Coach In Training Gifts

PE teacher teaching football tactics. Boy sat in corner with dunce cap.

"Good game."

'Reading, writing and arithmetic are important, son. Someday you might sign autographs for money.'

"You think you can? Think again, mister. You know you can. Got that?"

Football Fans

"Those aren't coconuts, they're tennis balls." "Sweet mother of Novak Djokovic!" The island of lost tennis balls.

"You've proven your worth a hundred times over. Let's try for a thousand."

"Just another 50 decibels on your grunt and we can start to think about letting you hit a few balls!"

Reach for the Star.

'I love your cardiovascular system!'

"There will be a winning team and a losing team. Are you OK with that?"

"Still, diving for it would look good on my college application.

'What distance! Pity it wasn't the hammer!'

'Sure beats your cupping your ear!'

'These goalscoring celebrations are getting out of hand.'

Go! Means NOW!

'Thou shalt not steal...except for bases.'

"Good game, good game, nice game, namaste, good game, nice game ..."

Orchestra.

The trauma of losing.

Time Is Money

Back to school.

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a MAP, actually."

A married couple share the same pole vault.

"And the letterbox version, how does that make you feel."

Bringing Your Child To The Bicycle Race

I love your enthusiasm, girls, but we're not opening a can of whoop-ANYTHING.

"I'm not using my jumper as a goalpost, sir, I'm using it as a jumper."

"Some advice please...How do I squeeze 9 days work into 5 and still see my family?"

'At least now the injury worries are over, we can concentrate on slagging off the team.'

'Yes, Jenny, I know I'm always reminding the team to be good sports, but you really don't have to thank the ref after every call.'

'Pass it to Dewey! He's got himself into some kind of rhythm!!'

A Hard Look At Hard Looks

Bears

'Why couldn't you throw like that in the game?'