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Quotes by Coach
"While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use, he who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course."
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"The name on the front of the jersey is what really matters, not the name on the back."
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"When I put some Tabasco on things, and there's really nothing in Tabasco, it's not bad for you in any way, so that's kind of become my substitute. Now you got to get used to a hot mouth, but that's okay."
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"What you feel spiritually. I think a lot of that has to do with it. If you have no spiritual life, chances are everything is going to aggravate you, you're going to fly off the handle at everything and that's what I did in the past. I've kind of got that under control now."
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"Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts."
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"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."
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"Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are."
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"The secret to winning is constant, consistent management."
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"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song."
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"I enjoy the work, I enjoy every minute of my professional life."
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"Of the nine red cards this season we probably deserved half of them."
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"I only had a high school education and believe me, I had to cheat to get that."
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"Success is the person who year after year reaches the highest limits in his field."
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"I'd rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent."
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"You see people who have been very heavy in their life who have taken that body, trimmed it down, firmed it up through discipline, exercise and being able to say no. Eating properly, that all comes into it."
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"The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That's real glory. That's the essence of it."
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"People want a cop-out, listen I'm a realist and I talk about motivation, talk about all the things it takes to be greater or are important to win and people want to use excuses all the time."
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"One of my favorite things is mayonnaise and I have to tell you that. I love mayonnaise, but I don't eat it any more. If I do I put light mayonnaise on it, which I know is still not good but it's a lot better than the other one and I don't eat it that much."
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"You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball."
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"I care about this state... and I feel a responsibility to get things done. If we stay healthy and play smart we can be a playoff team. I think we're on the right track."
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"Leadership is getting someone to do what they don't want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve."
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"We have to be realistic. If we don't win, life will continue."
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"Don't worry about it. It's just a bunch of guys with an odd-shaped ball."
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"Here's what I tell anybody and this is what I believe. The greatest gift we have is the gift of life. We understand that. That comes from our Creator. We're given a body. Now you may not like it, but you can maximize that body the best it can be maximized."
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"The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will."
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"Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out."
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"Winning isn't worthwhile unless one has something finer and nobler behind it."
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"The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor."
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"The minute you think you've got it made, disaster is just around the corner."
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"The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what he must be. He must walk a tightrope between the consent he must win and the control he must exert."
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"Each group and each youngster is different. As a leader or coach, you get to know what they need."
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"Some of us will do our jobs well and some will not, but we will be judged by only one thing-the result."
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