Nick Nurse Quotes

When I was a kid growing up, my dad being a football coach, he asked the same question of all the assistants that he ever hired: 'Is your goal to be a head football coach?'

My goal early in becoming a head coach so young was to find out if I could do it. I just wanted to see if I could be a good head coach and then start learning from head coaching.

When you're a position coach, your next goal is to be a coordinator. While trying to be the best tight ends coach you can be, I always wanted to be an offensive coordinator at some point. When the opportunity presents itself, you want to make sure you capitalize on that.

My heading was NBA head coach. I didn't want to be back in college for a lot of reasons.

As soon as I was given the opportunity at Stoke it was head down, this is what I want. This is where I want to be, this is my opportunity and I was fully confident about taking it.

I've worked with people at different stages of their careers and different success levels, and one thing I've noticed about the guys at the top is they're so relaxed and calm - it's about not having anything to prove except doing good work.

What I have done in my nine year career was just a glimpse of what I can do.

I don't think about becoming a head coach. I really don't. I'm not oblivious of people who mention it. When you are in any business, people expect to aspire to the top. I guess everyone is supposed to aspire to being the man at the top of the heap. But I never have.

One thing about me, as far as my career is concerned, is that I'm very confident. I know I'm good.

I've always had a hunger for realizing myself through my career.

I've never been pushy. People have said I should have been, more, but I'm not sure. I've watched hugely ambitious people: the minute they've got a success, they know where it's going, they know how to deal with it, and it all happens for them. Great. But that's not the way I - well, I don't like to use the word 'operate'.

I thought it might be a good move to get into a beauty contest so I tried for Miss Pennsylvania and won. I think that helped me get noticed, at least by the people of Pennsylvania.

If I get an opportunity to play for a championship team, I'm going to go hunting for that. I have no loyalty.

Performance is always something that will be a part of my career.

I'm in a 'I can do whatever' phase. I'm taking this '106 & Park' opportunity into full force. I'm really focused on doing my best with it. This is my 'Fresh Prince' moment. I want to be the black Ryan Seacrest of film, TV, and more.

I have my dream job. If I was seven years old and you asked me what I'd want to be 30 years from now, I'd say exactly who I am. So, 'rare' and 'lucky' are the exact right words. It took a lot of hard work, and I took a weird route to get here, but man, am I grateful for it.

Maybe I've had a sheltered life and career, but I have so many role models to look up to. It's normal that I would strive to build my own career.

I'm not in a mood to fight for things. I feel excited about my career, and I really feel like anything's possible and within my reach.

To me, personally, my development to become a head coach will be much better working for Coach Saban than necessarily going somewhere else because you learn every day that you're in there.

I've worked for a long time to get myself in a position where maybe I'd be fortunate enough to land one of the big jobs.

I am just enjoying the dream of being Milan coach at the age of 40.

You know what, I didn't see myself being an executive producer.

I feel like I'm ready to contribute at the highest level possible.

I think I'm capable of doing the job at any club in the world, so I'm sure I can do it at West Ham.

I look at goals, like, what do I want to do and where do I want to see myself. What position to I want to be in going forward.