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"At ten I was playing against 18-year-old guys. At 15 I was playing professional ball with the Birmingham Black Barons, so I really came very quickly in all sports."
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"I have warned many times about the guaranteed dangers of betting with your heart instead of your head - big darkness, soon come - but every once in a while you get a fair chance to have it both ways, and the annual NCAA basketball Tournament is one of them."
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"The game itself is bigger than the winning."
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"The function of muscle is to pull and not to push, except in the case of the genitals and the tongue."
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"Any advanced student will tell you the best way to recover guard is simply not to get your guard passed in the first place."
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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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"Your progress as a Jiu Jitsu practitioner is a direct reflection of the standards you have for yourself."
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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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"Sports for me is: S for Skill, P for Perseverance, O for Optimism, R for Resilience, T for Tenacity, S for Stamina"
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"This time we are sending the contingent in advance, so that players are familiar with local conditions. Earlier they got only few days."
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"Behind an able Indian Cricket Team there is always able Sachin Tendulkar."
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"I would try and help everybody, because the game was so easy for me. It was just like walking in the park."
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"When I was in Birmingham I used to go to a place called Redwood Field. I used to get there for a two o'clock game. Where can you make this kind of money playing sports? It was just a pleasure to go out and enjoy myself and get paid for it."
Money
"When I got to professional ball I used to play 150 games every year. It depends on how many games there was."
Sports
"Yes, I had to learn how to live life outside, but I had so many people help me."
Life
"I think I was programmed to do good things when I came into the majors. I knew how to play."
Baseball
"Every time I look at my pocketbook, I see Jackie Robinson."
Time
"I was very blessed with a good body. Never got hurt. Never was in the hospital. The only time I was in the hospital was when I would get exhausted a little bit, and go in for a check-up or something."
Time
"I played with the Birmingham Black Barons. I was making 500 at 14. That was a lot of money in those days."
Money
"At ten I was playing against 18-year-old guys. At 15 I was playing professional ball with the Birmingham Black Barons, so I really came very quickly in all sports."
Sports
"If you can do that - if you run, hit, run the bases, hit with power, field, throw and do all other things that are part of the game - then you're a good ballplayer."
Power
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