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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."

Robin Yount, American Athlete

Coach, Coaches, Help, Managers, Years

"I knew nothing about martial arts. The coach told me I was talented with learning martial arts, and put me in a school. Three years later I got my first championship in China."

Jet Li, Chinese Actor

Coach, First, Learning, Nothing

"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."

Lynn Davies, British Athlete

Coach,

"Let them police themselves, and then it goes another step past them to my coaches and there a coach that is responsible for a different area and different category on the field."

Dusty Baker, American Athlete

Coach, Coaches, Past, Police

"Generally in the Little League you're up against a good pitcher who throws like hell. What does the coach say? Get a walk. Isn't that beautiful way to learn to hit? For four years you stand up there looking for a walk."

Robin Roberts, American Athlete

Coach, Hell, Years

"Coaches who can outline plays on a black board are a dime a dozen. The ones who win get inside their player and motivate."

Vince Lombardi, American Coach

Coach, Coaches

"I wasn't naturally gifted in terms of size and speed; everything I did in hockey I worked for, and that's the way I'll be as a coach."

Wayne Gretzky, Canadian Athlete

Coach,

"The main thing I do now is I coach kids, and all of these stories along the way are based in reality."

Craig Johnston, South African Athlete

Coach, Kids, Now, Reality

"I criticize a lot of players and coaches. But I back it up with facts. A lot of times guys get mad at me because someone told them what I said. I say, 'You're wrong: Go check the tape.'"

Phil Simms, American Athlete

Coach, Coaches, Facts

"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."

Steve Spurrier, American Coach

Coach, Coaches, Fire, Job, Passion

Explore more quotes by Bob Uecker

"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."

Abuse

"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."

Talk

"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."

Man

"I set records that will never be equaled. In fact, I hope 90% of them don't even get printed."

Hope

"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?"

Woman

"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."

People

"I had slumps that lasted into the winter."

Sports

"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."

Entertainment

"When I looked at the third base coach, he turned his back on me."

Coach