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I'd be satisfied just coaching in high school. I turned down a number of colleges when I was teaching in South Bend, Indiana, before I went into the service. I honestly believe that if I hadn't enlisted in the service, I would never have left high school teaching. I'm sure I would have never left.
John Wooden

School, Down, Before

Listen, everything I have in my life is because of the NHL and because of hockey, and I love the game and I loved every minute of being a player, I loved coaching, I loved being involved in the NHL.
Wayne Gretzky

Life, Love, Game

Coaching is nothing more than eliminating mistakes before you get fired.
Lou Holtz

Mistakes, Nothing, Before

People look at me and see a calm, cool guy on the sidelines and I want them to know that my Christian faith affects my coaching and everything I do.
Tony Dungy

Faith, Cool, Everything

And I would be the first to admit that probably, in a lot of press conferences over the time that I have been in coaching, indulging my own sense of humor at press conferences has not been greatly to my benefit.
Bobby Knight

Humor, Time, Sense

During my 40-year coaching career at West Point, Indiana and Texas Tech, my teams reached the Final Four on five occasions, winning the national championship three times.
Bobby Knight

Winning, Career, Times

I have been coaching recently. I coached high school basketball in Arizona, and I hope that more opportunities become available.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Hope, School, Basketball

I always thought I could do a good job coaching, but the opportunities have not presented themselves.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Good, Job, Thought

I learned this about coaching: You don't have to explain victory and you can't explain defeat.
Darrell Royal

Learned, Victory, Defeat

All coaching is, is taking a player where he can't take himself.
Bill McCartney

Himself, Player, Taking

Well, I think it's pretty much established that I just didn't have any interest in coaching in the pros.
Bobby Knight

Pretty, Interest, Pros

We probably spend more time talking about individual players in our coaching sessions than anything else.
Hayden Fry

Time, Else, Individual

I think what coaching is all about, is taking players and analyzing there ability, put them in a position where they can excel within the framework of the team winning. And I hope that I've done that in my 33 years as a head coach.
Don Shula

Hope, Winning, Done

Sometimes I miss coaching, but often things are not how they appear in football.
Ruud Gullit

Football, Sometimes, Often

I think the most important thing about coaching is that you have to have a sense of confidence about what you're doing.
Phil Jackson

Important, Confidence, Sense

A typical practice consists of practicing every event for about an hour. A lot of people assume I have private coaching, but I work out with 13 other girls at the gym!
Shawn Johnson

Work, Practice, Gym

I am gonna go into my coaching badges after my England days are finished and I have the time on my international break.
Steven Gerrard

Time, After, Days

I've started doing my coaching badges, I'd like to be a manager one day.
Wayne Rooney

Started, Manager

I love to promote our sport. I love grass-roots tennis. I love coaching. I love all parts of the sport. I love the business side.
Billie Jean King

Love, Business, Side

At the end of it, I'll maybe do a coaching badge but I'm not going to get forced into things.
Paul Gascoigne

End, Maybe, Forced

Selecting the right person for the right job is the largest part of coaching.
Phil Crosby

Job, Person, Selecting

If I miss coaching that much, I could go to some little school where they didn't recruit, where all the kids wanted to go. I believe I could find somewhere to coach.
Bear Bryant

School, Find, Wanted

Since the season ended, I've let things settle down, and I have to talk to the coaching staff and management. I really don't want to turn this into a big drama. So I plan on making a definite decision relatively quickly.
Steve Yzerman

Decision, Down, Big

When I was coaching with the Patriots, the players pulled a practical joke and I said, 'Do you think I'm Charlie the Tuna, like a sucker?' After that, they called me Tuna.
Bill Parcells

After, Said, Joke

Look, coaching is about human interaction and trying to know your players. Any coach would tell you that. I'm no different.
Bill Parcells

Human, Different, Trying

But with the right kind of coaching and determination you can accomplish anything and the biggest accomplishment that I feel I got from the film was overcoming that fear.
Reese Witherspoon

Fear, Film, Overcoming

The further I get away from coaching, the more I know I made the right decision. You almost forget how wonderful family life is.
Tony Dungy

Life, Family, Forget

If I were going to stay in coaching, I would have stayed right there because I was totally happy.
Darrell Royal

Happy, Stay, Totally

I was still enjoying coaching, but there was a repetitious manner about it.
Darrell Royal

Manner, Enjoying

My dad said if you become a tennis professional just make sure you get into the top hundred, because you have to make a little bit of money. You make a living so you can pay your coaching and, you know, your travels.
Roger Federer

Money, Dad, Living

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