Frank Shorter Quotes

I think the coaches have to play a big role in the players' development.

If you look at any superior athlete, you will find a strong parental influence. Parents introduce their children to a sport, and then they support them.

I find young kids. I enjoy coaching and enjoy making them better players.

My dad was my first coach and drove me extremely hard from a very young age.

When I turned 12 or 13 years old, even as a dad, you can't make a kid play anymore, but up until that point, he pushed me to keep playing, and when I turned 13, I didn't want to do anything else. He was just there with me at the cage every day because I wanted him to go with me and throw to me and work on what I needed to work on.

Some players are more fortunate than others to have coaches who are more focused on improvement.

I definitely believe our coaches are now leading more and learning more. They are hungry in terms of getting the athletes to improve. I believe it's now more mental than anything else, and I'd like to assist in that area.

One of my favorite things to do is teach kids to shoot a basketball. When they finally get it and their eyes light up, it's the greatest feeling.

Youngsters of Little League can survive undercoaching a lot better than overcoaching.

I'm used to being coached. Something I learned long ago is that a coach is trying to make you better and to be the best version of yourself.

I have got better things to do in working with my athletes who I feel are going to be involved in 2012.

But I was very much into sports when I was a child.

The young athlete who aspires to greatness, generally speaking, learns a number of things from several different coaches. The first one taught him the fundamentals; the second one instilled discipline in him and taught him more of the techniques that must be mastered to excel.

I want to do what I can to give the next generation of athletes added advantages in the game.

I have a 16 year-old son, so I'm now a soccer mom. I stand on the sidelines and I hear the things parents are saying, so I want them to understand what it is their kids are feeling in any sports environment.

I want my little girl to tell me who she is so I can encourage her and not impose my desires for her on her life. I want her to dream big and to know that if she is willing to earn it, she can have anything - and become anything.

Some people are just self-motivated - my husband was. I also believe there are many children for whom parental involvement is key.

Coaches can teach you two things: confidence and technique.

In the sports arena I would say there is nothing like training and preparation. You have to train your mind as much as your body.

Really, coaching is simplicity. It's getting players to play better than they think that they can.

I'd love to be coaching kids three or four years. You kidding me? That's what I used to do.

You want to do everything you can so your child has every tool to succeed.

My father pushed me to be a footballer. At every opportunity, he took me with him to play football. He came with me to matches.

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.

I'm just here to be a leader and work on my game, work on my jump-hooks, my low-post game and just continue to get better. That's all that matters.