Penny Hardaway Quotes

I want to spend more time with those kids. I want to dedicate my time to train those kids and teach them what it takes, what they need to do to get to this level.

There were high school coaches such as Charles Boston that took me under his wing and taught me the fundamentals of football. And when I went to college there was Robert Hill who took me there and he showed me what hard work and determination would do if you put forth the effort and you take a little time.

A lot of coaches could ration out their time. They could delegate. They would make time for their family. But when I was coaching I would almost laugh at those guys. I knew we were working the extra hours to get an edge on them.

I'm really looking forward to working under Mourinho.

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

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.

I need to go play the right way, listen to LeBron and be a sponge and try to soak up what he's going to tell me.

It's important for me to exalt my players in their strengths and to try and cover their weakness, no?

I think me making the Select Team was huge. It was the chance for me to be around those guys and see their work ethic and how they prepare. I think that's what I took the most away from it.

When I think of the most valuable coach, I definitely think of a coach like Geno Auriemma, and the things I learned from him that stick out in my mind are his passion for the game, competing at all the little things and doing it at a high level.

I ain't get the opportunity to get coached until being a star.

Coach Parcells challenged me a lot in my rookie year, and not just in games. Almost every day in practice, he'd stand right beside me as he called for the field-goal team to take the field.

Playing all these different sports, you learn so much from the people you get coached by.

I love standing on the pitch too much to focus on anything else - if I want to be a coach or something.

Sarri has really helped me. 'Listen to me and you will become a champion' he told me in his first year at Napoli.

It is my job to work with the players we have and try to improve them as a team and move the country forward.

That's what the great teams do. That's where, if you're a good shooter, become a great one. If you're a good ballhandler, become a great one.

Being part of the India 'A' team has helped me grow as an all-rounder.

There's so many things Thierry's taught me, just how you go about being a professional.

I took a lot of pride, honestly, in hiring these young guys, that not only to become future head coaches, but I wanted young guys that could help me - guys that can coach, guys that could study, guys that loved it, that would do it for nothing. That's how I got into coaching with the 49ers when John McVay hired me.

I was lucky enough when it came to sports and work ethic to be taught some basics that continue to be important.

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.

Snake has been everything to me. Look at where I was when I started with the company in 1988 and where I'm at now. I mean, he's shown me just about everything on and off the race track.

Coaches can teach you two things: confidence and technique.

This is a learning in the business life that first of all you need to have commitment, dedication and passion for what you are doing.