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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

39

"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

31

"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

24

"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

11

"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

10

"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

9

"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

8

"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

8

"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

8

"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

7

"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

7

"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

7

"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

7

"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

6

"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

5

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

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

Franco Harris, American Athlete

Coach, Coaching

5

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

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

Scott Brooks, American Coach

5

"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

5

"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

5

"I always do the contrary of what my coaches tell me."

"I always do the contrary of what my coaches tell me."

Bode Miller, American Athlete

5

"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

5

"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

5

"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

5

"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

5

"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

5

"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

4

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

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

Lynn Swann, American Athlete

4

"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

4

"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

4

"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

4

"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

4

"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

4

"A lifetime contract for a coach means if you're ahead in the third quarter and moving the ball, they can't fire you."

"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, American Coach

4

"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

4

"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

4

"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

4

"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

4

"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

4

"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

4

"I like the fact that we have all the teams in the tournament. When I first got here as an assistant, not everyone made the tournament and I think as a coach, you look at it from a job security standpoint, I think that hurt when you didn't have everybody in the tournament."

"I like the fact that we have all the teams in the tournament. When I first got here as an assistant, not everyone made the tournament and I think as a coach, you look at it from a job security standpoint, I think that hurt when you didn't have everybody in the tournament."

Tim Buckley, American Musician

Coach, Fact, First, Hurt

4

"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

4

"At the end of it, I'll maybe do a coaching badge but I'm not going to get forced into things."

"At the end of it, I'll maybe do a coaching badge but I'm not going to get forced into things."

Paul Gascoigne, English Athlete

Coach, Coaching, End

3

"I'm going to be the next head coach at Notre Dame."

"I'm going to be the next head coach at Notre Dame."

Dan Devine, American Coach

3

"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

3

"No coach has ever won a game by what he knows; it's what his players know that counts."

"No coach has ever won a game by what he knows; it's what his players know that counts."

Paul Bryant, American Coach

3

"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

3

"Coaching in the NBA is not easy. It's like a nervous breakdown with a paycheck."

"Coaching in the NBA is not easy. It's like a nervous breakdown with a paycheck."

Pat Williams, American Athlete

Coach, Coaching

3

"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."

"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."

Brandi Chastain, American Athlete

Coach, Coaches, Information, Kids

3

"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."

"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, American Coach

Coach, Coaches, Years

3

"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

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