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"There are times I might coach one or two workouts a year when the regular coach gets caught in traffic."

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"Coaches who can outline plays on a black board are a dime a dozen. The ones who win get inside their player and motivate."

"I knew that when I resigned from the University of Texas that I would never coach again."

"Working on the accent helped, enormously. I will tell you that when I brought Michael a correct "British" accent, one that my dialect coach was happy with, he hated it."
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"The pool is terrible, but that doesn't have much to do with my record swims. That's all mental attitude."

"All things being equal, if we could simulate the same scenario, he has a lot more difficult task. He's elected to swim six individual events, as opposed to what I elected to do, which was four."

"There are times I might coach one or two workouts a year when the regular coach gets caught in traffic."

"Well my thoughts on American swimming are that our prospects look favorable, but we may not have as strong a showing in the gold medal count as in previous Olympics. But I am not coaching."

"Past performance speaks a tremendous amount about one's ability and likelihood for success."

"What it is saying is that someone who was a world champion and who takes care of himself with a 17-year rest and applies the proper training techniques and perseverance could be successful."

"I always wanted to be a dentist from the time I was in high school, and I was accepted to dental school in the spring of 1972. I was planning to go, but after the Olympics there were other opportunities."

"One of the most difficult things for people who have been successful in sports is adapting to the daily world where you can't get an answer from someone until 5 o'clock tomorrow. There is always an excuse. Living 40 or 50 years like that doesn't get too exciting after a while."
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