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A good garden may have some weeds. -- Thomas Fuller
Play him, fine him, and play him again. -- Gene Mauch
The smaller the detail the greater the value. -- Doug Johnson
The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer. -- John Madden
Here's a good rule of thumb; too clever is dumb. -- Ogden Nash
The superior man blames himself. The inferior man blames others. -- Don Shula
Everybody makes mistakes, that's why they put erasers on pencils -- Tommy Lasorda
Sparky's the only guy I know who's written more books than he's read. -- Ernie Harwell
All I know is I have a job here as long as I win. -- Toe Blake
If it doesn't matter who wins or loses, then why do they keep score? -- Vince Lombardi
The two most important things in life are good friends and a strong bullpen. -- Bob Lemon
The fewer rules a coach has, the fewer rules there are for players to break. -- John Madden
Besides pride, loyalty, discipline, heart, and mind, confidence is the key to all the locks. -- Joe Paterno
My expectations are greater than the average fan's but, I'm more realistic than the top prognosticators. -- Bill Parcells
Are you saying that the assistant had the answers all along, he just wasn't telling anyone? -- Jim Valvano
Just give me 25 guys on the last year of their contracts; I'll win a pennant every year. -- Sparky Anderson
The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game. -- Bill Shankly
Playing for Billy Martin is like being married to him. Right now, we're all sleeping on the couch. -- Matt Keough
Letting him manage in the major leagues is like sending Bo Derek through cellblock A without a bodyguard. -- Bill James
There are only two kinds of coaches - those who have been fired, and those who will be fired. -- Ken Loeffler
The only reward in this game is winning. It's no fun to practice; it's no fun to play and lose. -- Gerry DiNardo
Finish last in your league and they call you idiot. Finish last in medical school and they call you doctor. -- Abe Lemons
Coach Landry was a master at maintaining discipline and creating an environment where ordinary people could achieve extra ordinary results. -- Danny White
Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan. -- Tom Landry
There should be a new way to record standings in this league; one column for wins, one for losses and one for gifts. -- Gene Mauch
I'm not really interested in sports psychology. It makes me feel like a crazy person. -- Michelle Wie
Refined indifference is a sports psychology precept: train like there's no tomorrow and then accept whatever happens. Once you step on the field realize that whatever is meant to be is meant to be. -- Scott Hamilton
The mind is absolutely instrumental in achieving results, even for athletes. Sports psychology is a very small part, but it's extremely important when you're winning and losing races by hundredths and even thousandths of a second. -- Michael Johnson
Psychology is much bigger than just medicine, or fixing unhealthy things. It's about education, work, marriage - it's even about sports. What I want to do is see psychologists working to help people build strengths in all these domains. -- Martin Seligman

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