Rasheed Wallace Quotes

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.

The quarterback is an extension of the coach and has a certain type of swagger mentality, on and off the field.

At first, I didn't know what to expect but I do say that I love our defensive coordinator, Tim Lewis.

I like to make statements on the field.

Mr Conte is important as a coach that is able to really implement a game plan.

You don't have to think, you just have to play hard on defense.

Communication is always important, but it's a separate type of language in football.

It is up to the coaches to tell me how to play.

Football is all about repetition. The trick for a coach is to be innovative when you ask for it.

I was a competitor as a football player and I'm a competitor as a coach.

I'm busy working on every aspect of my game - defense, shooting, rebounding - but I really want to become a better overall team player. Help my teammates become better players out on the court in order to win more ball games.

I think I have some ideas on coaching, but listen, coaches work harder than players. The hours they put in, the headaches that they have. That's the one thing I've never liked about coaching. They have all the emotion, passion and preparation without actually getting to be able to dictate what happens.

I kept my speeches short as captain. I focused on the key points of the opposition of the day. As coach, I was never afraid to give long speeches to the players throughout our preparations. It was important they had all the information possible.

To me, discipline in football occurs on the field, not off it.

During my freshman year at Cornell, I joined my dorm's intramural football team. At the first practice, upper classmen pointed out I was tall, so I should try playing QB. Well half an hour later, it was abundantly clear that I should not be the QB.

As a football team, you head into the season the same way with confidence and a positive mindset that you are going to win a bunch of football games.

I feel like I'd have a different approach to football now after doing music.

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

When I step on that basketball court, I'm thinking about basketball, I'm thinking about winning - but there's so much that goes into thought about how I'm going to open this game up to others. It's so much more than just basketball.

I'd far rather talk about players. They are the people who make things happen.

Anytime you're playing basketball, and you have a coach who you have to respect, you've got to be very disciplined.

Of course managers win ball games.

I love sports, and when I was playing soccer, I was always trying to be the leader on the team and the one who takes control.

On the playing side, a lot of guys I played under were pretty good managers.

The coach doesn't have to play the sport as well as you do. They have to watch you and get you to be your best.