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"Our coach was absolutely out of his head. He must have read Bear Bryant's book. We had 78 players out. The first day 35 quit. Twenty quit the second day. We ended with 17 players. It was depressing."
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"Our whole philosophy was to intimidate the quarterback. We were able to do it. We were pioneers. People still recognize us as, maybe, the best defensive line of all time."
Time
"After a few games I knew I was going to be able to compete. The idea of being a star never crossed my mind."
Creativity
"The basketball coach cut me within two days, so I was back in the pool. I was the first one in the wall after the first 25 yards, but the last one out because I didn't have a flip turn."
Basketball
"I've caught fish as big as I am. I've caught marlin close to 300 pounds."
Hobbies
"I probably played hurt a lot more times than I should have."
Hurt
"One of life's most painful moments comes when we must admit that we didn't do our homework, that we are not prepared."
Life
"Team doctors' jobs those days were to keep you on the field."
Pressure
"Nobody cared about swimming. You could draw a crowd for basketball."
Basketball
"I can ski out of my back door."
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"Our coach was absolutely out of his head. He must have read Bear Bryant's book. We had 78 players out. The first day 35 quit. Twenty quit the second day. We ended with 17 players. It was depressing."
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"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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"You are only as good as the coach thinks you are."
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Personal Development
"A lifetime contract for a coach means if you're ahead in the third quarter and moving the ball, they can't fire you."
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Personal Development
"Coaching in the NBA is not easy. It's like a nervous breakdown with a paycheck."
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Personal Development
"When you coach as long as I did, you can't help but miss those Saturdays - dealing with the players, the game preparation, the challenges, the excitement."
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Personal Development
"The coach's job is to get the best players and get them to play together."
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Personal Development
"And then ultimately what I tell the kids is: coaches can give you information, they can give you guidelines, and they can put you in a position. But the only person who can truly make you better is you."
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Personal Development
"It's not any one person. It's not any one coach. It's the team."
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"If the coach is good, I don't think a psychologist is needed."
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Personal Development
"If I miss coaching that much, I could go to some little school where they didn't recruit, where all the kids wanted to go. I believe I could find somewhere to coach."
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