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"I knew that when I resigned from the University of Texas that I would never coach again."
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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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"The only thing that would change would be the year, the names. It just got to be a repetitious life."
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"I'm not bored; I'm not a guy who has nothing to do."
Nothing
"I learned this about coaching: You don't have to explain victory and you can't explain defeat."
Victory
"If everything had already been done, there would be nothing left for young people to accomplish. There are always going to be people who run faster, jump higher, dive deeper, and come up drier."
People
"I didn't want to stay until I had used up all the enjoyment because that's too long to stay anywhere."
Retirement
"For me, it is just the total experience - from the time I first started as an assistant coach until I wound up at the University of Texas for 20 years."
Experience
"You've got to think lucky. If you fall into a mudhole, check your back pocket - you might have caught a fish."
Optimism
"I try not to play two days in succession. I usually try to space it so I have a day in between."
Retirement
"I had hoped God would be neutral."
God
"I've enjoyed my retirement."
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