Adam Oates quotes
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“I can't be a hypocrite as a coach because as a player that's what I wanted. I wanted feedback, I wanted communication from the boss. I showed up for work, you can yell at me if you want, but I want input. So that's the kind of coach I want to be.”
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“I grew up trying to play for the Toronto Maple Leafs, not Team Canada. Didn't even know it existed.”
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“Growing up as a kid my father was British and a soccer player. His idol was a guy that passed the ball a lot, Stanley Matthews. Our family thought if you could be unselfish your teammates would always like you.”
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“Even the superstars need to be coached once in awhile.”
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“Assistant coaches become a little bit more buddies to the players than a head coach.”
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“I was a punk. I think that's why I'm such a good person now, because I was such a bad guy then.”
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“I went to the Hall of Fame with my dad. I can't say I really remember too much about it.”
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“You eat and sleep it all day long and play on the streets until mom calls you in. My story is no different than anybody else's.”
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“I was 19 years old, pumping gas and going nowhere. I was kind of a high school dropout at that point because I had left school to play hockey, but no one drafted me.”
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“The good thing about being a hypocrite is that you get to keep your values.”
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Source : Andrei D. Sakharov (1968). “Progress, coexistence, and intellectual freedom”
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“My music lives because of real players.”
Source : "Golden Globe Nominee Abel Korzeniowski Talks Madonna, ‘W.E.,’ Score" by Bill Desowitz, www.indiewire.com. January 11, 2012.
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“Assistant coaches become a little bit more buddies to the players than a head coach.”
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