Scottie Pippen Quotes

When I was in university, my dream was to be a coach, like a high school track coach. Not to teach.

I wouldn't mind being a track and field coach.

I started out wanting to coach football.

I would love to go into coaching someday.

Thanks to Coach Bennett for a great education in basketball and for making me better.

You know, a football coach is nothing more than a teacher. You teach them the same subject, and you have a group of new guys every year.

I have no desire to coach basketball.

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

People think that coaches are always right, but it's difficult to teach a runner how to run, because every runner is different. You have to have an understanding of how to assist what that runner has, so they know how to assist what you have without taking away your special ability, because you're not like anybody else.

I played football, honestly, to get a scholarship.

I could've played basketball, but my mind was on baseball. I didn't know what I was in for. In high school it was a matter of talent. No one told you what to do.

Being a part of the National Football League for so long, I've come across so many trainers and equipment managers who've allowed me to be who I am today.

My dad never really played basketball, but now he's my biggest critic. I come home, and he says: 'Why didn't you shoot there? Why didn't you drive?'

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.

When I got into high school, I got really into basketball. I had this itch that I wanted to just move. I didn't know what I wanted to do, but I knew that if basketball became a scholarship or something, it would be a means to that. It turned out I couldn't jump that high.

I got into Temple University on a track scholarship.

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.

High school coaches sometimes are better coaches than I am.

I was a coach, and I put a lot of education and experience into coaching.

My dad is a high school football coach in Texas so I've been around this game for a long time.

Having a father as a football and a baseball coach, I grew up around college baseball players, college football players, like, I just knew sports my whole life.

Coaching in college is not a right. It's a privilege.

I wanted to give back to football what it's given me. So, I decided, 'I'm going to be a coach.'

When it comes to peaking at the right time, I have to thank my coach Mike Holmes: he is a genius.

So, college was kind of the only option that I looked at, and I was fortunate to have great coaches when I was at UCLA. They helped me improve on and off the court.