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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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"Golf... is the infallible test. The man who can go into a patch of rough alone, with the knowledge that only God is watching him, and play his ball where it lies, is the man who will serve you faithfully and well."
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"In Jiu Jitsu, we often fall into the trap of simply trying a technique "harder," rather than recognizing that it is a poorly chosen tool for the task at hand."
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"The fascination of shooting as a sport depends almost wholly on whether you are at the right or wrong end of the gun."
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"The problem with winter sports is that - follow me closely here - they generally take place in winter."
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"You don't win a game by hitting the ball out of the court."
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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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"I like sports, and I enjoy playing basketball and lifting weights."
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"Your progress as a Jiu Jitsu practitioner is a direct reflection of the standards you have for yourself."
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"It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling."
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"I ain't never liked violence."
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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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"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."
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"Sugar Ray and talked about doing some articles together or writing a book together but dealing with Sugar Ray was a lot like fighting him. He would fake you in and then he'd drop you."
Fight
"I was also in love with the English language."
Love
"Sugar Ray Leonard was as close as anyone came after Ali to being Ali, but he wasn't Ali."
Being
"All of journalism is a shrinking art. So much of it is hype. The O.J. Simpson story is a landmark in the decline of journalism."
Art
"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."
Writing
"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."
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"I got to know Sugar Ray but I certainly would not say we were good friends."
Friendship
"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."
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