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"If you whoop and holler all the time, the players just get used to it."

"If you whoop and holler all the time, the players just get used to it."

Paul Bryant, American Coach

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"You can't control people. You must understand them. You have to know where they're coming from, their beliefs and values, what turns them off, what they're against."

"You can't control people. You must understand them. You have to know where they're coming from, their beliefs and values, what turns them off, what they're against."

Hayden Fry, American Coach

People, Control, Values, Beliefs

37

"Every time you win, you're reborn; when you lose, you die a little."

"Every time you win, you're reborn; when you lose, you die a little."

George Allen, Sr., American Coach

Time, George Allen

37

"Hungary is very similar to Bulgaria. I know they're different countries."

"Hungary is very similar to Bulgaria. I know they're different countries."

Kevin Keegan, English Coach

Nation, Countries

37

"I'm a running coach and I am going to continue to run, but I would hope that we are better defensively."

"I'm a running coach and I am going to continue to run, but I would hope that we are better defensively."

Don Nelson, American Coach

37

"Now I'm fighting cancer, everybody knows that. People ask me all the time about how you go through your life and how's your day, and nothing is changed for me."

"Now I'm fighting cancer, everybody knows that. People ask me all the time about how you go through your life and how's your day, and nothing is changed for me."

Jim Valvano, American Coach

Life, Time, People, Cancer

37

"Why talk now when so many things have been said without ever giving me a chance to talk?"

"Why talk now when so many things have been said without ever giving me a chance to talk?"

Bobby Knight, American Coach

Chance, Giving, Now, Talk

37

"That's the same in college. It's the same in high school. Kids are getting bigger, stronger, faster, more into the weightlifting, more into nutrition, more into size."

"That's the same in college. It's the same in high school. Kids are getting bigger, stronger, faster, more into the weightlifting, more into nutrition, more into size."

Steve Mariucci, American Coach

College, Kids, School

37

"I understand people who boo us. It's like going to Broadway show, you pay for your tickets and expect to be entertained. When you're not, you have a right to complain."

"I understand people who boo us. It's like going to Broadway show, you pay for your tickets and expect to be entertained. When you're not, you have a right to complain."

Sparky Anderson, American Coach

37

"Each of us has been put on earth with the ability to do something well. We cheat ourselves and the world if we don't use that ability as best we can."

"Each of us has been put on earth with the ability to do something well. We cheat ourselves and the world if we don't use that ability as best we can."

George Allen, Sr., American Coach

Ability, Earth, World

36

"Be a dreamer. If you don't know how to dream, you're dead."

"Be a dreamer. If you don't know how to dream, you're dead."

Jim Valvano, American Coach

36

"When my time on earth is gone, and my activities here are passed, I want they bury me upside down, and my critics can kiss my ass!"

"When my time on earth is gone, and my activities here are passed, I want they bury me upside down, and my critics can kiss my ass!"

Bobby Knight, American Coach

Time, Kiss, Earth, Want

36

"People change over the years, and that changes situations for good and for bad."

"People change over the years, and that changes situations for good and for bad."

Bobby Knight, American Coach

Change, People, Years

36

"A man is always better than he thinks."

"A man is always better than he thinks."

Woody Hayes, American Coach

36

"My bones are as hard as a rock. Every time I have a biopsy, the doctors are doing hand exercises a week, ten days out."

"My bones are as hard as a rock. Every time I have a biopsy, the doctors are doing hand exercises a week, ten days out."

Don Baylor, American Coach

36

"Playing for Yogi is like playing for your father; playing for Billy is like playing for your father-in-law."

"Playing for Yogi is like playing for your father; playing for Billy is like playing for your father-in-law."

Don Baylor, American Coach

36

"I asked a ref if he could give me a technical foul for thinking bad things about him. He said, of course not. I said, well, I think you stink. And he gave me a technical. You can't trust em."

"I asked a ref if he could give me a technical foul for thinking bad things about him. He said, of course not. I said, well, I think you stink. And he gave me a technical. You can't trust em."

Jim Valvano, American Coach

Trust, Thinking

36

"If my results are not good I will lose my job."

"If my results are not good I will lose my job."

Stuart Pearce, English Coach

Job, Results, Will

36

"The people who run a university are far more qualified and intelligent in handling people than someone who inherited his money and used it to buy a pro team."

"The people who run a university are far more qualified and intelligent in handling people than someone who inherited his money and used it to buy a pro team."

Hayden Fry, American Coach

Money, People, University

36

"We have to be realistic. If we don't win, life will continue."

"We have to be realistic. If we don't win, life will continue."

Hayden Fry, American Coach

36

"Playing sport was somewhat frivolous, but I liked it. I rebelled a little bit, and wouldn't go to music lessons and things like that, but I would go and play ball. My parents learned to love it because they saw how much I got out of it."

"Playing sport was somewhat frivolous, but I liked it. I rebelled a little bit, and wouldn't go to music lessons and things like that, but I would go and play ball. My parents learned to love it because they saw how much I got out of it."

Mike Krzyzewski, American Coach

Love, Music, Parents, Play

36

"Try not to do too many things at once. Know what you want, the number one thing today and tomorrow. Persevere and get it done."

"Try not to do too many things at once. Know what you want, the number one thing today and tomorrow. Persevere and get it done."

George Allen, Sr., American Coach

Focus, Today, Tomorrow, Want

36

"The fun never goes out, but it changes with the years, with winning and losing."

"The fun never goes out, but it changes with the years, with winning and losing."

Bear Bryant, American Coach

Winning, Fun, Losing, Years

35

"The key to a winning season is focusing on one opponent at a time. Winning one week at a time. Never look back and never look ahead."

"The key to a winning season is focusing on one opponent at a time. Winning one week at a time. Never look back and never look ahead."

Chuck Noll, American Coach

Time, Winning, Key

35

"You just witnessed an old-fashioned rump kicking."

"You just witnessed an old-fashioned rump kicking."

Hayden Fry, American Coach

35

"You give us the pitching some of these clubs have and no one could touch us, but God has a way of not arranging that, because it's not as much fun."

"You give us the pitching some of these clubs have and no one could touch us, but God has a way of not arranging that, because it's not as much fun."

Sparky Anderson, American Coach

35

"I have lived my life that way and I expect the people who work for me to be the same way."

"I have lived my life that way and I expect the people who work for me to be the same way."

Stuart Pearce, English Coach

Life, Work, People

35

"A good, quick, small team can beat a big, slow team any time."

"A good, quick, small team can beat a big, slow team any time."

Paul Bryant, American Coach

35

"I just get the impression that everyone is willing me to succeed."

"I just get the impression that everyone is willing me to succeed."

Stuart Pearce, English Coach

Impression, Succeed

35

"Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up."

"Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up."

Red Auerbach, American Coach

War, Basketball, Defense, First

35

"I am one of those people who quite enjoys responsibility."

"I am one of those people who quite enjoys responsibility."

Stuart Pearce, English Coach

People, Responsibility

35

"I enjoy making the decisions."

"I enjoy making the decisions."

Stuart Pearce, English Coach

Decision-Making, Decisions

35

"I've had many a player tell me all through high school and right up until signing day that they were coming to Alabama, then they signed with somebody else."

"I've had many a player tell me all through high school and right up until signing day that they were coming to Alabama, then they signed with somebody else."

Bear Bryant, American Coach

Sports, Day, Right, School

34

"I'll also tell you that five hundred thousand people will die this year of cancer. And I'll also tell you that one in every four will be afflicted with this disease, and yet, somehow, we seem to have put it in a little bit of the background."

"I'll also tell you that five hundred thousand people will die this year of cancer. And I'll also tell you that one in every four will be afflicted with this disease, and yet, somehow, we seem to have put it in a little bit of the background."

Jim Valvano, American Coach

People, Cancer, Disease, Will

34

"A teacher is never too smart to learn from his pupils. But while runners differ, basic principles never change. So it's a matter of fitting your current practices to fit the event and the individual. See, what's good for you might not be worth a darn for the next guy."

"A teacher is never too smart to learn from his pupils. But while runners differ, basic principles never change. So it's a matter of fitting your current practices to fit the event and the individual. See, what's good for you might not be worth a darn for the next guy."

Bill Bowerman, American Coach

Change, Principles, Worth

34

"A life of frustration is inevitable for any coach whose main enjoyment is winning."

"A life of frustration is inevitable for any coach whose main enjoyment is winning."

Chuck Noll, American Coach

Life, Winning, Enjoyment

34

"And I'm going to work as hard as I can... for cancer research and hopefully, maybe, we'll have some cures and some breakthroughs. I'd like to think I'm going to fight my brains out to be back here again next year for the Arthur Ashe recipient. I want to give it next year!"

"And I'm going to work as hard as I can... for cancer research and hopefully, maybe, we'll have some cures and some breakthroughs. I'd like to think I'm going to fight my brains out to be back here again next year for the Arthur Ashe recipient. I want to give it next year!"

Jim Valvano, American Coach

Work, Cancer, Fight, Research

34

"The manager is by himself. He can't mingle with his players. I enjoyed my players, but I could not socialize with them so I spent a lot of time alone in my hotel room. Those four walls kind of close in on you."

"The manager is by himself. He can't mingle with his players. I enjoyed my players, but I could not socialize with them so I spent a lot of time alone in my hotel room. Those four walls kind of close in on you."

Al Lopez, American Coach

34

"Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study."

"Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study."

Red Auerbach, American Coach

Education, Plants, Study

34

"I'll be here in my home with three big screens. I'll be watching three games at a time, and when they're over, I'll look at three more."

"I'll be here in my home with three big screens. I'll be watching three games at a time, and when they're over, I'll look at three more."

Hayden Fry, American Coach

Home, Time, Games

33

"And I would be the first to admit that probably, in a lot of press conferences over the time that I have been in coaching, indulging my own sense of humor at press conferences has not been greatly to my benefit."

"And I would be the first to admit that probably, in a lot of press conferences over the time that I have been in coaching, indulging my own sense of humor at press conferences has not been greatly to my benefit."

Bobby Knight, American Coach

Humor, Time, Coaching, First

33

"To be really happy, we must throw our hearts over the bar and hope that our bodies will follow."

"To be really happy, we must throw our hearts over the bar and hope that our bodies will follow."

Graham Taylor, English Coach

33

"Leisure time is that five or six hours when you sleep at night."

"Leisure time is that five or six hours when you sleep at night."

George Allen, Sr., American Coach

Time, Leisure, Night, Sleep

33

"We probably spend more time talking about individual players in our coaching sessions than anything else."

"We probably spend more time talking about individual players in our coaching sessions than anything else."

Hayden Fry, American Coach

Time, Coaching, Talking

33

"My idea of managing is giving the ball to Tom Seaver and sitting down and watching him work."

"My idea of managing is giving the ball to Tom Seaver and sitting down and watching him work."

Sparky Anderson, American Coach

Work, Idea, Giving

33

"One of the most difficult things everyone has to learn is that for your entire life you must keep fighting and adjusting if you hope to survive. No matter who you are or what your position is you must keep fighting for whatever it is you desire to achieve."

"One of the most difficult things everyone has to learn is that for your entire life you must keep fighting and adjusting if you hope to survive. No matter who you are or what your position is you must keep fighting for whatever it is you desire to achieve."

George Allen, Sr., American Coach

Life, Hope, Desire, Fighting

33

"It's nice to have the opportunity to play for so much money, but it's nicer to win it."

"It's nice to have the opportunity to play for so much money, but it's nicer to win it."

Paul Bryant, American Coach

Money, Opportunity, Play

33

"But try if you can to support, whether it's AIDS or the cancer foundation, so that someone else might survive, might prosper, and might actually be cured of this dreaded disease."

"But try if you can to support, whether it's AIDS or the cancer foundation, so that someone else might survive, might prosper, and might actually be cured of this dreaded disease."

Jim Valvano, American Coach

Health, Cancer, Disease, Support

33

"Great effort springs naturally from great attitude."

"Great effort springs naturally from great attitude."

Pat Riley, American Coach

Attitude, Effort

33

"Everything we talk about is about beating the Packers, the Bears and the Vikings. Obviously there are other teams in the league, but if you can dominate and be on top of your division you are always in the playoff hunt. It's time for us to win that thing."

"Everything we talk about is about beating the Packers, the Bears and the Vikings. Obviously there are other teams in the league, but if you can dominate and be on top of your division you are always in the playoff hunt. It's time for us to win that thing."

Steve Mariucci, American Coach

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