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Sports Quotes
"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."
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"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."
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"Be bold. If you're going to make an error, make a doozy, and don't be afraid to hit the ball."
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"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."
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"I have contacts with the Tour de France which keep me close to cycling."
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"Sports and entertainment have always been windows of opportunity for African Americans, when other doors were closed."
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"I enjoyed seven years at Wimbledon and there were high and low points."
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"He's sharp, he can score and he doesn't worry about missing."
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"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."
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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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"In fifty years of covering the sport, of course Muhammad Ali is by far the dominant figure."
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"Because I was a tennis player, Billie Jean King was a hero of mine."
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"I wanted to be a doctor in sports medicine; I was into sailing and all that sort of thing."
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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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"To be a consistent winner means preparing not just one day, one month or even one year - but for a lifetime."
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"Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story."
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"When George Graham was there they complained, harking back to better days, but I think that's a fantasy."
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"It was a long, hard, tough day. We managed to just sneak through, it was an unbelievable Test match."
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"The whole decathlon is ridiculous, but the 1,500 meters is insanity."
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"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."
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