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The only thing I believe is this: A player does not have to like a manager and he does not have to respect a manager. All he has to do is obey the rules.

Coaches are an integral part of any manager's team, especially if they are good pinochle players.

Many of the most successful coaches and managers have come from players who never reached the highest level. The one exception seems to be basketball, where many of the greatest stars at least tried to coach a team.

In the end, as a manager or coach, you have to keep your heart pure and do your best as a manager or a coach.

You have to build a team, but someone's got to lead, and someone's got to be unpopular at times.

I had a coach that was not a great player, but he taught with kids and juniors so that by the time he was 50 he was great. He helped me make the top 5 in the world and yet he wasn't a great player himself.

You can be a top, top player for 10, 20 years, then you become a coach, lose two or three games and you're out.

All the managers in the world, it doesn't matter how good you are, if your players don't understand what you are looking for or what you want, it makes no sense.

The players make the manager, it's never the other way.

You have to consistently be successful to be one of the top players in the world, and everything is possible in life.