Nigel Short (Nigel David Short) Quotes
I cannot claim to thoroughly enjoy coaching, because it is very hard work if you are even moderately conscientious. Nevertheless it does provide a degree of satisfaction - not to mention a steady income, which is why I do it occasionally.
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There is more credit and satisfaction in being a first-rate truck driver than a tenth-rate executive.
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If I miss coaching that much, I could go to some little school where they didn't recruit, where all the kids wanted to go. I believe I could find somewhere to coach.
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I never thought tennis was going to give me so much satisfaction.
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Sometimes the best coaching advice you can get is simple acknowledgement that there's nothing else you could have done.
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When I have the urge to get back to coaching, I lie down and wait until it passes.
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Collecting is my joy; it gives me great satisfaction.
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I always thought I could do a good job coaching, but the opportunities have not presented themselves.
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Listen, everything I have in my life is because of the NHL and because of hockey, and I love the game and I loved every minute of being a player, I loved coaching, I loved being involved in the NHL.
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The most difficult problem about coaching at Notre Dame is losing early.
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You need a lot of leaders, but a hockey team needs a voice, not only in the community, but more importantly between the coaching staff and the players. There are always ups and downs in a season; the captain is the guy players look to in those situations.
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Football has always been a big part of my life. Almost from the day I was born, playing and coaching football were all I really ever wanted to do.
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I was a pretty good coach and working with marketing was like coaching.
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I had a lot of coaching for the movie and no, I have never sung professionally before.
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That's why the fears of playing or coaching, you want to do everything possible to make it. A lot of teams make it look real easy, but it is hard.
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If you can have a really good coaching staff, and you can have a really good young quarterback and do a really good job in player personnel and string together multiple successful drafts, your window is not small in the NFL because of the quarterback.
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Since I started CrossFit, I've read and heard about the critics talk about how unsafe it is, and my only response to that is any form of exercise can be unsafe if you don't have the proper coaching, education and guidance.
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I do three things: speaking or teaching, which I enjoy the most, coaching is where I learn everything, and writing is where I reach people.
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I love when violent, dangerous art is done by people who are not violent and dangerous. I love that when George Romero was making 'Dawn of the Dead,' he was coaching his son's little league team.
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Coaching to me is correcting mistakes and trying to get your players to think. If raising your voice occasionally gets them to think better, then that's called coaching.
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I don't feel political most of the time. Sometimes I'm placed in positions because no one else will go there.
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People expect a lot more from someone they think looks interesting. It's a burden.
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I'm very easy-going off court, but I really want to win once I'm walking on to the court.
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I can remember a couple of real fights when I ran. Because they were kinda dangerous.
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I cannot claim to thoroughly enjoy coaching, because it is very hard work if you are even moderately conscientious. Nevertheless it does provide a degree of satisfaction - not to mention a steady income, which is why I do it occasionally.
