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"We coaches have to learn how to deal with that: How do I get to each one best - with a talk, with video analysis? And what sort of tone? We need our own coaches for that. The sports psychologist coaches me too."
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"I have warned many times about the guaranteed dangers of betting with your heart instead of your head - big darkness, soon come - but every once in a while you get a fair chance to have it both ways, and the annual NCAA basketball Tournament is one of them."

"The game itself is bigger than the winning."

"The function of muscle is to pull and not to push, except in the case of the genitals and the tongue."

"Any advanced student will tell you the best way to recover guard is simply not to get your guard passed in the first place."

"In Jiu Jitsu, we often fall into the trap of simply trying a technique "harder," rather than recognizing that it is a poorly chosen tool for the task at hand."

"Your progress as a Jiu Jitsu practitioner is a direct reflection of the standards you have for yourself."

"I am sure our athletes will win hearts of the world and will show the world what India is all about."

"Sports for me is: S for Skill, P for Perseverance, O for Optimism, R for Resilience, T for Tenacity, S for Stamina"

"This time we are sending the contingent in advance, so that players are familiar with local conditions. Earlier they got only few days."

"Behind an able Indian Cricket Team there is always able Sachin Tendulkar."
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"Sure I should have been at the Fifa workshop for example, but I had personal reasons for not being there and looking back saying that it was a mistake for me not being there I would take the same decision because the personal situation has higher priority than a workshop."

"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."

"We can only win by giving everything and being ready to defeat the adversary with fiery aggression."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"The '54 World Cup was the first time the people got the recognition back after the second World War and felt like they are proud of something you know it brought people back together and you know now we can keep our heads up again."
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