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"I wanted to be a sportswriter because I loved sports and I could not hit the curve ball, the jump shot, or the opposing ball carrier."
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"You play. You win. You play. You lose. You play."
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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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"I used to play a lot of racket sports, tennis and squash."
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"When healthy competition prevails -- you come out to play and you play to win."
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"The plays and sports of children are as salutary to them as labor and work are to grown persons."
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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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"I play some fighting games, but mostly I just play sports."
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"Today, it's money. There's no question about that. Unless you endorse a grill that cooks hamburgers and steaks, where else can you make the kind of money that you can make in the ring if you're good?"
Money
"It's kind of ironic that the two sports with the greatest characters, boxing and horse racing, have both been on the decline. In both cases it's for the lack of a suitable hero."
Sports
"Sugar Ray Robinson was at the top of the boxing world during the 1950's when it seemed that he would either win or lose the championship about every three or four months."
Boxing
"I came up with new leads for game stories by being observant and clever, by using the many gifts of the English language to intrigue and hook a reader."
Being
"I got to know Sugar Ray but I certainly would not say we were good friends."
Friendship
"I did not choose necessarily on the basis of significance. If you have a vote for the most significant athlete, then you have Ali, then you have Babe Ruth, then you have Michael Jordan."
Vote
"Cliches and adjectives permeated my prose."
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"My writing improved the more I wrote - and the more I read good writing, from Shakespeare on down."
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"Sugar Ray Leonard was as close as anyone came after Ali to being Ali, but he wasn't Ali."
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"I think my mistakes were kind of common - leaning on cliches and adjectives in the place of clear, vivid writing. But at least I knew how to spell, which seems to be a rarity these days."
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