"I can't think of any NBA team over the last few years that lost three starters. And we replaced them basically with three guys who really haven't played in this league."

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"I can't think of any NBA team over the last few years that lost three starters. And we replaced them basically with three guys who really haven't played in this league."

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"It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling."

Mark Twain, American Author

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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."

P. G. Wodehouse, English Writer

Sports, End, Right, Wrong

"You play. You win. You play. You lose. You play."

Jeanette Winterson, British Novelist

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"I enjoyed seven years at Wimbledon and there were high and low points."

Kenny Cunningham, Irish Athlete

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"I just want to get to the level where I can say that that's my level, just try to play well, get up there."

Jennifer Capriati, American Athlete

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"It wasn't my tennis that made me lose, it was a lot of different things going on, high drama, high emotion."

Jennifer Capriati, American Athlete

Sports, Drama, Emotion, Tennis

"OK, publishing a book and releasing a movie is all very well, but Tottenham beating Man. U. 3-2... priceless."

Salman Rushdie, Indian Novelist

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"There's always something special when the service academies play each other that's not in any other game. This is not a regular game, and everyone involved knows that."

Roger Staubach, American Athlete

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"I've never seen anything like it since. Some of the Canada Cups came close, but by then a lot of European players came and played in our league so we were more familiar with them."

Marcel Dionne, Canadian Athlete

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"With each game I play, each season I play, everyone would agree with me, I'm running out of chances."

Brett Favre, American Athlete

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"If all I'm remembered for is being a good basketball player, then I've done a bad job with the rest of my life."

Life

"I've been in pressure situations before. All my life it's been about pressure and having to get it done. Just because you say it publicly, it does not make me afraid of it or make me shy away from it."

Life

"The type of athletes we draft still need types of versatility on the defense side of the ball, run the offense. You should still be concerned on the offense side of the ball."

Athletes

"I want to see if the player communicates with his teammates and how he responds to coaching. Another thing to remember is players' bodies can develop better than their skills."

Coach

"We were going to have to experiment, and we needed to develop our younger players. And a lot of the changes were because of injuries. But that's where I give a lot of credit to the group in terms of being able to maintain things."

Being

"It wasn't about the X's and the O's and the strategy; it was more about keeping 12 guys focused and committed to a task. That group dynamic, and then helping them to grow as people and basketball players."

People

"Instead of me telling them what they need to work on, I wanted to hear from them what they needed to work on."

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"It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling."

"The fascination of shooting as a sport depends almost wholly on whether you are at the right or wrong end of the gun."

"You play. You win. You play. You lose. You play."

"I enjoyed seven years at Wimbledon and there were high and low points."

"I just want to get to the level where I can say that that's my level, just try to play well, get up there."

"It wasn't my tennis that made me lose, it was a lot of different things going on, high drama, high emotion."

"OK, publishing a book and releasing a movie is all very well, but Tottenham beating Man. U. 3-2... priceless."

"There's always something special when the service academies play each other that's not in any other game. This is not a regular game, and everyone involved knows that."

"I've never seen anything like it since. Some of the Canada Cups came close, but by then a lot of European players came and played in our league so we were more familiar with them."

"With each game I play, each season I play, everyone would agree with me, I'm running out of chances."

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"If all I'm remembered for is being a good basketball player, then I've done a bad job with the rest of my life."

"I've been in pressure situations before. All my life it's been about pressure and having to get it done. Just because you say it publicly, it does not make me afraid of it or make me shy away from it."

"The type of athletes we draft still need types of versatility on the defense side of the ball, run the offense. You should still be concerned on the offense side of the ball."

"I want to see if the player communicates with his teammates and how he responds to coaching. Another thing to remember is players' bodies can develop better than their skills."

"We were going to have to experiment, and we needed to develop our younger players. And a lot of the changes were because of injuries. But that's where I give a lot of credit to the group in terms of being able to maintain things."

"You have to develop your whole game to completion."

"I love what I'm doing."

"Larry Brown thought Steve Francis was a Larry Brown type of player."

"It wasn't about the X's and the O's and the strategy; it was more about keeping 12 guys focused and committed to a task. That group dynamic, and then helping them to grow as people and basketball players."

"Instead of me telling them what they need to work on, I wanted to hear from them what they needed to work on."