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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."
Daniela Hantuchova
"I started when I was six years old. My first coach was my granny, she was the best player in Slovakia."
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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."
Richard Krajicek
"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."
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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."
Emil Zatopek
"The athlete of today is not an athlete alone. He's the center of a team - doctors, scientists, coaches, agents and so on."
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"I started out wanting to coach football."
Lee Majors
"I started out wanting to coach football."
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"I can't coach anymore. I want to run a team."
Larry Brown
"I can't coach anymore. I want to run a team."
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"I am a coach on the outside of the establishment and that works."
Linford Christie
"I am a coach on the outside of the establishment and that works."
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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."
Allen Iverson
"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."
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"But I was still hoping to be able to coach and teach."
Lee Majors
"But I was still hoping to be able to coach and teach."
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"If I were going to stay in coaching, I would have stayed right there because I was totally happy."
Darrell Royal
"If I were going to stay in coaching, I would have stayed right there because I was totally happy."
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"And, coaching has never been an option for me."
Franco Harris
"And, coaching has never been an option for me."
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"The fewer rules a coach has, the fewer rules there are for players to break."
John Madden
"The fewer rules a coach has, the fewer rules there are for players to break."
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"I was still enjoying coaching, but there was a repetitious manner about it."
Darrell Royal
"I was still enjoying coaching, but there was a repetitious manner about it."
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"We had a dialogue coach. She helped us with our T's."
Rupert Grint
"We had a dialogue coach. She helped us with our T's."
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"Selecting the right person for the right job is the largest part of coaching."
Phil Crosby
"Selecting the right person for the right job is the largest part of coaching."
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"The better the coaching has become, the worse the game has become."
Scotty Bowman
"The better the coaching has become, the worse the game has become."
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"A lifetime contract for a coach means if you're ahead in the third quarter and moving the ball, they can't fire you."
Lou Holtz
"A lifetime contract for a coach means if you're ahead in the third quarter and moving the ball, they can't fire you."
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"I was a pretty good coach and working with marketing was like coaching."
Bernie Ebbers
"I was a pretty good coach and working with marketing was like coaching."
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"I knew that when I resigned from the University of Texas that I would never coach again."
Darrell Royal
"I knew that when I resigned from the University of Texas that I would never coach again."
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"Coaches aren't concentrating enough of the technical part of this game and that could lead to injuries."
Troy Vincent
"Coaches aren't concentrating enough of the technical part of this game and that could lead to injuries."
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"I think training of better Youth Coaches is essential."
Arsene Wenger
"I think training of better Youth Coaches is essential."
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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."
Bum Phillips
"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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"I feel like there should be more black head coaches."
Lynn Swann
"I feel like there should be more black head coaches."
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"We should because when coaches get fired, the players have a lot to do with it."
Allen Iverson
"We should because when coaches get fired, the players have a lot to do with it."
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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."
Vince Lombardi
"Coaches who can outline plays on a black board are a dime a dozen. The ones who win get inside their player and motivate."
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"No, I'm not coaching. It's a huge responsibility to coach somebody."
Oksana Baiul
"No, I'm not coaching. It's a huge responsibility to coach somebody."
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"You've got to be actively involved in the process yourself and you've got to listen carefully to what the coach is saying, take that on board yourself and implement what the coach is saying."
Lynn Davies
"You've got to be actively involved in the process yourself and you've got to listen carefully to what the coach is saying, take that on board yourself and implement what the coach is saying."
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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."
Steve Spurrier
"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'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
"I'm happy with the coach we have. I think any one of the ones I asked them to consider would've been good."
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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."
Clint Eastwood
"My old drama coach used to say, 'Don't just do something, stand there.' Gary Cooper wasn't afraid to do nothing."
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"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
"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."
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"I worked with a mime coach. I did weapons training. I did weight training."
Kristanna Loken
"I worked with a mime coach. I did weapons training. I did weight training."
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"It's been years since I've had a real input in the game anyway. For this game, I've just tried to keep all the other stuff away from the players and coaches."
Bear Bryant
"It's been years since I've had a real input in the game anyway. For this game, I've just tried to keep all the other stuff away from the players and coaches."
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"I think that teaching coaches are the norm now."
Oscar Robertson
"I think that teaching coaches are the norm now."
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"There's a picture of the real Coach Gary Gaines in the book and he's sitting in the locker room after a game, and he just looks so much like Billy Bob, that we went to him."
Peter Berg
"There's a picture of the real Coach Gary Gaines in the book and he's sitting in the locker room after a game, and he just looks so much like Billy Bob, that we went to him."
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"At the end of it, I'll maybe do a coaching badge but I'm not going to get forced into things."
Paul Gascoigne
"At the end of it, I'll maybe do a coaching badge but I'm not going to get forced into things."
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"I have a lot of respect for tough coaches."
Reggie White
"I have a lot of respect for tough coaches."
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"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
"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."
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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."
Steve Spurrier
"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."
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"If the national coach lets decisions be made from outside, he's lost the team."
Jurgen Klinsmann
"If the national coach lets decisions be made from outside, he's lost the team."
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"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
"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."
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"Coaching in the NBA is not easy. It's like a nervous breakdown with a paycheck."
Pat Williams
"Coaching in the NBA is not easy. It's like a nervous breakdown with a paycheck."
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"The coach's job is to get the best players and get them to play together."
Bernie Ebbers
"The coach's job is to get the best players and get them to play together."
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"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
"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."
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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."
Kevin Garnett
"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."
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"All my coaches tell me that I have been under achieving."
Shane Warne
"All my coaches tell me that I have been under achieving."
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"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
"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."
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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."
Oscar Robertson
"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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"The more games you coach, the more comfortable you feel."
Scott Brooks
"The more games you coach, the more comfortable you feel."
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"You're playing worse and worse every day and right now you're playing like it's next month."
Herb Brooks
"You're playing worse and worse every day and right now you're playing like it's next month."
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"It's difficult to compare coaches. You really can't compare them."
Cobi Jones
"It's difficult to compare coaches. You really can't compare them."
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