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"I notice that teams are now more interested in Japanese players than when I first went to Europe."
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"I decided to create a sports club during the Soviet times. It was my dream."
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"Tiger Woods is the only sports star who's worth every penny he makes."
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"I used to play sports. Then I realized you can buy trophies. Now I am good at everything."
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"One guy that I wish was here right now, Ted Williams, helped me so much, our long talks, not about hitting but about fishing, one of Ted's passions, and I wish he was here today to share this with me because I owe so much to Ted Williams."
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"There are some guys you have problems beating because of their style - I always had difficulties with guys like Michael Chang and Andre Agassi because their returns were so good and they played so well in defence."
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"He took me under his wing when I first came to the Rams and taught me everything - his technique in the pass rush, how to play off blockers, and how to make the big play."
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"We're all Americans trying to compete. Magic was competing for his team and Larry for his team."
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"Those opportunities to play in championship games are few and far between."
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"Great moments are born from great oppurtunities."
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"They say Formula One is a market which it can't be, obviously. Our market is independent, it's a sport."
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"There's always something special when the service academies play each other that's not in any other game. This is not a regular game, and everyone involved knows that."
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"Because I was a tennis player, Billie Jean King was a hero of mine."
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"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."
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"You know, this is not about endorsements in the primary. We have to get through a primary first."
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"To play 18 years in Yankee Stadium is the best thing that could ever happen to a ballplayer."
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"Center is a very tough position to play."
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"I did six years of planning to win the championship from Jack Dempsey."
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"For the first couple of years I played really bad tennis. It was so bad that they booed me off the court."
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"You can be a little lonely because it's an individual sport."
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"Talk radio has almost ruined the sports fan."
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"If you destroyed the underpinnings of this great American sport, you are a hated, ugly, detestable person."
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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."
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"It's a great day for a ball game; let's play two!"
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"Pressure is when you play for five dollars a hole with only two in your pocket."
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"For guys playing sports at a high level, for money, I can't put my finger on it, but in a man's world of sport, there is something visceral to beating another man."
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"I keep a lucky red rag in my pocket when I bat, which has been a good luck charm for a few years."
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"Without question, no hesitation, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was the best player I ever played against."
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"The NFL today has bigger, stronger, bodies than ever, moving faster than ever, hitting a stationary object harder than ever before - so the physics of the hit have changed."
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"They're still in the game, and they're trying to get back into it."
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"I was a lousy hitter in May doing the same things that made me a great hitter in June."
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"We're not doing outrageous fashion; I make sports clothes that are relatively conservative, clothes that everyone wears."
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"Canada is hockey."
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"I play some fighting games, but mostly I just play sports."
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"I think my biggest break though came probably on Patriot Games because it was the biggest, longest second unit up to that point. It was like five months of shooting and a huge crew."
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"Man, if I made one million dollars I would come in at six in the morning, sweep the stands, wash the uniforms, clean out the office, manage the team and play the games."
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"Competition is the spice of sports; but if you make spice the whole meal you'll be sick."
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"Kevin Keegan said if he had a blank sheet of paper, five names would be on it."
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"Just be patient. Let the game come to you. Don't rush. Be quick, but don't hurry."
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"I think that people who have played sports have an ability to relate to people because when you're playing you have to work on teams and with opposing players."
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"To cure a batting slump, I took my bat to bed with me. I wanted to know my bat a little better."
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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."
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"Because I just like sports, I like athletics and I like competition."
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"We all wore a 21 patch that one season as a silent tribute to our deceased teammate Roberto."
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"I literally paid my way through the University of Texas with my umpiring."
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"Technique is everything and we play a contact sport."
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"I didn't expect to be dropped by England."
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"The best players will play. That's the way it will always be."
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"Aim for the sky and you'll reach the ceiling. Aim for the ceiling and you'll stay on the floor."
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"As long as I play ball, I can get any woman I want."
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