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"This year my role is clear: I am a coach, a coach to sportsmen."
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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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"There's a picture of the real Coach Gary Gaines in the book and he's sitting in the locker room after a game, and he just looks so much like Billy Bob, that we went to him."
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"Coaches have to watch for what they don't want to see and listen to what they don't want to hear."
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"I have to say that flying on Air Force One sort of spoils you for coach on a regular airline."
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"But I was still hoping to be able to coach and teach."
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"I started out wanting to coach football."
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"You've got to be actively involved in the process yourself and you've got to listen carefully to what the coach is saying, take that on board yourself and implement what the coach is saying."
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"It's not just about a coach telling you what to do and just following it unthinkingly."
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"I think that teaching coaches are the norm now."
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"I think in the future we need to look at our youth department to provide more players for the first team think it is important for a club to have a good amount of players that have roots with the club and region."
Development


"It's silly to work hard the whole week and then spoil it by not preparing properly before the game."
Work


"Sol has experience, pace and physical power, which nobody else has together."
Experience


"As a coach you can influence the diet of your players. You can point out what is wrong."
Dieting


"I think in England you eat too much sugar and meat and not enough vegetables."
Health


"Young players need freedom of expression to develop as creative players... they should be encouraged to try skills without fear of failure."
Fear


"Of the nine red cards this season we probably deserved half of them."
Cards


"We didn't think he would play on Sunday because he was suspended - that makes me think he has all the qualities to join Arsenal!"
Sports


"Some are wrong because they are not strong enough to fight temptation and some some are wrong because they do not know."
Fight


"At a young age winning is not the most important thing... the important thing is to develop creative and skilled players with good confidence."
Age
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