I never thought in my wildest dreams that I would have my very own school - no way. And I had no idea I'd be coaching girls. It's wild.
I feel that a great coach is one that has a vision, sets a plan in place, has the right people in place to execute that plan and then accepts the responsibility if that plan is not carried out.
'How' is a great thing to know. 'Why' is the ultimate. I'm the 'why' coach. Why are we doing this? Why are we not doing that? Why is this not working? Those are the things I want to know.
My father was never around. But I glorified my father, and I was always daddy's little girl. He was my first soccer coach.
Everyone needs a coach. It doesn't matter whether you're a basketball player, a tennis player, a gymnast or a bridge player.
I didn't really care if I had a coach that much, me personally, because I was brought up to think for myself.
The one thing about players today is that they're very sensitive, and very fragile. They didn't grow up with tough coaches.
Coaches know that a parent publicly scolding his kid after a race will not help the athlete perform better.
I've worked with some teachers and coaches over the years, but I didn't really study theater or technique or voice or any of that stuff extensively.
A major league pitching coach is a really difficult job. It takes a big commitment in terms of time, travel and workload.
The young Obama's lack of playing time on the high school basketball team was due more to his ability than the coach's preference for white players.
We probably spend more time talking about individual players in our coaching sessions than anything else.
I don't know if I'd call myself a prodigy, but I was a big forensics competitor in high school, and then during college I spent some time working at speech and debate camps as a coach.
Coach Bryant: He must be the stupidest son of a bitch alive, but he sure is fast!
Coach Norman Dale: I love you guys.
For reasons that baffle me still, my high school sports coaches put me in the first division of the rugby, cricket, and soccer teams.
You know, a lot of those angry sort of Southern man characters that I've been doing are based on different people I might've had as, like, a soccer coach or as a teacher.
When it comes to hockey, it's been in my blood since I was 3 or 4 years old. I love coaching the kids, especially at that level.
If you're asking me where my heart and where I'm happy is, I love playing with Tom Brady. I love being coached by Bill Belichick.
As a player, I was fortunate to work with coaching and medical staffs that underscored the importance of utilizing injury prevention exercises, which contributed to my healthy and long playing career.
I'm involved in some action scenes, so they'll train me for that. I'll be working with my acting coach to prepare for my character.
