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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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"I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game."
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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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"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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"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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"In Japan, mothers insist on achievement and accomplishment as a sign of love and respect. Thus to fail places children in a highly shamed situation."
Love
"The Red Sox are a curious thing because so much here is media driven. You can't go fire half your scouts here because they are all friends with the local reporters. Your life is going to hell in the papers."
Life
"If you had to point to one thing that made it less likely that the Red Sox would win the World Series, I would say it was those people that go to Fenway Park to watch the games. And then the media around it."
People
"People who think they know what they are talking about when they talk about baseball include the announcers and all of the sports press - no matter how much evidence you present them to the contrary they will continue to think that what they think is right."
Sports
"The sentimentality of baseball is very deeply rooted in the American baseball fan. It is the one sport that is transmitted from fathers to sons."
American
"Why pay $20 million to Harrison Ford? I don't even understand that. They think they have to do it... If someone puts a price on himself, that suggests he is irreplaceable, then he better find somewhere else to work."
Work
"You want the book to be special, and they are not always going to be special, but at least you want that to be the ambition. So the only way that happens is if you are not pressing to write a book."
Ambition
"I think that fans are always looking for someone to blame. Wouldn't it be nice if they looked in the mirror?"
Blame
"There are several insights at the heart of the A's system that I think are wonderful for baseball. One, that it's a team game. That no one player is going to make that much of a difference to your team, so for god's sake don't go blow a quarter of your budget on one guy."
God
"The Oakland clubhouse is a wonderful place. A lot of these guys feel like rejects. They were rejects and they feel - they can tell you how baseball screwed up."
Baseball
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