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"I started when I was six years old. My first coach was my granny, she was the best player in Slovakia."

"I started when I was six years old. My first coach was my granny, she was the best player in Slovakia."

Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakian Athlete

Coach, First, Old, Years

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"The athlete of today is not an athlete alone. He's the center of a team - doctors, scientists, coaches, agents and so on."

"The athlete of today is not an athlete alone. He's the center of a team - doctors, scientists, coaches, agents and so on."

Emil Zatopek, Czechoslovakian Athlete

Coach, Coaches, Doctors, Scientists, Today

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"But the problem with coaching is that it is a full-time job. By that I mean for at least 40 weeks in a year you have to be with the player, either travelling or training. Right now I don't want to do that."

"But the problem with coaching is that it is a full-time job. By that I mean for at least 40 weeks in a year you have to be with the player, either travelling or training. Right now I don't want to do that."

Richard Krajicek, Dutch Athlete

Coach, Coaching, Job, Now, Right

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"My old drama coach used to say, 'Don't just do something, stand there.' Gary Cooper wasn't afraid to do nothing."

"My old drama coach used to say, 'Don't just do something, stand there.' Gary Cooper wasn't afraid to do nothing."

Clint Eastwood, American Actor

Coach, Drama, Nothing, Old

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"I can't coach anymore. I want to run a team."

"I can't coach anymore. I want to run a team."

Larry Brown, American Basketball Coach

16

"The better the coaching has become, the worse the game has become."

"The better the coaching has become, the worse the game has become."

Scotty Bowman, Canadian Coach

Coach, Coaching

16

"I am a coach on the outside of the establishment and that works."

"I am a coach on the outside of the establishment and that works."

Linford Christie, British Athlete

16

"Very good coaches for ski jumpers stand at the top of the slope and watch the jumpers prepare, rather than standing at the bottom and watching them land."

"Very good coaches for ski jumpers stand at the top of the slope and watch the jumpers prepare, rather than standing at the bottom and watching them land."

Roland Joffe, English Director

Coach, Coaches, Land, Ski

14

"I have a lot of respect for tough coaches."

"I have a lot of respect for tough coaches."

Reggie White, American Athlete

Coach, Coaches, Respect

13

"Selecting the right person for the right job is the largest part of coaching."

"Selecting the right person for the right job is the largest part of coaching."

Phil Crosby, American Author

Coach, Coaching, Job, Right

13

"I think training of better Youth Coaches is essential."

"I think training of better Youth Coaches is essential."

Arsene Wenger, French Coach

Coach, Coaches, Training, Youth

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"So you get two good hours on the field about every day, you get about an hour and a half in the meeting room and that's pretty much all you need to thoroughly coach your team."

"So you get two good hours on the field about every day, you get about an hour and a half in the meeting room and that's pretty much all you need to thoroughly coach your team."

Steve Spurrier, American Coach

Coach, Day, Meeting, Pretty

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"We know that in order for us to turn this around, it doesn't matter how many coaches they bring in here, assistants, weight trainers, whoever, we're the ones that are going to have turn it around. And I think just took that responsibility on ourselves."

"We know that in order for us to turn this around, it doesn't matter how many coaches they bring in here, assistants, weight trainers, whoever, we're the ones that are going to have turn it around. And I think just took that responsibility on ourselves."

Kevin Garnett, American Athlete

Coach, Coaches, Order, Responsibility, Weight

12

"You're playing worse and worse every day and right now you're playing like it's next month."

"You're playing worse and worse every day and right now you're playing like it's next month."

Herb Brooks, American Coach

Coach, Day, Now, Right

12

"I was a pretty good coach and working with marketing was like coaching."

"I was a pretty good coach and working with marketing was like coaching."

Bernie Ebbers, Canadian Businessman

Coach, Coaching, Marketing, Pretty

11

"The more games you coach, the more comfortable you feel."

"The more games you coach, the more comfortable you feel."

Scott Brooks, American Coach

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

"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

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"I owe all of this to the guys I've played with and all the coaches that have helped me get to where I'm at right now. I'm honored to be here."

"I owe all of this to the guys I've played with and all the coaches that have helped me get to where I'm at right now. I'm honored to be here."

Allen Iverson, American Athlete

Coach, Coaches, Now, Right

11

"I worked with my coach to develop some new spiral variations to make my program more interesting. Each one is different and you'll have to wait until January to see them."

"I worked with my coach to develop some new spiral variations to make my program more interesting. Each one is different and you'll have to wait until January to see them."

Sasha Cohen, American Athlete

11

"No, I'm not coaching. It's a huge responsibility to coach somebody."

"No, I'm not coaching. It's a huge responsibility to coach somebody."

Oksana Baiul, American Athlete

Coach, Coaching, Responsibility

11

"Our coach was absolutely out of his head. He must have read Bear Bryant's book. We had 78 players out. The first day 35 quit. Twenty quit the second day. We ended with 17 players. It was depressing."

"Our coach was absolutely out of his head. He must have read Bear Bryant's book. We had 78 players out. The first day 35 quit. Twenty quit the second day. We ended with 17 players. It was depressing."

Merlin Olsen, American Athlete

Coach, Day, First

11

"I worked with a mime coach. I did weapons training. I did weight training."

"I worked with a mime coach. I did weapons training. I did weight training."

Kristanna Loken, American Actress

Coach, Training, Weapons, Weight

10

"A coach's greatest asset is his sense of responsibility - the reliance placed on him by his players."

"A coach's greatest asset is his sense of responsibility - the reliance placed on him by his players."

Knute Rockne, American Coach

Coach, Responsibility, Sense

10

"I didn't have a thing to do with picking a coach, and didn't want to. But I didn't think they'd pick one I didn't like."

"I didn't have a thing to do with picking a coach, and didn't want to. But I didn't think they'd pick one I didn't like."

Bear Bryant, American Coach

10

"And, coaching has never been an option for me."

"And, coaching has never been an option for me."

Franco Harris, American Athlete

Coach, Coaching

10

"I have never believed in comparisons, whether they are about different eras, players or coaches."

"I have never believed in comparisons, whether they are about different eras, players or coaches."

Sachin Tendulkar, Indian Athlete

Coach, Coaches, Comparisons

10

"The coach's job is to get the best players and get them to play together."

"The coach's job is to get the best players and get them to play together."

Bernie Ebbers, Canadian Businessman

Coach, Job, Play

10

"All my coaches tell me that I have been under achieving."

"All my coaches tell me that I have been under achieving."

Shane Warne, Australian Athlete

10

"I started out wanting to coach football."

"I started out wanting to coach football."

Lee Majors, American Actor

Coach, Football

10

"If I were going to stay in coaching, I would have stayed right there because I was totally happy."

"If I were going to stay in coaching, I would have stayed right there because I was totally happy."

Darrell Royal, American Coach

Coach, Coaching, Right

10

"If I miss coaching that much, I could go to some little school where they didn't recruit, where all the kids wanted to go. I believe I could find somewhere to coach."

"If I miss coaching that much, I could go to some little school where they didn't recruit, where all the kids wanted to go. I believe I could find somewhere to coach."

Bear Bryant, American Coach

Coach, Coaching, Kids, School

9

"When you coach as long as I did, you can't help but miss those Saturdays - dealing with the players, the game preparation, the challenges, the excitement."

"When you coach as long as I did, you can't help but miss those Saturdays - dealing with the players, the game preparation, the challenges, the excitement."

Tom Osborne, American Politician

Coach, Excitement, Help, Preparation

9

"I'm happy with the coach we have. I think any one of the ones I asked them to consider would've been good."

"I'm happy with the coach we have. I think any one of the ones I asked them to consider would've been good."

Bear Bryant, American Coach

9

"I was still enjoying coaching, but there was a repetitious manner about it."

"I was still enjoying coaching, but there was a repetitious manner about it."

Darrell Royal, American Coach

Coach, Coaching

9

"The fewer rules a coach has, the fewer rules there are for players to break."

"The fewer rules a coach has, the fewer rules there are for players to break."

John Madden, American Entertainer

9

"I think that teaching coaches are the norm now."

"I think that teaching coaches are the norm now."

Oscar Robertson, American Athlete

Coach, Coaches, Now, Teaching

9

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

"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

9

"Coaches aren't concentrating enough of the technical part of this game and that could lead to injuries."

"Coaches aren't concentrating enough of the technical part of this game and that could lead to injuries."

Troy Vincent, American Athlete

9

"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.'"

"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

9

"It's not any one person. It's not any one coach. It's the team."

"It's not any one person. It's not any one coach. It's the team."

Brian McBride, American Athlete

9

"I feel like there should be more black head coaches."

"I feel like there should be more black head coaches."

Lynn Swann, American Athlete

8

"So I don't really believe that how many years you've had in the league determines how well your players play... Coaching is coaching."

"So I don't really believe that how many years you've had in the league determines how well your players play... Coaching is coaching."

Steve Spurrier, American Coach

Coach, Coaching, Play, Years

8

"The thing about it is almost everyone could pass that way, but we were kept from doing it by our coaches."

"The thing about it is almost everyone could pass that way, but we were kept from doing it by our coaches."

Oscar Robertson, American Athlete

8

"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."

"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

8

"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."

"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

8

"But as my voice coach keeps saying, if we actually spoke the way they imagine the Elizabethan voice might have been, we wouldn't be able to understand it."

"But as my voice coach keeps saying, if we actually spoke the way they imagine the Elizabethan voice might have been, we wouldn't be able to understand it."

Geoffrey Rush, Australian Actor

Coach, Saying, Voice

8

"There's nothing like playing. You can coach and you can be around the game, but there is nothing like playing. It's just so much fun."

"There's nothing like playing. You can coach and you can be around the game, but there is nothing like playing. It's just so much fun."

Steve Largent, American Athlete

Coach, Fun, Nothing

8

"But we had a fantastic coach, Simon Clifford, who runs a British football youth game which teaches Brazilian techniques - which is what we wanted to incorporate into the film. And some of those things we eventually got in."

"But we had a fantastic coach, Simon Clifford, who runs a British football youth game which teaches Brazilian techniques - which is what we wanted to incorporate into the film. And some of those things we eventually got in."

Parminder Nagra, English Actress

Coach, Film, Football, Youth

8

"We had a dialogue coach. She helped us with our T's."

"We had a dialogue coach. She helped us with our T's."

Rupert Grint, English Actor

8

"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."

"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."

Isaiah Thomas, American Athlete

Coach, Coaching, Want

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