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"I never played inside as a kid - even in the rain I'd go out."
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"Manny has swung with many men, but many men never seen Manny's blissful swing."
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"I am sure our athletes will win hearts of the world and will show the world what India is all about."
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"A Stander-by is often a better judge of the game than those that play."
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"When healthy competition prevails -- you come out to play and you play to win."
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"True sportsmanship is excellence in motion!"
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"You play to win, to get that World Series ring, All-Star games and whatever comes with it."
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"The best umpired game is the game in which the fans cannot recall the umpires who worked it."
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"Anything from 1-0 to 2-0 would be a nice result."
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"If I play my best, I can win anywhere in the world against anybody."
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"I don't feel anything when I watch Shaquille O'Neal play. I don't feel anything coming off him."
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"It took me about three years to write About Grace. I wasn't teaching two of those years, so I was working eight-hour days, five days a week. And it would include research and reading - it wasn't just a blank page, laying down words."
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"My sister-in-law is a painter, and I'll say, how long did it take you to paint that painting. She'll say, It took me maybe three days, but it took me all my life to get the skills to paint that painting."
Life
"I write reviews of science books for the Boston Globe, so I like to give science books."
Science
"I've been getting into Nick Drake lately, the folk singer. Sad, gorgeous stuff."
Writing
"Short stories are wonderful and extremely challenging, and the joy of them, because it only takes me three or four months to write, I can take more risks with them. It's just less of your life invested."
Life
"I never played inside as a kid - even in the rain I'd go out."
Sports
"You don't say, I'm going to be a writer when I grow up - at least I didn't."
Writing
"I found my first novel difficult. I don't want to make it sound like it's any more difficult than driving a cab or going to any other job, but there are so many opportunities for self-doubt, that you just kind of need to soldier on."
Driving
"Travel definitely affects me as a writer."
Travel
"I guess whatever maturity is there may be there because I've been keeping a journal forever. In high school my friends would make fun of me - you're doing your man diary again. So I was always trying to translate experience into words."
Friendship
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