When it comes to business, entrepreneurs are always looking for inspiration and advice. That’s why we’ve compiled a list of some of the best coach quotes out there to help you on your journey. Whether you’re just starting out or have been in business for years, these quotes will remind you of what’s important and help keep you motivated.

1. I liked the energy of cooking, the action, the camaraderie. I often compare the kitchen to sports and compare the chef to a coach. There are a lot of similarities to it. — Todd English
2. He cold, he dope, he might sell coke He always in the air but he never fly coach — Nicki Minaj
3. I will never coach again. I don’t want to, but I wouldn’t even if I did. — Mike Ditka
4. I’ve always been privileged to play for Coach Belichick, who I’ve always said is the best coach in the history of the league. — Tom Brady
5. I worked with my coach to develop some new spiral variations to make my program more interesting. Each one is different and you’ll have to wait until January to see them. — Sasha Cohen
6. I won 1, 098 games, and eight national championships, and coached in four different decades. But what I see are not the numbers. I see their faces. — Pat Summitt
7. I’ve been an assistant for seven years now and I haven’t had one head coaching interview. I’m doing something wrong. — Patrick Ewing
8. A coach is someone that sees beyond your limits and guides you to greatness! — Michael Jordan
9. Gender is irrelevant. Certainly the tennis ball doesn’t know what the gender was of the tennis coach. — Martina Navratilova
10. I was fortunate enough to coach the U.S. Olympic team in Australia. — Tommy Lasorda
11. A coach’s main job is to reawaken a spirit in which the players can blend together effortlessly. — Phil Jackson
12. So I don’t really believe that how many years you’ve had in the league determines how well your players play… Coaching is coaching. — Steve Spurrier
13. Nuggets coach michael malone said tuesday night. thats kind of where were at with it right now. — Russell Westbrook
14. At the end of it, I’ll maybe do a coaching badge but I’m not going to get forced into things. — Paul Gascoigne
15. I have never believed in comparisons, whether they are about different eras, players or coaches. — Sachin Tendulkar
16. A rookie coach must be supported by a very strong structure and not get burned. — Paolo Maldini
17. I had thought that I would stop in 2017, but my coach has told me to stop saying that as I may continue into 2018. I’m not thinking about it at the moment. — Usain Bolt
18. It’s amazing, the culture Coach Belichick has been able to create in our system. — Tom Brady
19. ‘yeah! Bring it on lake!”–Coach Gleeson Hedge’ — Rick Riordan
20. I can remember trying to coach, trying to figure out schemes, and it just wasn’t coming to me. — Pat Summitt
21. I worked with my coach to develop some new spiral variations to make my program more interesting. Each one is different and you’ll have to wait until January to see them. — Sasha Cohen
22. You should always want your coach to be critical. It gives you an opportunity to learn and to overcome adversity — Steve Nash
23. I coach my daughter’s softball and basketball team. We go to all the school functions. We go out to eat at night and take the kids to the movies. We try to be as normal as we can. — Tim Mcgraw
24. The older I get, the less I am bothered by talk like that. I have total faith in my coach Yohan Blake, total faith. — Usain Bolt
25. Coaching is something I’ve been a part of my entire life. One of the things I’ve always been very passionate. — Ray Lewis
26. Coach Hedge shouted, ‘Let the movie star go, you big ugly cupcake! Or I’m gonna plant my hoof right up your… — Rick Riordan
27. Good coaching is good teaching and nothing else. — Pat Conroy, My Losing Season: A Memoir
28. A coach, especially at a college level–much more at a college or high school level, than at a pro level–you’re more of a teacher than an actual coach. — Matthew McConaughey
29. Everyone will have struggles, but I am willing to learn, and I am coachable. — Saquon Barkley
30. From the coaches on down, especially Jim Corsi whose been a great supporter, a true friend who really cares about his players and allowed me the chance to develop. — Ryan Miller
31. Great Leaders develop through a never ending process of self–study, self–reflection, education, training, and experience — Tony Buon, The Leadership Coach
32. No coach who is coaching kids should ever curse a kid. — Ray Lewis
33. I didn’t really want to be the coach who wins but the coach who educates. — Vicente del Bosque
34. A rookie coach must be supported by a very strong structure and not get burned. — Paolo Maldini
35. I’m just like any person who is coaching in this league, I’m just looking for an opportunity, that’s all. — Patrick Ewing
36. Failure is good. It’s fertilizer. Everything I’ve learned about coaching, I’ve learned from making mistakes. — Rick Pitino
37. It is like football with coaches, like, ‘We’re only going to think about the next game.’ It is really true, all you think is, ‘Okay, we have to make a good next episode.’ — Matt Stone
38. Failure is good. It’s fertilizer. Everything I’ve learned about coaching, I’ve learned from making mistakes. — Rick Pitino
39. The coach should be the absolute boss, but he still should maintain an open mind. — Red Auerbach
40. Really, coaching is simplicity. It’s getting players to play better than they think that they can. — Tom Landry
41. Once a man would spend a week patiently waiting if he missed a stage coach but now he rages if he misses the first section of a revolving door. — Simeon Strunsky
42. I hired top–notch people, trusted them to do their jobs, and then came to grips with the fact that I wouldn’t be coaching as much. — Tony Dungy
43. I never worked with a dialogue coach before, but I’d hate it if an American did a British accent and didn’t do it well. It would be insulting. — Tracey Ullman
44. Our God is a great coach, and he’s got a great playbook. — Tony Evans
45. It’s amazing, the culture Coach Belichick has been able to create in our system. — Tom Brady
46. You should be your best critic and coach. — Mensah Oteh
47. There’s an adage that a lot of coaches have, that I completely disagree with, is if you make the Olympic team too early you become complacent. — Natalie Coughlin
48. We must invest in tomorrow. And pay our teachers for teaching as we pay our coaches for coaching. — Nikki Giovanni
49. A rookie coach must be supported by a very strong structure and not get burned. — Paolo Maldini
50. Players are saying, ‘I don’t have to have a coach who has only played a little bit. Instead, I can have somebody who won something’. — Martina Navratilova