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How do you know what it's like to be stupid if you've never been smart?

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First and foremost I am a teacher, I care. Caring is helping the players to develop

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Don't ever ask a player to do something he doesn't have the ability to do. He'll just question your ability as a coach, not his as an athlete.

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It always amazes me that spectators want to coach, coaches want to officiate, and officials just want to watch the game

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Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity.

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Winners embrace hard work. They love the discipline of it, the trade-off they're making to win. Losers, on the other hand, see it as punishment. And that's the difference.

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I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions.

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It's always better to face the truth, no matter how uncomfortable, than to continue coddling a lie.

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I just have an enthusiasm for life.

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Don't tell your problems to people: eighty percent don't care; and the other twenty percent are glad you have them.

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I'd say handling people is the most important thing you can do as a coach. I've found every time I've gotten into trouble with a player, it's because I wasn't talking to him enough.

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I think that we have opportunities all around us - sometimes we just don't recognize them.

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God answers prayers, but he doesn't always answer it your way.

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An agent won't help you get drafted higher, won't make you win more games, and won't make you faster or stronger.

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An agent won't help you get drafted higher, won't make you win more games, and won't make you faster or stronger. They all say they can, but the people who do the drafting don't talk to agents. They talk to coaches, they watch film, they talk to the people who've worked with players. They don't talk to agents.

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If you want to get a deal, negotiate with the teams yourself. Say, "I want this much, and no less, but I'll show up to camp on time." It doesn't seem that hard to me.

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When all is said and done, more is said than done.

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For victory in life, we've got to keep focused on the goal, and the goal is Heaven.

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I do think coaches need to get away from the game more, though. It's good for them.

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As a coach, one thing that used to frustrate me was one player would make a bad decision, and that's all you would read about in the papers all over the country. We have so many athletes do so many wonderful things for other people, and you never read about it.

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