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"I don't want to be a Major League coach."
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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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"It's not the name that makes the player. It's the player."
Individuality
"My career is an open book, but my life is not."
Life
"But to be the best, you must face the best. And to overcome your fear, you must deal with the best."
Fear
"I think everyone needs to be a role model, period."
Needs
"There is nothing better than walking out and hitting a home run."
Home
"I have a chef who makes sure that I'm getting the right amounts of carbs, proteins and fats throughout the day to keep me at my max performance level."
Performance
"Everyone in society should be a role model, not only for their own self-respect, but for respect from others."
Society
"I don't want to be a Major League coach."
Coach
"I'd like to help educate kids about the Major Leagues - what to anticipate, what to expect, what they'll need to do to prepare themselves."
Help
"It's called talent. I just have it. I can't explain it. You either have it or you don't."
Talent
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