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"But we had a fantastic coach, Simon Clifford, who runs a British football youth game which teaches Brazilian techniques - which is what we wanted to incorporate into the film. And some of those things we eventually got in."
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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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"Coaching is nothing more than eliminating mistakes before you get fired."
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"You are only as good as the coach thinks you are."
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"It's difficult to compare coaches. You really can't compare them."
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"She told me I wasn't playing for the coach, I was playing for myself."
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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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"In terms of soccer, it wasn't really a thing that girls did. In England it more kind of Net Ball and Hockey and stuff like that in athletics. It's to each their own, really."
England
"I got to go to Malaysia, Germany, Switzerland, Madrid, America."
America
"I'm a British intern going in. I'm hoping that John will just kind of tackle it from who this person is and what she's about rather than trying to go in on her culture. We need to move a step forward than that."
Culture
"If I can inspire someone to go in a positive way and pursue a dream, it can only be good."
Dream
"My father in the film - which we probably haven't seen in previous movies, and in British Asian movies you could probably count on one hand - he says exactly why, actually why he's frightened for his daughter. He came to this country, England, and had a bit of a crappy time."
Movies
"And of course in America you've got American football and baseball and all those other ball games, soccer has become a little niche that the women have kind of filled."
Woman
"Football is a passion that she holds dear to her heart. She's really going for her dream and there are obstacles in the way, but deep down she knows what she wants, and she pursues that."
Dream
"But we had a fantastic coach, Simon Clifford, who runs a British football youth game which teaches Brazilian techniques - which is what we wanted to incorporate into the film. And some of those things we eventually got in."
Coach
"I really identified with Jess, because my own dream was acting, which isn't the most conventional profession."
Dream
"But it's a very universal story and the thing is I was reluctant to answer that question because I don't want people latching on to a particular stereotype."
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