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"Professional sports are something they can't control."
Troy Vincent
"Professional sports are something they can't control."
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"People here don't identify themselves by their sports team."
Michael Wilbon
"People here don't identify themselves by their sports team."
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"I just have to relax before each shot, and let it happen knowing that I've done it a million times before."
Jennifer Wyatt
"I just have to relax before each shot, and let it happen knowing that I've done it a million times before."
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"There are great amateur bodies that have good programs right from the grassroots level to professionals."
Karrie Webb
"There are great amateur bodies that have good programs right from the grassroots level to professionals."
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"The marathon can humble you."
Bill Rodgers
"The marathon can humble you."
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"We all know that girls who compete in sports perform better in school, are physically healthier and have a stronger self-esteem."
Louise Slaughter
"We all know that girls who compete in sports perform better in school, are physically healthier and have a stronger self-esteem."
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"I think it is that parents just don't kick their kids out the door as much as they used to. I think the demise of sandlot sports has had a lot to do with it."
Frank Shorter
"I think it is that parents just don't kick their kids out the door as much as they used to. I think the demise of sandlot sports has had a lot to do with it."
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"Video games are engineered now, but the step I am trying to take, no one can engineer."
Bill Budge
"Video games are engineered now, but the step I am trying to take, no one can engineer."
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"Merlin really taught me how to concentrate, that you play each play as if it were the only play. And if you put all the plays together like that, then you'll come out on top."
Jack Youngblood
"Merlin really taught me how to concentrate, that you play each play as if it were the only play. And if you put all the plays together like that, then you'll come out on top."
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"I was surprised I won the award because I've always been a very aggressive player and I earn my share of fouls on the court. I play rough, and because I'm an older player, of course I use tricks on the younger players."
Sue Wicks
"I was surprised I won the award because I've always been a very aggressive player and I earn my share of fouls on the court. I play rough, and because I'm an older player, of course I use tricks on the younger players."
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"It's a shame anyone had to lose that. What a great rivalry."
Mike Tice
"It's a shame anyone had to lose that. What a great rivalry."
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"My introduction to track racing was through the background of cross country running, which is not a sport perhaps as popular in America as it is in England."
Roger Bannister
"My introduction to track racing was through the background of cross country running, which is not a sport perhaps as popular in America as it is in England."
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"The whole decathlon is ridiculous, but the 1,500 meters is insanity."
Rafer Johnson
"The whole decathlon is ridiculous, but the 1,500 meters is insanity."
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"I've never looked forward to a birthday like I'm looking forward to my new daughter's birthday, because two days after that is when I can apply for reinstatement."
Pete Rose
"I've never looked forward to a birthday like I'm looking forward to my new daughter's birthday, because two days after that is when I can apply for reinstatement."
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"Forget your opponents; always play against par."
Sam Snead
"Forget your opponents; always play against par."
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"The Florida State League was considered the top A-league back then. You played in the spring training parks of major league teams, traveled throughout some great cities in Florida, and the pay was the best in A-ball."
Jim Evans
"The Florida State League was considered the top A-league back then. You played in the spring training parks of major league teams, traveled throughout some great cities in Florida, and the pay was the best in A-ball."
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"Complaining and arguing will not help. We are fully concentrating on the game against the Czechs."
Oliver Kahn
"Complaining and arguing will not help. We are fully concentrating on the game against the Czechs."
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"We knew that you don't get to be world champions without a struggle."
Eric Cantona
"We knew that you don't get to be world champions without a struggle."
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"Can they do both? That's a huge balance, I think, with kids- trying to find the right- it's everything, you know, it's social life, it's academics, it's sports."
Joan Cusack
"Can they do both? That's a huge balance, I think, with kids- trying to find the right- it's everything, you know, it's social life, it's academics, it's sports."
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"In my first season I took 76 wickets at an average of less than 5 runs."
Harold Larwood
"In my first season I took 76 wickets at an average of less than 5 runs."
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"Until you play it, St. Andrews looks like the sort of real estate you couldn't give away."
Sam Snead
"Until you play it, St. Andrews looks like the sort of real estate you couldn't give away."
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"Women's sports is still in its infancy. The beginning of women's sports in the United States started in 1972, with the passage of Title 9 for girls to finally get athletic scholarships."
Billie Jean King
"Women's sports is still in its infancy. The beginning of women's sports in the United States started in 1972, with the passage of Title 9 for girls to finally get athletic scholarships."
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"I like to follow my favorite team and talk sports with my band or fans. You won't believe how many musicians are sports fans. We have so much time on tour that we need these outlets for relaxation."
Garth Brooks
"I like to follow my favorite team and talk sports with my band or fans. You won't believe how many musicians are sports fans. We have so much time on tour that we need these outlets for relaxation."
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"I don't get nervous in any situation. There's no such thing as nerves when you're playing games."
Shaquille O'Neal
"I don't get nervous in any situation. There's no such thing as nerves when you're playing games."
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"I played at the Sainte Maxime Beach Soccer Tournament, which was brilliant fun as usual."
David Ginola
"I played at the Sainte Maxime Beach Soccer Tournament, which was brilliant fun as usual."
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"Nah, I don't watch TV either, apart from a few sports programmes. I just don't have the time."
Eric Bristow
"Nah, I don't watch TV either, apart from a few sports programmes. I just don't have the time."
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"Well, when you've had Tom Cruise play you, anything else is a comedown."
Leigh Steinberg
"Well, when you've had Tom Cruise play you, anything else is a comedown."
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"Our centers spread the floor, shoot the three and block shots. We can play pick and pop."
Steve Nash
"Our centers spread the floor, shoot the three and block shots. We can play pick and pop."
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"Overall, I think Michael Jordan is the greatest athlete in any particular sport. He dominated the game for the Chicago Bulls and brought the NBA to its greatest peak of popularity."
Will McDonough
"Overall, I think Michael Jordan is the greatest athlete in any particular sport. He dominated the game for the Chicago Bulls and brought the NBA to its greatest peak of popularity."
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"A lesser but still fundamental rule of racing is that you properly enter the event. Anyone who doesn't but still insists on running interferes with the paying customers."
Joe Henderson
"A lesser but still fundamental rule of racing is that you properly enter the event. Anyone who doesn't but still insists on running interferes with the paying customers."
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"What's unfortunate about buying a pitcher for $12 million is that he carries no warranty."
Bob Verdi
"What's unfortunate about buying a pitcher for $12 million is that he carries no warranty."
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"I keep getting these extraordinary letteres, really weird ones from American sports stars - I've always thought you were one pretty lady and now that you're single I want to meet you for a drink."
Elizabeth Hurley
"I keep getting these extraordinary letteres, really weird ones from American sports stars - I've always thought you were one pretty lady and now that you're single I want to meet you for a drink."
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"I would watch Gonzalez play and he mesmerized you. It would be like looking into the flame of a fire. You know you couldn't take your eyes off him because you never knew what he would do next."
Jimmy Connors
"I would watch Gonzalez play and he mesmerized you. It would be like looking into the flame of a fire. You know you couldn't take your eyes off him because you never knew what he would do next."
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"Books had instant replay long before televised sports."
Bern Williams
"Books had instant replay long before televised sports."
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"Buzz has reduced my range. Running safely with him means using fewer and shorter routes, with multiple laps per day or multiple returns there per week. Neither of us minds repeating ourselves. This is what runners do."
Joe Henderson
"Buzz has reduced my range. Running safely with him means using fewer and shorter routes, with multiple laps per day or multiple returns there per week. Neither of us minds repeating ourselves. This is what runners do."
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"I, most talented players don't always succeed. Some don't even make the team. It's more what's inside."
Brett Favre
"I, most talented players don't always succeed. Some don't even make the team. It's more what's inside."
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"I keep both eyes on my man. The basket hasn't moved on me yet."
Julius Erving
"I keep both eyes on my man. The basket hasn't moved on me yet."
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"To be great we need to win games we aren't supposed to win."
Julius Erving
"To be great we need to win games we aren't supposed to win."
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"When you play this game twenty years, go to bat ten-thousand times, and get three-thousand hits, do you know what that means? You've gone zero for seven-thousand."
Pete Rose
"When you play this game twenty years, go to bat ten-thousand times, and get three-thousand hits, do you know what that means? You've gone zero for seven-thousand."
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"But I still serve pretty big and that's one of my biggest weapons, so if my shoulder holds up and I can count on it, I can win a few matches and then you never know how the other guys are going to react to the fatigue and the length of the matches."
Guy Forget
"But I still serve pretty big and that's one of my biggest weapons, so if my shoulder holds up and I can count on it, I can win a few matches and then you never know how the other guys are going to react to the fatigue and the length of the matches."
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"Sports don't define us; it is not what we live for."
Michael Wilbon
"Sports don't define us; it is not what we live for."
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"I don't read a lot of the sports, because I think people sometimes either build it up, or you have this guy that hates sports that is going to write bad about it, so I figure I'm not going to read it. Because I'm not going to let him put an idea into my head."
Herschel Walker
"I don't read a lot of the sports, because I think people sometimes either build it up, or you have this guy that hates sports that is going to write bad about it, so I figure I'm not going to read it. Because I'm not going to let him put an idea into my head."
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"If NASCAR racing gets any more exciting, I may not be able to stand it."
Roger Staubach
"If NASCAR racing gets any more exciting, I may not be able to stand it."
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"These greens are so fast I have to hold my putter over the ball and hit it with the shadow."
Sam Snead
"These greens are so fast I have to hold my putter over the ball and hit it with the shadow."
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"All sports for all people."
Pierre de Coubertin
"All sports for all people."
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"What that means initially is that you have alot of products that are only slightly better games in the same genre on another machine - and the titles that really take advantage of the machine come along later."
Trip Hawkins
"What that means initially is that you have alot of products that are only slightly better games in the same genre on another machine - and the titles that really take advantage of the machine come along later."
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"I had slumps that lasted into the winter."
Bob Uecker
"I had slumps that lasted into the winter."
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"Pretty much whoever wins the tournament at the end of the week is the guy that putted probably the best."
Retief Goosen
"Pretty much whoever wins the tournament at the end of the week is the guy that putted probably the best."
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"Rather than showing themselves to be an ally to the middle class by ending the AMT or repealing it for years to come, my Republican colleagues refused to include it in today's legislation and America's middle class will surely suffer that choice greatly."
Ellen Tauscher
"Rather than showing themselves to be an ally to the middle class by ending the AMT or repealing it for years to come, my Republican colleagues refused to include it in today's legislation and America's middle class will surely suffer that choice greatly."
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"Don't worry about it. It's just a bunch of guys with an odd-shaped ball."
Bill Parcells
"Don't worry about it. It's just a bunch of guys with an odd-shaped ball."
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