Hillary Scott Quotes

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.

I've been fortunate to be short my entire life. There's only one position I've ever had to play, and that's point guard. So I've always had to be that leader. And that was my job: you know, to talk.

I've really enjoyed my time at Palace. The lads were brilliant; the gaffer and training were great.

I don't think I have the ability or patience to teach badminton to others.

People say you can't go out and eat with your players. I say why not.

My desires are simply I love to teach, I love to be in uniform, I love to throw batting practice, I love to be with the kids.

Well, unless you're Wayne Gretzky or Michael Jordan, you need the full support of your team.

I want to be on the field. It's a better place to talk to the guys. It's a relaxed atmosphere. You want to make sure you know what's going on, not just with the hitters.

I like playing. I wouldn't be a good coach. I don't have the patience to be a coach.

I will miss the day to day stuff because I love coaching. I love being out on the pitch.

If you trust in an idea of football, and you trust in the team, it's important to have a squad with good balance.

One of my strengths is connecting with the players.

When Dad looked at football players, he would take them in his own image. That's what he grew up around; that's what he was when he was a master sergeant in the Korean War. That's what I took, and that's what I want on my football team.

The players do their thing on the pitch, and there's a lot of young women or former players that want to coach.

I wasn't a cheerleader in high school, but I was the leader of my soccer team.

Over the last few years, I've started to look more closely at the way coaches work to learn from them - not just here at the club but with the international team as well.

When I'm sitting on the bench, I try to help the players who are out on the pitch.

Of course when you are starting to be a coach you want to do your best and my national team is my dream.

We're not in the business of making doorknobs. We're in the business of people. There are things you have to do these days as a coach and as a teacher to deal with the modern athlete.

It was a winning team and there were lots of important footballing lessons that I learned in Juventus.

If you said to me there's a top quality player who you can bring in and we are confident he will add to your squad, but you have to work with him a bit and he can be a bit fiery, then you feel if you are bringing him into a good group the group can take care of that.

I think that when you are part of a football team, it is a group. That means the players and the staff, including the manager and all that administration.

When I was 15, I used to pick the school football team.

From playing cricket in a boys team I had to learn quite quickly how to handle them and I've always felt quite comfortable in that environment. Because I feel comfortable, I'd like to think they do too.

I have great memories of being a Cub, and I'm happy building new ones with the Phillies.