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Sports Quotes

"How you played in yesterday's game is all that counts."

"How you played in yesterday's game is all that counts."

Jackie Robinson, American Athlete

Sports, Yesterday

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"The disappointment of losing is huge."

"The disappointment of losing is huge."

Jack Youngblood, American Athlete

Sports, Disappointment, Losing

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"Absolutely the worst thing about this job is the travel and being away from family. I have a wife and three wonderful children, the kids are all active in sports and it's very difficult to up and leave and miss them growing up."

"Absolutely the worst thing about this job is the travel and being away from family. I have a wife and three wonderful children, the kids are all active in sports and it's very difficult to up and leave and miss them growing up."

Roy Clark, American Entertainer

Sports, Travel, Family, Wife

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"My aim is to play as many games as possible and to go out and be one of the 11 players again."

"My aim is to play as many games as possible and to go out and be one of the 11 players again."

Dennis Bergkamp, Dutch Athlete

Sports, Games, Play

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"I'm a Hollywood writer, so I put on my sports jacket and take off my brain."

"I'm a Hollywood writer, so I put on my sports jacket and take off my brain."

Ben Hecht, American Writer

Sports, Hollywood

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"I share their frustration at times and I get down just like them when we suffer a bad result."

"I share their frustration at times and I get down just like them when we suffer a bad result."

Steven Gerrard, English Athlete

Sports, Frustration, Result

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"Steroids are for guys who want to cheat opponents."

"Steroids are for guys who want to cheat opponents."

Lawrence Taylor, American Athlete

Sports, Opponents, Want

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"If NASCAR racing gets any more exciting, I may not be able to stand it."

"If NASCAR racing gets any more exciting, I may not be able to stand it."

Roger Staubach, American Athlete

Sports, May, Racing

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"My policy was just to give good things for sports in my region."

"My policy was just to give good things for sports in my region."

Sergei Bubka, Ukrainian Athlete

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"I didn't get over 1300 walks without knowing the strike zone."

"I didn't get over 1300 walks without knowing the strike zone."

Wade Boggs, American Athlete

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"But I was so wrapped up in sports growing up as a kid, that I think I was going to grow to be a pro ball player. But I found out real quick that was not going to happen."

"But I was so wrapped up in sports growing up as a kid, that I think I was going to grow to be a pro ball player. But I found out real quick that was not going to happen."

Tim McGraw, American Musician

Sports, Growing up, Quick

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"We're a crazy country about sports, but for the longest time, only followed our own sports."

"We're a crazy country about sports, but for the longest time, only followed our own sports."

Claudio Reyna, American Athlete

Sports, Time, Country

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"The plays and sports of children are as salutary to them as labor and work are to grown persons."

"The plays and sports of children are as salutary to them as labor and work are to grown persons."

Samuel Richardson, English Novelist

Sports, Work, Children, Labor

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"Don't worry about it. It's just a bunch of guys with an odd-shaped ball."

"Don't worry about it. It's just a bunch of guys with an odd-shaped ball."

Bill Parcells, American Coach

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"A good fighter usually knows, to within a very few seconds, when a three-minute round is going to end."

"A good fighter usually knows, to within a very few seconds, when a three-minute round is going to end."

Jack Dempsey, American Athlete

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"The Longs event was the first LPGA event that I played in 8 years ago."

"The Longs event was the first LPGA event that I played in 8 years ago."

Natalie Gulbis, American Athlete

Sports, First, Years

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"Sectional football games have the glory and the despair of war, and when a Texas team takes the field against a foreign state, it is an army with banners."

"Sectional football games have the glory and the despair of war, and when a Texas team takes the field against a foreign state, it is an army with banners."

John Steinbeck, American Author

Sports, Football, War, Glory, Despair

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"I have worked hard to improve my consistency in my driving, irons, short game, and putting."

"I have worked hard to improve my consistency in my driving, irons, short game, and putting."

Natalie Gulbis, American Athlete

Sports, Consistency, Driving

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"Canada is hockey."

"Canada is hockey."

Mike Weir, Canadian Athlete

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"The Super Bowl is like a movie, and the quarterback is the leading man."

"The Super Bowl is like a movie, and the quarterback is the leading man."

Leigh Steinberg, American Businessman

Sports, Leading, Man

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"This illuminates not only fans' interest in major league teams but also the minors and even Little League."

"This illuminates not only fans' interest in major league teams but also the minors and even Little League."

John Thorn, American Historian

Sports, Fans, Interest

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"I think Bob Costas is terrific. He's so knowledgeable. He can talk about any subject, not just sports."

"I think Bob Costas is terrific. He's so knowledgeable. He can talk about any subject, not just sports."

Jim McKay, American Journalist

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"I think we have a good team, but soccer fans will know that we're in a really tough group. The three teams in our group are really strong. The Czech Republic is a very good team, Italy is traditionally a powerhouse, and Ghana is one of the best teams in Africa."

"I think we have a good team, but soccer fans will know that we're in a really tough group. The three teams in our group are really strong. The Czech Republic is a very good team, Italy is traditionally a powerhouse, and Ghana is one of the best teams in Africa."

Claudio Reyna, American Athlete

Sports, Fans, Italy, Soccer, Will

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"You know, this is not about endorsements in the primary. We have to get through a primary first."

"You know, this is not about endorsements in the primary. We have to get through a primary first."

Katherine Harris, American Politician

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"I'll never play at Wembley again, unless I play at Wembley again."

"I'll never play at Wembley again, unless I play at Wembley again."

Kevin Keegan, English Coach

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"Brooks Robinson belongs in a higher league."

"Brooks Robinson belongs in a higher league."

Pete Rose, American Athlete

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"I mean, I think I just it added to my excitement to playing today, and just going out there and doing the best I could, and no matter what happened, the end of the day was going to be a good end."

"I mean, I think I just it added to my excitement to playing today, and just going out there and doing the best I could, and no matter what happened, the end of the day was going to be a good end."

Karrie Webb, Australian Athlete

Sports, Day, End, Excitement, Today

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"In Europe, it's different - you eat soccer, you breathe soccer, you drink soccer. Everything is about soccer."

"In Europe, it's different - you eat soccer, you breathe soccer, you drink soccer. Everything is about soccer."

Thomas Dooley, German Athlete

Sports, Europe, Soccer

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"I'm not that clued up on the American sports yet, really."

"I'm not that clued up on the American sports yet, really."

Retief Goosen, South African Athlete

Sports, American

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"Sports is like a war without the killing."

"Sports is like a war without the killing."

Ted Turner, American Businessman

Sports, War, Killing

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"We decided to either try trades or just go with older players. If you do that and let contracts expire you can be in the lottery for about four or five years and expect your fans to be patient."

"We decided to either try trades or just go with older players. If you do that and let contracts expire you can be in the lottery for about four or five years and expect your fans to be patient."

Isaiah Thomas, American Athlete

Sports, Fans, Years

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"And in nineteen seventy two I almost wasn't, on the team, but I knew about it just before Olympic Games for three months before this why this is was not very good for me. I'd been ready to go, you know."

"And in nineteen seventy two I almost wasn't, on the team, but I knew about it just before Olympic Games for three months before this why this is was not very good for me. I'd been ready to go, you know."

Olga Korbut, Russian Athlete

Sports, Games, Months

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"A lot of these angles are really about trying to mimic broadcast sports angles in order to anchor the scene, to sort of normalize it before it becomes abstracted."

"A lot of these angles are really about trying to mimic broadcast sports angles in order to anchor the scene, to sort of normalize it before it becomes abstracted."

Matthew Barney, American Artist

Sports, Order, Trying

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"We're going to have more kids playing, and we're going to have a better chance of finding those players Minor sports in a community is for fun and recreation. For everyone."

"We're going to have more kids playing, and we're going to have a better chance of finding those players Minor sports in a community is for fun and recreation. For everyone."

Bobby Orr, Canadian Athlete

Sports, Chance, Community, Fun

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"I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures."

"I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures."

Earl Warren, American Judge

Sports, People, Accomplishments, First

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"On first blush, Hold 'em seems like a ridiculously simple game."

"On first blush, Hold 'em seems like a ridiculously simple game."

Richard Roeper, American Critic

Sports, Blush, First

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"So when we start talking about the state and all those that are so important and engaged and supportive around Florida, we've gotten overwhelming support, and it's so exciting."

"So when we start talking about the state and all those that are so important and engaged and supportive around Florida, we've gotten overwhelming support, and it's so exciting."

Katherine Harris, American Politician

Sports, State, Support, Talking

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"I haven't played a chess match for several decades. At one point I lost most of my chess games. Then I realized many of my competitors were memorizing the best moves and I was unwilling to do this."

"I haven't played a chess match for several decades. At one point I lost most of my chess games. Then I realized many of my competitors were memorizing the best moves and I was unwilling to do this."

John Harsanyi, American Educator

Sports, Chess, Games

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"I was the very first athlete in East Germany allowed to go professional."

"I was the very first athlete in East Germany allowed to go professional."

Katarina Witt, German Athlete

Sports, First, Germany

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"The one thing you can't do when you're highly ranked is relax."

"The one thing you can't do when you're highly ranked is relax."

William Floyd, American Politician

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"In the seventies we had to make it acceptable for people to accept girls and women as athletes. We had to make it okay for them to be active. Those were much scarier times for females in sports."

"In the seventies we had to make it acceptable for people to accept girls and women as athletes. We had to make it okay for them to be active. Those were much scarier times for females in sports."

Billie Jean King, American Athlete

Sports, Women, People, Athletes

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"Pebble Beach. It is tough and the lay out is amazing."

"Pebble Beach. It is tough and the lay out is amazing."

Natalie Gulbis, American Athlete

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"Pretty much whoever wins the tournament at the end of the week is the guy that putted probably the best."

"Pretty much whoever wins the tournament at the end of the week is the guy that putted probably the best."

Retief Goosen, South African Athlete

Sports, End, Pretty

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"Early in my career, I struggled with consistency, but I couldn't get more consistent than this year."

"Early in my career, I struggled with consistency, but I couldn't get more consistent than this year."

Roger Federer, Swiss Athlete

Sports, Consistency, Career

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"You play to win, to get that World Series ring, All-Star games and whatever comes with it."

"You play to win, to get that World Series ring, All-Star games and whatever comes with it."

Nick Johnson, American Athlete

Sports, Games, Play, World

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"I wouldn't mind meeting Eddie Van Halen. That would be great. We need to invite him to a race."

"I wouldn't mind meeting Eddie Van Halen. That would be great. We need to invite him to a race."

Al Unser, American Athlete

Sports, Meeting, Mind, Race

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"If you will take her, you may take her, but if you go from aboard, you shall never come aboard again."

"If you will take her, you may take her, but if you go from aboard, you shall never come aboard again."

William Kidd, Scottish Explorer

Sports, May, Will

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"I'm a big sports fan. College football is my favorite."

"I'm a big sports fan. College football is my favorite."

Verne Troyer, American Actor

Sports, College, Favorite, Football

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"Acceptance of the danger is of the essence for playing a quality sport."

"Acceptance of the danger is of the essence for playing a quality sport."

Pawan Mishra, Indian Author

Sports, Risk, Acceptance, Discipline

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"Running is a mental sport, more than anything else. You're only as good as your training, and your training is only as good as your thinking."

"Running is a mental sport, more than anything else. You're only as good as your training, and your training is only as good as your thinking."

Lauren Oliver, American Author

Sports, Running, Mindset, Training

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