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"When I looked at the third base coach, he turned his back on me."
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"But I was still hoping to be able to coach and teach."
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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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"I think that teaching coaches are the norm now."
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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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"If the national coach lets decisions be made from outside, he's lost the team."
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"I don't want to be a Major League coach."
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"I believe every era has its significance and the same holds true for players and coaches."
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"But as coaches, we need to get a little more fire and passion and be more demanding that our guys get the job done. I think players will respond to that, and we'll see."
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"I was still enjoying coaching, but there was a repetitious manner about it."
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"How do you win? By getting average players to play good and good players to play great. That's how you win."
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"If a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to? I always tried to stay around .190, with three or four RBI. And I tried to get them all in September. That way I always had something to talk about during the winter."
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"Sure, women sportswriters look when they're in the clubhouse. Read their stories. How else do you explain a capital letter in the middle of a word?"
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"When I looked at the third base coach, he turned his back on me."
Coach
"I set records that will never be equaled. In fact, I hope 90% of them don't even get printed."
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"I had slumps that lasted into the winter."
Sports
"Let's face it. Umpiring is not an easy or happy way to make a living. In the abuse they suffer, and the pay they get for it, you see an imbalance that can only be explained by their need to stay close to a game they can't resist."
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"I didn't get a lot of awards as a player. But they did have a Bob Uecker Day Off for me once in Philly."
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"Anybody with ability can play in the big leagues. But to be able to trick people year in and year out the way I did, I think that was a much greater feat."
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"When I came up to bat with three men on and two outs in the ninth, I looked in the other team's dugout and they were already in street clothes."
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