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"Even though we want huge individual egos, our collective ego is unbelievable."
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Mike Krzyzewski
"Even though we want huge individual egos, our collective ego is unbelievable."
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"He wants to be his own man and be recognized for what he's done. He's not asking for anything because of his name. That was a tough situation to go into at Alabama, but he probably wouldn't have been given the job if the situation would have been different."
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Don Shula
"He wants to be his own man and be recognized for what he's done. He's not asking for anything because of his name. That was a tough situation to go into at Alabama, but he probably wouldn't have been given the job if the situation would have been different."
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"I don't think I have ever been out of control."
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Bobby Knight
"I don't think I have ever been out of control."
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"Success is not forever and failure isn't fatal."
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Don Shula
"Success is not forever and failure isn't fatal."
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"Some are wrong because they are not strong enough to fight temptation and some some are wrong because they do not know."
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Arsene Wenger
"Some are wrong because they are not strong enough to fight temptation and some some are wrong because they do not know."
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"How do you go from where you are to where you wanna be? And I think you have to have an enthusiasm for life. You have to have a dream, a goal. And you have to be willing to work for it."
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Jim Valvano
"How do you go from where you are to where you wanna be? And I think you have to have an enthusiasm for life. You have to have a dream, a goal. And you have to be willing to work for it."
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"If my results are not good I will lose my job."
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Stuart Pearce
"If my results are not good I will lose my job."
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"It's easy to have faith in yourself and have discipline when you're a winner, when you're number one. What you got to have is faith and discipline when you're not a winner."
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Vince Lombardi
"It's easy to have faith in yourself and have discipline when you're a winner, when you're number one. What you got to have is faith and discipline when you're not a winner."
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"Time is very precious to me. I don't know how much I have left and I have some things that I would like to say. Hopefully, at the end, I will have said something that will be important to other people too."
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Jim Valvano
"Time is very precious to me. I don't know how much I have left and I have some things that I would like to say. Hopefully, at the end, I will have said something that will be important to other people too."
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"I don't want a player that's content with not playing... But we wanted to play the guys that got us here."
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Don Shula
"I don't want a player that's content with not playing... But we wanted to play the guys that got us here."
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"Now, I look at where I am now and I know what I wanna to do. What I would like to be able to do is to spend whatever time I have left and to give, and maybe some hope to others."
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Jim Valvano
"Now, I look at where I am now and I know what I wanna to do. What I would like to be able to do is to spend whatever time I have left and to give, and maybe some hope to others."
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"Whether you're winning or losing, it is important to always be yourself. You can't change because of the circumstances around you."
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Cotton Fitzsimmons
"Whether you're winning or losing, it is important to always be yourself. You can't change because of the circumstances around you."
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"I didn't want to stay until I had used up all the enjoyment because that's too long to stay anywhere."
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Darrell Royal
"I didn't want to stay until I had used up all the enjoyment because that's too long to stay anywhere."
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"I think you're not a human being unless you have doubts and fears."
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Mike Krzyzewski
"I think you're not a human being unless you have doubts and fears."
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"I am a firm believer that if you score one goal the other team have to score two to win."
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Howard Wilkinson
"I am a firm believer that if you score one goal the other team have to score two to win."
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"The big hurdle is going out and raising the revenue. There's no doubt about that; it's an uphill battle."
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Terry Porter
"The big hurdle is going out and raising the revenue. There's no doubt about that; it's an uphill battle."
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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."
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Hayden Fry
"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."
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"A life of frustration is inevitable for any coach whose main enjoyment is winning."
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Chuck Noll
"A life of frustration is inevitable for any coach whose main enjoyment is winning."
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"No one's gonna give a damn in July if you lost a game in March."
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Earl Weaver
"No one's gonna give a damn in July if you lost a game in March."
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"I think there should be bad blood between all clubs."
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Earl Weaver
"I think there should be bad blood between all clubs."
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"Obviously my last two years in the NFL were not much fun at all."
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Steve Spurrier
"Obviously my last two years in the NFL were not much fun at all."
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"We can't worry about who we don't have. We have to go into these games with the guys we have."
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Terry Porter
"We can't worry about who we don't have. We have to go into these games with the guys we have."
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"I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else."
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Earl Weaver
"I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else."
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"I'm an unemployed teacher right now and I'm looking for a place to teach."
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Bobby Knight
"I'm an unemployed teacher right now and I'm looking for a place to teach."
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"I'm not bored; I'm not a guy who has nothing to do."
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Darrell Royal
"I'm not bored; I'm not a guy who has nothing to do."
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"There's a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success."
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Paul Bryant
"There's a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success."
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"The only thing that would change would be the year, the names. It just got to be a repetitious life."
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Darrell Royal
"The only thing that would change would be the year, the names. It just got to be a repetitious life."
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"I am one of those people who quite enjoys responsibility."
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Stuart Pearce
"I am one of those people who quite enjoys responsibility."
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"I know what I have to do and I plan to do it. It's a good time to get it done and get it behind me. It's treatable, so why not treat it now? My family will give me comfort but I have to do this alone."
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Don Baylor
"I know what I have to do and I plan to do it. It's a good time to get it done and get it behind me. It's treatable, so why not treat it now? My family will give me comfort but I have to do this alone."
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"A manager should stay as far away as possible from his players. I don't know if I said ten words to Frank Robinson while he played for me."
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Earl Weaver
"A manager should stay as far away as possible from his players. I don't know if I said ten words to Frank Robinson while he played for me."
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"Why talk now when so many things have been said without ever giving me a chance to talk?"
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Bobby Knight
"Why talk now when so many things have been said without ever giving me a chance to talk?"
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"Football kicks you in the teeth."
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Dave Jones
"Football kicks you in the teeth."
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"Number four, we're going to play like winners, play the game the way it's meant to be played. Don't get full of yourself if something good happens. Don't get too depressed when something bad happens."
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Steve Spurrier
"Number four, we're going to play like winners, play the game the way it's meant to be played. Don't get full of yourself if something good happens. Don't get too depressed when something bad happens."
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"We should be dreaming. We grew up as kids having dreams, but now we're too sophisticated as adults, as a nation. We stopped dreaming. We should always have dreams."
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Herb Brooks
"We should be dreaming. We grew up as kids having dreams, but now we're too sophisticated as adults, as a nation. We stopped dreaming. We should always have dreams."
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"Nobody likes to hear it, because it's dull, but the reason you win or lose is darn near always the same - pitching."
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Earl Weaver
"Nobody likes to hear it, because it's dull, but the reason you win or lose is darn near always the same - pitching."
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"Texas has arguably the most extreme separation between the well off and everyday people in the United States."
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Don Baylor
"Texas has arguably the most extreme separation between the well off and everyday people in the United States."
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"You get confidence with wins."
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Dave Rose
"You get confidence with wins."
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"I've never predicted anything. All I have ever said is, that we will do the very best we can."
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Bobby Knight
"I've never predicted anything. All I have ever said is, that we will do the very best we can."
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"It's silly to work hard the whole week and then spoil it by not preparing properly before the game."
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Arsene Wenger
"It's silly to work hard the whole week and then spoil it by not preparing properly before the game."
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"I plan on staying at Alabama for the rest of my career. I guarantee that I'll be here for you through it all, regardless of what happens."
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Bear Bryant
"I plan on staying at Alabama for the rest of my career. I guarantee that I'll be here for you through it all, regardless of what happens."
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"I think the National League has better biorhythms in July."
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Earl Weaver
"I think the National League has better biorhythms in July."
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"If we're a hit, let 'em say anything they want."
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Knute Rockne
"If we're a hit, let 'em say anything they want."
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"It's a disappointment to lose key players. On the other hand it creates an opportunity to play other players."
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Tom Moody
"It's a disappointment to lose key players. On the other hand it creates an opportunity to play other players."
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"And maybe I'm a little smarter now than I was before for all the stupid things I've done."
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Herb Brooks
"And maybe I'm a little smarter now than I was before for all the stupid things I've done."
Now,
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"The age factor means nothing to me. I'm old enough to know my limitations and I'm young enough to exceed them."
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Marv Levy
"The age factor means nothing to me. I'm old enough to know my limitations and I'm young enough to exceed them."
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"When I was twelve, I went hunting with my father and we shot a bird. He was laying there and something struck me. Why do we call this fun to kill this creature who was as happy as I was when I woke up this morning."
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Marv Levy
"When I was twelve, I went hunting with my father and we shot a bird. He was laying there and something struck me. Why do we call this fun to kill this creature who was as happy as I was when I woke up this morning."
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"I'm a fair manager, put it that way. I like to be fair with the players, but there's a time for discipline."
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Don Baylor
"I'm a fair manager, put it that way. I like to be fair with the players, but there's a time for discipline."
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