Coach's Challenge Quotes

“It was worth a few glares from the coach, and Shane was sure Troy could make him pay for it. It might involve skating laps, but what the hell. It could also involve Troy smacking Shane on the face with his dick, which would be totally fine with Shane.”
― Avon Gale, Coach's Challenge

“Dude, no offense to you or being gay, man, but I hate fucking Fall Out Boy. Let’s listen to 21 Pilots,” said Cory.”
― Avon Gale, Coach's Challenge

“There was something about Shane North's voice that made Troy want to tell him to stop being a punk and shut up. The reaction was instantenous from the moment Troy looked up and saw Shane standing in the doorway and it had more to do with why Troy didn't want to think about Shane wet, half-dressed and holding a surfboard that it did with hockey.”
― Avon Gale, Coach's Challenge

“Shane "Who Had So Much Potential That Never Materialized" North was the expert on having a professional sports career that went the direction it wasn't supposed to, but he wasn't going to dwell on that or he'd be in a bad mood and late, Callahan wasn't the kind of guy you wanted to piss off.”
― Avon Gale, Coach's Challenge

“Shane shouldered his bag and pushed his way into the arena, aware that being late was the tackiest thing ever to do on your first day with a new team.

It was a long-ass drive to get here from San Diego and sure, maybe he should have left a day earlier, but what the fuck?

It was a 33-hour drive and it took him a few days to get through it all in his "not built for cross-country road trips" Volkswagen Rabbit.”
― Avon Gale, Coach's Challenge

“Troy exchanged a brief look with the Ravens' assistant coach, Brian Quinn, who stood quietly in the background. Quinn had been the assistant coach last season too, but seemed perfectly happy to have Troy here to take over his shipwreck of a team or maybe, in keeping with the theme, it was less a shipwreck and more a bird with a broken wing and a missing eye that was probably dead.”
― Avon Gale, Coach's Challenge

“If Troy Callahan had ever been in a quieter locker room, he didn't know when. That included the year Troy played for the New York Rangers and they lost to the Washington Capitals in the division finals.

The locker room might have been quiet, but there was at least the air of sweaty, tired athletes who'd left it all out on the ice even if the result wasn't the one they wanted. The Asheville Ravens' locker room? It was like a goddamn funeral scene in a silent movie.”
― Avon Gale, Coach's Challenge

“They sounded like a team of idiots, but in a good way.”
― Avon Gale, Coach's Challenge