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"Shoaib Akhtar has been playing for 5, 6 years and is an experienced bowler."
Sachin Tendulkar
"Shoaib Akhtar has been playing for 5, 6 years and is an experienced bowler."
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"We're a crazy country about sports, but for the longest time, only followed our own sports."
Claudio Reyna
"We're a crazy country about sports, but for the longest time, only followed our own sports."
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"Early in my career, I struggled with consistency, but I couldn't get more consistent than this year."
Roger Federer
"Early in my career, I struggled with consistency, but I couldn't get more consistent than this year."
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"Despite the amazing diversity we're blessed with in this country, schools are still in large part segregated because of economic disparity. Sports are one of the few areas where kids are really given the opportunity to interact with those of different races and religions."
Steve Kerr
"Despite the amazing diversity we're blessed with in this country, schools are still in large part segregated because of economic disparity. Sports are one of the few areas where kids are really given the opportunity to interact with those of different races and religions."
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"I don't recall your name but you sure were a sucker for a high inside curve."
Bill Dickey
"I don't recall your name but you sure were a sucker for a high inside curve."
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"Clemens and Maddux have defined our era, I believe. And Randy Johnson is right behind them and still going."
David Cone
"Clemens and Maddux have defined our era, I believe. And Randy Johnson is right behind them and still going."
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"We are fans because the game also appeals to our local pride, our pleasure in thinking of ourselves as, yes, Americans but nonetheless different from residents of other towns, other states, other regions."
John Thorn
"We are fans because the game also appeals to our local pride, our pleasure in thinking of ourselves as, yes, Americans but nonetheless different from residents of other towns, other states, other regions."
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"Eighteen holes of match play will teach you more about your foe than 18 years of dealing with him across a desk."
Grantland Rice
"Eighteen holes of match play will teach you more about your foe than 18 years of dealing with him across a desk."
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"If you will play, you will shine. If you don't play, you will never shine. And that's why sports is important for overall development of an individual."
Narendra Modi
"If you will play, you will shine. If you don't play, you will never shine. And that's why sports is important for overall development of an individual."
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"All the characters and plots were predetermined. Games make bad plots."
Margaret Weis
"All the characters and plots were predetermined. Games make bad plots."
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"We've got a lot of potential on offense. But really potential doesn't mean much if you don't realize it."
Brian Griese
"We've got a lot of potential on offense. But really potential doesn't mean much if you don't realize it."
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"A rabid sports fan is one that boos a TV set."
Jimmy Cannon
"A rabid sports fan is one that boos a TV set."
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"Fighters today are much bigger, stronger and quicker and not only that but referees, judges and doctors back then were very strict and if your head got busted up the fight would be stopped."
Larry Holmes
"Fighters today are much bigger, stronger and quicker and not only that but referees, judges and doctors back then were very strict and if your head got busted up the fight would be stopped."
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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
"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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"We should reach out to people to try to go after the fans the way other sports do. Because we can't just depend on the fact that it is a great game."
John McEnroe
"We should reach out to people to try to go after the fans the way other sports do. Because we can't just depend on the fact that it is a great game."
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"I live more than anything else to produce the Games."
Dick Ebersol
"I live more than anything else to produce the Games."
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"I just want to fit in and win games for my team."
Chris Webber
"I just want to fit in and win games for my team."
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"Other sports play once a week but this sport is with us every day."
Peter Ueberroth
"Other sports play once a week but this sport is with us every day."
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"We are now in the middle of the centre of the first half."
David Pleat
"We are now in the middle of the centre of the first half."
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"You sweat out the free agent thing in November then you make the trades in December. Then you struggle to sign the guys left in January and in February I get down to sewing all the new numbers on the uniforms."
Whitey Herzog
"You sweat out the free agent thing in November then you make the trades in December. Then you struggle to sign the guys left in January and in February I get down to sewing all the new numbers on the uniforms."
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"If we can play like that every week we'll get some level of consistency."
Alex Ferguson
"If we can play like that every week we'll get some level of consistency."
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"I'm not trying to win individual awards."
Chris Webber
"I'm not trying to win individual awards."
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"If the guys on the bench were as good as the guys you have out there, they'd be out there in first place."
Frank Robinson
"If the guys on the bench were as good as the guys you have out there, they'd be out there in first place."
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"If I play my best, I can win anywhere in the world against anybody."
Ray Floyd
"If I play my best, I can win anywhere in the world against anybody."
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"Why would anyone expect Tyson to come out smarter? He went to prison for four years, not Princeton."
Lou Duva
"Why would anyone expect Tyson to come out smarter? He went to prison for four years, not Princeton."
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"The England team must always be respected. They always fight to the end."
Zinedine Zidane
"The England team must always be respected. They always fight to the end."
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"Today, free agency takes away a lot of your heroes, they go somewhere else. Some of them don't but a lot of them do-take the higher offer to go somewhere else. And, it turns the fans off because they get attached to the players."
Bob Lilly
"Today, free agency takes away a lot of your heroes, they go somewhere else. Some of them don't but a lot of them do-take the higher offer to go somewhere else. And, it turns the fans off because they get attached to the players."
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"Good pitchers, after a tough outing, bounce back. Real good pitchers don't let too many poor games get in there."
Don Cooper
"Good pitchers, after a tough outing, bounce back. Real good pitchers don't let too many poor games get in there."
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"When I signed a contract, I was here to play 162 games."
Eddie Murray
"When I signed a contract, I was here to play 162 games."
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"Some guys are admired for coming to play, as the saying goes. I prefer those who come to kill."
Leo Durocher
"Some guys are admired for coming to play, as the saying goes. I prefer those who come to kill."
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"We can't worry about who we don't have. We have to go into these games with the guys we have."
Terry Porter
"We can't worry about who we don't have. We have to go into these games with the guys we have."
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"I don't think we should tell them what we're going to do in advance. Let them think. Worry. Wonder. Uncertainty is the most chilling thing of all."
Vernon A. Walters
"I don't think we should tell them what we're going to do in advance. Let them think. Worry. Wonder. Uncertainty is the most chilling thing of all."
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"Defeated misery is what all sport is about, eventually, if you follow the story for long enough; all sportsmen know this."
Nick Hornby
"Defeated misery is what all sport is about, eventually, if you follow the story for long enough; all sportsmen know this."
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"The way the tour has developed has been as good an example of that as you would like to see."
David Gower
"The way the tour has developed has been as good an example of that as you would like to see."
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"The guys have a lot of good cars built up. We're going to do some more testing before we go back to Las Vegas and try to win at Vegas again. We need to get off to a quick start."
Sterling Marlin
"The guys have a lot of good cars built up. We're going to do some more testing before we go back to Las Vegas and try to win at Vegas again. We need to get off to a quick start."
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"The Olympics: not one of my better memories."
Debi Thomas
"The Olympics: not one of my better memories."
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"Sport must be amateur or it is not sport. Sports played professionally are entertainment."
Avery Brundage
"Sport must be amateur or it is not sport. Sports played professionally are entertainment."
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"When you get up there in years, the fairways get longer and the holes get smaller."
Bobby Locke
"When you get up there in years, the fairways get longer and the holes get smaller."
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"The problem with winter sports is that - follow me closely here - they generally take place in winter."
Dave Barry
"The problem with winter sports is that - follow me closely here - they generally take place in winter."
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"Football has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence: in other words it is war minus the shooting."
George Orwell
"Football has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence: in other words it is war minus the shooting."
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"President Bush and his administration have tried to pull the wool over our eyes and distract the public from this possibly illegal domestic spying scandal."
Ellen Tauscher
"President Bush and his administration have tried to pull the wool over our eyes and distract the public from this possibly illegal domestic spying scandal."
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"And I realized that there was no sports reporter, so I started covering sporting events."
Ed Bradley
"And I realized that there was no sports reporter, so I started covering sporting events."
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"This is America's Team and we are confident this outstanding group of athletes will make our country proud."
Peter Ueberroth
"This is America's Team and we are confident this outstanding group of athletes will make our country proud."
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"My fans know the name Larry Holmes and that he always gave it his all."
Larry Holmes
"My fans know the name Larry Holmes and that he always gave it his all."
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"It's going to you know, I can't go out there and shoot par and win. Everybody is playing well, and I think you'll have to go out tomorrow and have 4 , 5 , 6 under par probably."
Raymond Floyd
"It's going to you know, I can't go out there and shoot par and win. Everybody is playing well, and I think you'll have to go out tomorrow and have 4 , 5 , 6 under par probably."
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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."
William Kidd
"If you will take her, you may take her, but if you go from aboard, you shall never come aboard again."
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"George Brett could get good wood on an aspirin."
Jim Frey
"George Brett could get good wood on an aspirin."
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"Acceptance of the danger is of the essence for playing a quality sport."
Pawan Mishra
"Acceptance of the danger is of the essence for playing a quality sport."
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"A season is a season, regardless of the number of games."
Joe Cronin
"A season is a season, regardless of the number of games."
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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."
P. G. Wodehouse
"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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