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"I feel like there should be more black head coaches."
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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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"I feel like there should be more black head coaches."
Coach
"Players today are concerned about the money, but the large dollars only go to those players who are the best."
Money
"I took several years of dance lessons that included ballet, tap and jazz. They helped a great deal with body control, balance, a sense of rhythm, and timing."
Dance
"If a player demonstrated that he is the best, and a team decides, even so, we don't want to pay him, as in any other business, he should be able to play elsewhere."
Business
"And historically the owners have used loyalty to a team or a city to hold players as opposed to always paying their worth."
Politics
"I believe that today's players who are Christians feel that it's important and their responsibility to acknowledge their faith."
Faith
"Professional sports is a business."
Business
"Sports and entertainment have always been windows of opportunity for African Americans, when other doors were closed."
Sports
"Very often we see coaches who have not been successful being recycled, instead of looking to a new face or a new name who has demonstrated the ability to handle the job."
Success
"Some people play very, very well just so they won't get embarrassed."
People
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