Ara Parseghian Quotes

The better you can prepare your players and the more you can put their minds to it is really important.

It's nice to get comfortable with the plays before the season starts.

We've got to play better basketball.

I keep my focus on the team and concentrate on the best possible match preparations.

How do you win? By getting average players to play good and good players to play great. That's how you win.

It's fun leading this offense. I don't think we've hit our peak.

Baseball is a simple game. If you have good players and if you keep them in the right frame of mind then the manager is a success.

I think of the important things: how to prepare, how to practice, how to prepare to practice.

You've just got to listen to what experienced people are telling you. You've obviously got to listen to what they want you to do in training and in matches and commit to improving every aspect of your game.

Club or national training is the same. We play as we train.

You've just got to read your read keys and rep it in practice and then just do your job on the field.

The most important thing is that you find a way to bring your thoughts into the hearts of the players. The tactical details are important because they can make a big difference.

Whenever a team has three weeks to prepare, and it's an excellent coach and coaching staff and great players, you've got to work on it all.

We need to be always prepared for every match.

Are there things you can do with the rest of your personnel or are things you can do schematically to help a quarterback? I think so. But at the end of the day, that quarterback still has to be a driving force of your team, especially if you want to be a consistent winner over time.

Coaching is easy. Winning is the hard part.

There are few secrets in football. So execute.

Your job as a baseball player is to come to the park ready to play every day, and the manager, it's his job to make those decisions about who plays.

The players have to come and play. Today we did.

I'll put it this way: I couldn't just go out the practice without looking at the playbook, without looking at notes. I wouldn't be able to do much.

The coaches can only put us in the right position, but it's up to the players to take the action.

It's hard to do, but you've got to be able to get your team going and prepare each week and go out and play your best and hopefully it shows in the game.

I think anybody confusing a system with a reason for success is making a huge mistake. Systems don't win games. Players do.

My job is to improve the performance of the team game by game.

I think all you can do is prepare properly for every game but you also have to be realistic. Be realistic about what you are as a team.