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"Winning isn't worthwhile unless one has something finer and nobler behind it."
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Amos A. Stagg
"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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Vince Lombardi
"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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Joe Paterno
"The minute you think you've got it made, disaster is just around the corner."
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"If you want to catch more fish, use more hooks."
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George Allen, Sr.
"If you want to catch more fish, use more hooks."
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"I think you always hope you can play forever, but you always realize that time will come... I was fortunate I was able to make a decision, move on and do it comfortably."
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Ron Francis
"I think you always hope you can play forever, but you always realize that time will come... I was fortunate I was able to make a decision, move on and do it comfortably."
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"I have made it totally clear to the players that my door will always be open."
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Stuart Pearce
"I have made it totally clear to the players that my door will always be open."
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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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Vince Lombardi
"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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"You know what they call the fellow who finishes last in his medical school graduating class? They call him 'Doctor.'"
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Abe Lemons
"You know what they call the fellow who finishes last in his medical school graduating class? They call him 'Doctor.'"
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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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Vince Lombardi
"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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"So, when it comes to eating healthy, it's just doing the right thing. And it's not something you have to do 365 days a year, but I think it's something you have to do 25 days a month. Let's put it that way."
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Mike Ditka
"So, when it comes to eating healthy, it's just doing the right thing. And it's not something you have to do 365 days a year, but I think it's something you have to do 25 days a month. Let's put it that way."
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"Eating properly is great. I mean you cut the fat down, cut the cholesterol out, but still you got to get your rest and you got to have some form of exercise."
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Mike Ditka
"Eating properly is great. I mean you cut the fat down, cut the cholesterol out, but still you got to get your rest and you got to have some form of exercise."
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"How do you win? By getting average players to play good and good players to play great. That's how you win."
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Bum Phillips
"How do you win? By getting average players to play good and good players to play great. That's how you win."
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"I knew your father before you did, and I don't think he'd be too proud of what you're doing right now."
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Scotty Bowman
"I knew your father before you did, and I don't think he'd be too proud of what you're doing right now."
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"I think in the future we need to look at our youth department to provide more players for the first team think it is important for a club to have a good amount of players that have roots with the club and region."
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Arsene Wenger
"I think in the future we need to look at our youth department to provide more players for the first team think it is important for a club to have a good amount of players that have roots with the club and region."
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"Winning isn't everything, but it beats anything that comes in second."
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Paul Bryant
"Winning isn't everything, but it beats anything that comes in second."
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"When I get my heart rate up, I get good exercise and I think it's good for a lot of things, plus it's not hurting my hips right now."
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Mike Ditka
"When I get my heart rate up, I get good exercise and I think it's good for a lot of things, plus it's not hurting my hips right now."
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"It's the only way we can lose, irrespective of the result."
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Graham Taylor
"It's the only way we can lose, irrespective of the result."
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"Leaders aren't born they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal."
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Vince Lombardi
"Leaders aren't born they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal."
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"The problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren't in a very good mood."
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Lou Holtz
"The problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren't in a very good mood."
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"Success demands singleness of purpose."
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Vince Lombardi
"Success demands singleness of purpose."
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"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."
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Hayden Fry
"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."
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"Shearer could be at 100 per cent fitness, but not peak fitness."
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Graham Taylor
"Shearer could be at 100 per cent fitness, but not peak fitness."
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"An objective truth and individual reason are feared above all."
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Jimmy Johnson
"An objective truth and individual reason are feared above all."
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"If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges."
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Pat Riley
"If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges."
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"A champion needs a motivation above and beyond winning."
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Pat Riley
"A champion needs a motivation above and beyond winning."
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"Be a dreamer. If you don't know how to dream, you're dead."
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Jim Valvano
"Be a dreamer. If you don't know how to dream, you're dead."
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"That decision, for me, was almost certainly definitely wrong."
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Kevin Keegan
"That decision, for me, was almost certainly definitely wrong."
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"The two championship years were that significant for me."
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Chuck Daly
"The two championship years were that significant for me."
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"We're the only dance in town. We don't compete with any professional teams for the entertainment dollar."
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Hayden Fry
"We're the only dance in town. We don't compete with any professional teams for the entertainment dollar."
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"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."
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Steve Spurrier
"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."
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"I am, of course, delighted but there was never any doubt about Sol staying."
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Arsene Wenger
"I am, of course, delighted but there was never any doubt about Sol staying."
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"If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that's a full day. That's a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you're going to have something special."
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Jim Valvano
"If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that's a full day. That's a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you're going to have something special."
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"Look for your choices, pick the best one, then go with it."
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Pat Riley
"Look for your choices, pick the best one, then go with it."
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"You can never have enough talent."
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Pat Riley
"You can never have enough talent."
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"A better ending could not have been scripted. Of course, if we had won, that would have been better."
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Bobby Bowden
"A better ending could not have been scripted. Of course, if we had won, that would have been better."
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"The only correct actions are those that demand no explanation and no apology."
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Red Auerbach
"The only correct actions are those that demand no explanation and no apology."
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"Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile."
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Vince Lombardi
"Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile."
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"The best players will play. That's the way it will always be."
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Larry Bird
"The best players will play. That's the way it will always be."
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"But it is a black man's game, and it will be forever."
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Larry Bird
"But it is a black man's game, and it will be forever."
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"I have lived my life that way and I expect the people who work for me to be the same way."
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Stuart Pearce
"I have lived my life that way and I expect the people who work for me to be the same way."
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"I don't know why people question the academic training of an athlete. Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes."
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Al McGuire
"I don't know why people question the academic training of an athlete. Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes."
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"Back 12 years ago, when Dr. Mathews was president here, we had a plan that when I got ready to quit, we'd bring a certain guy in and he'd take over that day and I'd leave. But as time wore on, I realized that wouldn't have been good at all."
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Bear Bryant
"Back 12 years ago, when Dr. Mathews was president here, we had a plan that when I got ready to quit, we'd bring a certain guy in and he'd take over that day and I'd leave. But as time wore on, I realized that wouldn't have been good at all."
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"A man is always better than he thinks."
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Woody Hayes
"A man is always better than he thinks."
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"The life expectancy of a team is about eight months. Then the next year, it's a whole new team."
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Mike Krzyzewski
"The life expectancy of a team is about eight months. Then the next year, it's a whole new team."
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"It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test."
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Lou Holtz
"It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test."
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"Right after the game, say as little as possible."
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Tom Landry
"Right after the game, say as little as possible."
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"The secret is to work less as individuals and more as a team. As a coach, I play not my eleven best, but my best eleven."
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Knute Rockne
"The secret is to work less as individuals and more as a team. As a coach, I play not my eleven best, but my best eleven."
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"It's a shame anyone had to lose that. What a great rivalry."
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Mike Tice
"It's a shame anyone had to lose that. What a great rivalry."
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"We didn't lose the game; we just ran out of time."
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Vince Lombardi
"We didn't lose the game; we just ran out of time."
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"He doesn't know the meaning of the word fear, but then again he doesn't know the meaning of most words."
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Bobby Bowden
"He doesn't know the meaning of the word fear, but then again he doesn't know the meaning of most words."
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