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Sports Quotes


"I have just come from a couple of raids, where we had a very lively time, and some of them had to pull their guns. I found it necessary to punch a few sports myself."


"I think that was one thing I definitely brought to the table, my aggressiveness and my style of play, and I think that's one of the reasons why the fans here really appreciated the way that I went out and played, just because I think they kind of liked that."


"Soccer forces life to move on. There's always a new match. A new season. There's always a dream that everything can get better. It's a game of wonders."


"The NFL, and I've played a lot of years for them, and they have a lot of restrictions on their players, they have restrictions on their licensees, they have restrictions on everything."


"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."


"Sports is the only entertainment where, no matter how many times you go back, you never know the ending."



"As a kid I was short and only weighed 95 pounds. And though I was active in a lot of Sports and got along with most of the guys, I think I used comedy as a defense mechanism. You know making someone laugh is a much better way to solve a problem than by using your fists."


"Be bold. If you're going to make an error, make a doozy, and don't be afraid to hit the ball."


"I have contacts with the Tour de France which keep me close to cycling."



"Aim for the sky and you'll reach the ceiling. Aim for the ceiling and you'll stay on the floor."


"Sports and entertainment have always been windows of opportunity for African Americans, when other doors were closed."


"February is always a bad month for TV sports. Football is gone, basketball is plodding along in the annual midseason doldrums, and baseball is not even mentioned."


"He's sharp, he can score and he doesn't worry about missing."


"To be a consistent winner means preparing not just one day, one month or even one year - but for a lifetime."



"We've gotta give Richard Williams a lot of credit - to give us two number one champions is a phenomenal feat."



"The big and the fast beat the small and the fast. If you check out the NBA today, they're big and fast."



"They have very good individual players, but they need the collective game. And they still do not have it although there are now only six months left to go."


"Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story."


"I wanted to be a doctor in sports medicine; I was into sailing and all that sort of thing."


"Almost anyone who loves tennis and follows the men's tour on television has, over the last few years, had what might be termed Federer Moments. These are times, watching the young Swiss at play, when the jaw drops and eyes protrude and sounds are made that bring spouses in from other rooms to see if you're OK."


"England are numerically outnumbered in the midfield."
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