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"How can a coach have any influence over a player that's making over five times more than he is?"
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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
"You know over 20 years I played for a number of managers and dozens of coaches. I don't know any of them that I didn't learn something from to help make me a better player."
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Personal Development
"My high school coach was Ray O'Conner. He has coached a lot of players that have signed professional contracts, and many of those have gone on to play in the major leagues."
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Personal Development
"I want to see if the player communicates with his teammates and how he responds to coaching. Another thing to remember is players' bodies can develop better than their skills."
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Personal Development
"Coaching is nothing more than eliminating mistakes before you get fired."
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Personal Development
"You are only as good as the coach thinks you are."
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Personal Development
"It's difficult to compare coaches. You really can't compare them."
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Personal Development
"She told me I wasn't playing for the coach, I was playing for myself."
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Personal Development
"The thing about it is almost everyone could pass that way, but we were kept from doing it by our coaches."
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"The fun never goes out, but it changes with the years, with winning and losing."
Winning
"I've had many a player tell me all through high school and right up until signing day that they were coming to Alabama, then they signed with somebody else."
Sports
"Back 12 years ago, when Dr. Mathews was president here, we had a plan that when I got ready to quit, we'd bring a certain guy in and he'd take over that day and I'd leave. But as time wore on, I realized that wouldn't have been good at all."
Time
"It's been years since I've had a real input in the game anyway. For this game, I've just tried to keep all the other stuff away from the players and coaches."
Coach
"Georgia Tech beat us and Mississippi Southern tied us last year, and Texas beat us after we had the game won. We only played about five games the way we were capable of playing and lost one of those."
Sports
"I didn't have a thing to do with picking a coach, and didn't want to. But I didn't think they'd pick one I didn't like."
Coach
"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."
Coach
"I'll put you through hell, but at the end of it all we'll be champions."
Sports
"I plan on staying at Alabama for the rest of my career. I guarantee that I'll be here for you through it all, regardless of what happens."
Career
"I think I'm telling the truth. I sat by Ray Perkins at the Hall of Fame dinner in New York, and at that time he didn't know he was our coach and I didn't either."
Time
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