be a part of a football community that includes leaders who recognize the power of sport to make a difference and who, like so many of my coaches, are defined not only by their knowledge but by their ability to bring out the best in every member of their teams.

I want to bring energy. I want my play to be infectious to other guys.

I take the role of leadership as the most important job I have. Yes, it's the passes and all the different things you have to do, but it's leading and it's in the huddle and it's in the weight room and the meeting rooms. It's that role I think comes first.

It's not always the player that's talking in the dressing room that becomes a good manager. It's a feeling that you need to develop, it's a feeling that needs to grow on you.

It's very special to be the coach of the best player in the world.

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.

If I continue to work as a coach, it is because my passion and love for football, for the players, is still there.

I'm very fortunate to work with a great group of guys that are great coaches, great motivators, excited about what they do, have a lot of enthusiasm and are excellent coaches.

I've always been a point guard, so being a coach on the floor, I've had to connect with every one of my teammates and find ways to motivate them, find ways to build them up.

The best coach I have ever worked with is certainly Jose Mourinho. He has an unparalleled passion.

I try to be positive. I speak to my players about how we have to play, respect the rules. What I have done is always be positive.

LeBron is like a coach. He is a coach on the floor. He has a great basketball IQ.

The leadership aspect of U.S.A. basketball has really helped me out a lot.

I believe in Coach Louis Wong. He is so much more than just a football coach.

Sachin is the soul of Mumbai Indians, and I am sure he will guide Bhajji as he takes on the responsibility of captaining Mumbai Indians.

The greatest manager has a knack for making ballplayers think they are better than they think they are.

As a manager, the more consistent you are, the better off you are. It's easy to be up when things go well. When things don't go well, the players will follow your lead. So you have to be consistent and upbeat, which takes some work sometimes.

You have to lead people to get excited and be passionate and be activated by what you do.

The manager of a team is like a stagecoach, he can't move unless he has the horses.

You know, I had the ability like a catalyst to really get everybody hyped up.

I think the athletes respond well to me because I have been successful.

It's very exciting to work with people who inspire you.