Coaching Dynamics Quotes

There aren't many woman coaches in general, and I actually think it's good to have a male coach. Guys and girls have different mentalities. Girls are so stressed about everything. Guys take everything much more lightly. That's great, and it's something we have to learn from. I think one woman on a team is enough!

Our job is quite strange in that we hire a coach, and therefore, we're the boss. But coaches tell us what to do, and I think some coaches might struggle with the idea of a girl being the boss and telling them, 'I don't want to see you now. I want to have some time to myself.'

No head coach does it by himself. I don't care who the coach is or how great he might be. Mike Krzyzewski is is a great friend of mine and he's a great coach but he has great, great assistant coaches and they bring a lot to the table and that's what it takes.

When the trainer talks to the fighter, there's a connection. You don't always have to say much.

A lot of times those things are shaped by coaches you work with, but other times they're shaped by coaches you admire and study.

Many tennis coaches are enablers. They need the job more than the player needs the coach, and if the coach needs the job more than the player needs the coach, he can't effect change.

It's not important, the relationship between the coaches.

Many managers bring players they have previously worked with into a new club - but that doesn't always mean they will continue to enjoy success together.

I've been with some great head coaches, but also some great assistant coaches, too.

Troy Walters and I coached together.

Tennis is not like other sports where the coach is hired by an independent entity, and that makes a huge difference in the dynamic.

The time leading up to the 1996 Olympics was the most demanding and stressful of my career. The sport I had loved so much was slowly becoming a nightmare as I trained with Bela and Marta Karolyi the summer before the Olympics.

You have to respect the job of the other coach and then stop. He's an opponent: I stop. Finish. I have respect for his job. He must have respect for my job.

With any coach, you have a lot of respect for him, but it is difficult to be their friend.