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Quotes by Coach

"A champion needs a motivation above and beyond winning."


"My only feeling about superstition is that it's unlucky to be behind at the end of the game."

"They scored 26 points in three quarters. That's solid defense."


"People say you can't go out and eat with your players. I say why not."

"I knew that when I resigned from the University of Texas that I would never coach again."


"About the only problem with success is that it does not teach you how to deal with failure."

"The Porto players were with me for two and a half years, they believed in me, in my methods, in the way we do it. The next day I go and a manager arrives who works completely differently."

"Each Warrior wants to leave the mark of his will, his signature, on important acts he touches. This is not the voice of ego but of the human spirit, rising up and declaring that it has something to contribute to the solution of the hardest problems, no matter how vexing!"

"When a team outgrows individual performance and learns team confidence, excellence becomes a reality."

"I was still enjoying coaching, but there was a repetitious manner about it."


"Coaches who can outline plays on a black board are a dime a dozen. The ones who win get inside their player and motivate."


"My theory of hitting was just to watch the ball as it came in and hit it."

"How do you win? By getting average players to play good and good players to play great. That's how you win."

"Winning isn't everything, but it beats anything that comes in second."


"Number three, we're going to play very smart and we're not going to beat ourselves. If the other team is better than us and they just out execute us and play better then we can live with that, but we're going to play smart and give ourselves every opportunity to win the game."

"Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated."


"I really believe everything is here for us to be very successful."


"I've learned that something constructive comes from every defeat."

"Nothing is work unless you'd rather be doing something else."
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