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"If the national coach lets decisions be made from outside, he's lost the team."
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"Obviously I was disappointed when it fell into disuse, because it was my own track named after me, but I am sure all those youngsters we lost will be coming back, and I certainly intend to be down here as much as I can, coaching and advising."
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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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"If you have a coach helping you, developing your skills alongside you, that's when you're on your way to becoming not just a participant but achieving."
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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 was a pretty good coach and working with marketing was like coaching."
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"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."
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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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"No, I'm not coaching. It's a huge responsibility to coach somebody."
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"You are only as good as the coach thinks you are."
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"It's hard, or you wouldn't like it. A lot of coaches really don't like what they're doing."
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"In 16, 17 years as a pro I was used to the head coach doing it alone. He might have asked his people for advice, but he made the decisions on his own. In order to learn quickly I couldn't do that."
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"The player can only compete with the best internationally when they've committed themselves to this goal. They have to be properly supported until that point."
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"If the national coach lets decisions be made from outside, he's lost the team."
Coach

"Based on history the expectations are simply the highest, it kind of could become a burden for you or it could be something that you are really proud of, you know so I take the second one."
History

"I think when there's enough will and aggression, there's no shortage of talent either."
Talent

"As far as knowledge goes I've come a long way."
Knowledge

"Once the World Cup preparations begin there will hardly be an opportunity to do so, since we'll have to put all our energy into the team. We coaches have a list of priorities and dealing with the media isn't in the top five."
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"The young generation has a different curiosity that is more visual."
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"You have to work more than your adversary."
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"I had to delegate authority to the people on my staff. That means you shave away the hierarchy."
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