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"I always do the contrary of what my coaches tell me."
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"I worked with my coach to develop some new spiral variations to make my program more interesting. Each one is different and you'll have to wait until January to see them."
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"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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"Let them police themselves, and then it goes another step past them to my coaches and there a coach that is responsible for a different area and different category on the field."
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"The main thing I do now is I coach kids, and all of these stories along the way are based in reality."
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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 like the fact that we have all the teams in the tournament. When I first got here as an assistant, not everyone made the tournament and I think as a coach, you look at it from a job security standpoint, I think that hurt when you didn't have everybody in the tournament."
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"I wish my teammates, coaches and the entire Lions organization all the best."
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"Generally in the Little League you're up against a good pitcher who throws like hell. What does the coach say? Get a walk. Isn't that beautiful way to learn to hit? For four years you stand up there looking for a walk."
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"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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"Well, I think it's pretty much established that I just didn't have any interest in coaching in the pros."
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"Once the season starts for me, there isn't a change in my focus, just a change in my tactics and strategies."
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"I always do the contrary of what my coaches tell me."
Coach

"My goal is the same as every year - to not hurt myself."
Goal

"But there was no question in my mind that I was gonna still go for it. I was still going for the win. I wasn't skiing for second or third place today, and in the end I think that's probably what got me there."
Sports

"It's not quite as important who you beat as that you end up on top."
Competition

"When you back off, it's easier to do mistakes. For me it's better to ski fast."
Mistake

"In some ways, that's the story of my season - when I wasn't making big mistakes, I was winning races and being on the podium. And when I made mistakes I was still fourth or fifth, just off the podium."
Winning

"People in the U.S. will watch anything if it's put in front of their face over and over again. I like to see what's possible, more than anything."
People

"That feeling is the same whether you're on either side of the hundredths. Obviously, it's great to win the world championship, but if you put down that kind of skiing, it's awesome either way."
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