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Quotes by Coach
"I thought we were aggressive across the board defensively, and you could just see it grow. As the game went along, you could see the confidence grow. It showed in the fourth quarter."
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"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."
7
"The key is not the will to win... everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important."
6
"If I'd have went on the ice when this thing happened, someone would have speared me or something. It's a great feeling of accomplishment and pride. They had to do it; it was their moment."
6
"I'm happy with the coach we have. I think any one of the ones I asked them to consider would've been good."
6
"Coaches who can outline plays on a black board are a dime a dozen. The ones who win get inside their player and motivate."
6
"What you are as a person is far more important that what you are as a basketball player."
6
"And if you see me, smile and maybe give me a hug. That's important to me too."
6
"I've learned that something constructive comes from every defeat."
6
"Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence."
6
"I always tell people I want to live to be 150 and they say why would you want to do that. I say, well there's a few people I haven't made mad yet, I want to get them."
6
"I don't know if I practiced more than anybody, but I sure practiced enough. I still wonder if somebody - somewhere - was practicing more than me."
6
"I don't believe in team motivation. I believe in getting a team prepared so it knows it will have the necessary confidence when it steps on a field and be prepared to play a good game."
6
"If we're gonna win, we have to play up to and beyond our potential. We're capable of doing that."
6
"Just because you liked something as a youngster doesn't mean you have to like it as an adult. You can change your taste a little bit on the sweets and things like that."
5
"Don't do anything in practice that you wouldn't do in the game."
5
"I think generally the Japanese players have more intensity in practice but generally I do the same things."
5
"Not really, and actually my cholesterol was 190 when I had the heart attack. 190, which isn't that high. I took it down to about 130 and it's probably about 140 or 145 now."
5
"Well, after I had the heart attack, it was a very simple choice. What the doctor told me I did and I did it religiously. I ate nothing but lean turkey breast or chicken breast or a piece of fish that was very lean. I mean I stayed away from everything."
5
"No coach has ever won a game by what he knows; it's what his players know that counts."
5
"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."
5
"If you believe in yourself and have dedication and pride - and never quit, you'll be a winner. The price of victory is high but so are the rewards."
5
"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."
5
"The more games you coach, the more comfortable you feel."
5
"I'm not going to make it the all - everything. Our (the Saints) goal is to get better, make the playoffs and win the Super Bowl, but I'm not gonna anguish over it like I have in the past."
5
"Material possessions, winning scores, and great reputations are meaningless in the eyes of the Lord, because He knows what we really are and that is all that matters."
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