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"In any team sport, the best teams have consistency and chemistry."
Roger Staubach
"In any team sport, the best teams have consistency and chemistry."
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"We need three kinds of pitching: left handed, right handed, and relief."
Whitey Herzog
"We need three kinds of pitching: left handed, right handed, and relief."
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"I didn't get over 1300 walks without knowing the strike zone."
Wade Boggs
"I didn't get over 1300 walks without knowing the strike zone."
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"A young ballplayer looks on his first spring training trip as a stage struck young woman regards the theater."
Christy Mathewson
"A young ballplayer looks on his first spring training trip as a stage struck young woman regards the theater."
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"It's a shame the Manchester United situation turned sour."
Paul Ince
"It's a shame the Manchester United situation turned sour."
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"Certainly, the poverty, the discrimination, the episodic unemployment could not but strike an inquiring youngster: why did these exist, and what could we do about them."
Joseph E. Stiglitz
"Certainly, the poverty, the discrimination, the episodic unemployment could not but strike an inquiring youngster: why did these exist, and what could we do about them."
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"Don't forget this club nearly went out of extinction last year."
Alan Smith
"Don't forget this club nearly went out of extinction last year."
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"Tennis is a psychological sport, you have to keep a clear head. That is why I stopped playing."
Boris Becker
"Tennis is a psychological sport, you have to keep a clear head. That is why I stopped playing."
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"I'm a big sports fan. College football is my favorite."
Verne Troyer
"I'm a big sports fan. College football is my favorite."
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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."
Lauren Oliver
"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."
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"Does that mean we should give up? Probably. But there are two issues worth considering. The first is - is it really true that drugs destroy the integrity of the game?"
Malcolm Gladwell
"Does that mean we should give up? Probably. But there are two issues worth considering. The first is - is it really true that drugs destroy the integrity of the game?"
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"I had hoped that the board would accept Johnny Hon's offer of a loan to buy the stadium back for the club, as I think this would be best way of continuing the long tradition of Cambridge United in Cambridge - and it was a generous offer."
Anne Campbell
"I had hoped that the board would accept Johnny Hon's offer of a loan to buy the stadium back for the club, as I think this would be best way of continuing the long tradition of Cambridge United in Cambridge - and it was a generous offer."
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"When the 2020 games take place, let every district affirm that one athlete from our district will represent India at those games."
Narendra Modi
"When the 2020 games take place, let every district affirm that one athlete from our district will represent India at those games."
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"I'm nervous when I play in the Masters or most other tournaments."
Bernhard Langer
"I'm nervous when I play in the Masters or most other tournaments."
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"I get to see the different sides of skating now which involves not only competing, but entertainment."
Nancy Kerrigan
"I get to see the different sides of skating now which involves not only competing, but entertainment."
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"Marathon running, like golf, is a game for players, not winners. That is why Callaway sells golf clubs and Nike sells running shoes. But running is unique in that the world's best racers are on the same course, at the same time, as amateurs, who have as much chance of winning as your average weekend warrior would scoring a touchdown in the NFL."
Hunter S. Thompson
"Marathon running, like golf, is a game for players, not winners. That is why Callaway sells golf clubs and Nike sells running shoes. But running is unique in that the world's best racers are on the same course, at the same time, as amateurs, who have as much chance of winning as your average weekend warrior would scoring a touchdown in the NFL."
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"The Athletic Association competed against the University. So there was an event. You cannot break world records unless it is an established event, and you have three timekeepers, and the whole thing is organized."
Roger Bannister
"The Athletic Association competed against the University. So there was an event. You cannot break world records unless it is an established event, and you have three timekeepers, and the whole thing is organized."
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"Kevin Keegan said if he had a blank sheet of paper, five names would be on it."
Alvin Martin
"Kevin Keegan said if he had a blank sheet of paper, five names would be on it."
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"I think the National League has better biorhythms in July."
Earl Weaver
"I think the National League has better biorhythms in July."
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"I make appearance at local park and recreation agencies when the program starts, when they have the qualifying meets at the local levels. Then I try to go to the regional competitions, and of course I'm there in Hershey, Pa., in August for the North American final."
Rafer Johnson
"I make appearance at local park and recreation agencies when the program starts, when they have the qualifying meets at the local levels. Then I try to go to the regional competitions, and of course I'm there in Hershey, Pa., in August for the North American final."
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"It's huge. You win the first game of the series, you want to win the series."
Joe Torre
"It's huge. You win the first game of the series, you want to win the series."
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"In Europe, it's different - you eat soccer, you breathe soccer, you drink soccer. Everything is about soccer."
Thomas Dooley
"In Europe, it's different - you eat soccer, you breathe soccer, you drink soccer. Everything is about soccer."
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"I have a need to play intensely every day, to fight every match hard."
Zinedine Zidane
"I have a need to play intensely every day, to fight every match hard."
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"All I ever wanted to be president of was the American League."
A. Bartlett Giamatti
"All I ever wanted to be president of was the American League."
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"I long for the days when athletes were revered. I want to see the romance return to sports, to see people enjoy the game purely for the game and the players."
Mike Piazza
"I long for the days when athletes were revered. I want to see the romance return to sports, to see people enjoy the game purely for the game and the players."
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"You can't put those guys like Marciano or anyone else in with today's class of fighters."
Larry Holmes
"You can't put those guys like Marciano or anyone else in with today's class of fighters."
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"Sports is like a war without the killing."
Ted Turner
"Sports is like a war without the killing."
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"To be involved in a senior tournament back in the States is very satisfying."
John McEnroe
"To be involved in a senior tournament back in the States is very satisfying."
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"I am still quick at 250 to 260 lbs and I am smarter."
Larry Holmes
"I am still quick at 250 to 260 lbs and I am smarter."
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"Everybody says that it takes a loss to lose and I think it did take a loss for us to lose in a sense. But overall, when we win games here at Duke, and we don't play well, we might as well have lost the game."
Jason Williams
"Everybody says that it takes a loss to lose and I think it did take a loss for us to lose in a sense. But overall, when we win games here at Duke, and we don't play well, we might as well have lost the game."
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"I never slept when I lost. I'd see the sun come up without ever having closed my eyes. I'd see those base hits over and over and they would drive me crazy."
Robin Roberts
"I never slept when I lost. I'd see the sun come up without ever having closed my eyes. I'd see those base hits over and over and they would drive me crazy."
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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."
Willie Mays
"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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"Went to 16 and hit a really bad 3 wood for my second shot and got stuck in the bunker about 70 yards from the pin. Poor execution, chunked it, hit a good chip up to about eight feet, missed it."
Trent Dilfer
"Went to 16 and hit a really bad 3 wood for my second shot and got stuck in the bunker about 70 yards from the pin. Poor execution, chunked it, hit a good chip up to about eight feet, missed it."
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"So this is it. Match point for eternity."
Boris Becker
"So this is it. Match point for eternity."
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"You only have a few years to play this game and you can't play it if you're all tied up in knots."
Willie Stargell
"You only have a few years to play this game and you can't play it if you're all tied up in knots."
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"Men's competitive team sports focus on the balance between individual achievement and team achievement with the emphasis on team achievement."
Warren Farrell
"Men's competitive team sports focus on the balance between individual achievement and team achievement with the emphasis on team achievement."
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"You can make plans but if the opposition plays well, then all your plans become worthless."
David Gower
"You can make plans but if the opposition plays well, then all your plans become worthless."
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"The situation was, the team I was on when I got injured went down to the lower leagues. In America, they don't have that relegation, so when the team went down to the lower region, every player has his value, and they went off and sold any player who had value."
Claudio Reyna
"The situation was, the team I was on when I got injured went down to the lower leagues. In America, they don't have that relegation, so when the team went down to the lower region, every player has his value, and they went off and sold any player who had value."
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"When I first skated here, I definitely felt small out there because it is such a big surface."
Kristi Yamaguchi
"When I first skated here, I definitely felt small out there because it is such a big surface."
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"When you look at where team sports are going, the National Football League is turning into organized warfare."
Oren Lyons, Jr.
"When you look at where team sports are going, the National Football League is turning into organized warfare."
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"I wanted to be a sportswriter because I loved sports and I could not hit the curve ball, the jump shot, or the opposing ball carrier."
Dick Schaap
"I wanted to be a sportswriter because I loved sports and I could not hit the curve ball, the jump shot, or the opposing ball carrier."
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"My short game's not that good. It just becomes a matter of getting that weight moving."
Ozzie Smith
"My short game's not that good. It just becomes a matter of getting that weight moving."
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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."
Dennis Bergkamp
"My aim is to play as many games as possible and to go out and be one of the 11 players again."
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"There are only two places in the league - first place and no place."
Tom Seaver
"There are only two places in the league - first place and no place."
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"My best score ever is 103, but I've only been playing 15 years."
Alex Karras
"My best score ever is 103, but I've only been playing 15 years."
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"I have often repented speaking, but never of holding my tongue."
Xenocrates
"I have often repented speaking, but never of holding my tongue."
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"No one's gonna give a damn in July if you lost a game in March."
Earl Weaver
"No one's gonna give a damn in July if you lost a game in March."
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"I just keep it simple. Watch the ball and play it on merit."
Sachin Tendulkar
"I just keep it simple. Watch the ball and play it on merit."
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"For truly it is to be noted, that children's plays are not sports, and should be deemed as their most serious actions."
Michel de Montaigne
"For truly it is to be noted, that children's plays are not sports, and should be deemed as their most serious actions."
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"Who ever wins today will win the championship no matter who wins."
Denis Law
"Who ever wins today will win the championship no matter who wins."
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