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 One of the first things he said to us the first day we met him was that he wasn't going to be dealing with any prima donnas. He's a no-nonsense guy and a great coach.

 We're all eccentrics. We're nine prima donnas.
  Harry A. Blackmun

 Problem is there are too many sissies and prima donnas -- stop talking and get it done. Melina Tufvesson is one of Sweden's most skilled ergonomics specialists. Problem is there are too many sissies and prima donnas -- stop talking and get it done.

 These players are prima donnas. They need to educate themselves so they don't make such stupid remarks.

 There should be no prima donnas on a team, everyone should feel important, from the oldest player to the youngest.

 Obviously, everybody was way ahead of me, but certainly I considered it, ... I have no regrets. I love the kids that we're coaching right now. They do everything we ask them to do. There are no prima donnas.

 Performing doesn't turn me on. It's an egomaniac business, filled with prima donnas -- including this one.
  Dan Rather

 A lot of athletes are arrogant, narcissistic, prima donnas and selfish, and he never fell into that category. He's one of the most-sensitive, intelligent people I've known. When all of this is over, I'd like to be his mentor.

 They're treated like prima donnas. But a lot of that is because pit stops are even more important now than they used to be. The cars are all so equal, pit stops are one of the few places you can gain an advantage.

 Chicks dig the long ball. The wide receivers have always been prima donnas and pretty boys. They are big-time players. The thing with Owens is he makes so much noise, it's like an empty wagon going down the road. Just go play.

 A good scientist is a person with original ideas. A good engineer is a person who makes a design that works with as few original ideas as possible. There are no prima donnas in engineering.
  Freeman Dyson

 It's a great program and (Florida) is going to do great things under coach Urban Meyer , but it wasn't the right place for me.

 If Bobby Bowden wins 50 more games than I do, I wouldn't care. He's a great guy, a great coach. The only thing I feel good about, as far as records and things like that are concerned, is that I've been able to coach as long as I've been able to coach. How many guys can coach as long as I've been coaching? Be healthy enough to be able to get it done and still enjoy it?
  Joe Paterno

 They gave me everything they had. It wasn't always easy with having a new coach, but I have nothing but great things to say about the four seniors ? and the whole team. I wish it ended differently.

 Nonsense ought to be treated as nonsense wherever it be found, and had this been done in the rational manner it ought to have been done, instead of intimating and mincing the matter as has been too much the case, the nonsense and false doctrine of th


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