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Sports Quotes
"Sports do not build character. They reveal it."
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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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"The league, is doing well. It is just a matter of trying to sort some things out with my contract."
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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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"Sports is the only entertainment where, no matter how many times you go back, you never know the ending."
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"Yep, I'll stay a Brisbane Lion, you've heard it first."
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"And then '74 as I mentioned and then the 1990 world cup was our team was the team of the reunification you know, so we were the team for both sides of Germany so now, you know throughout the last 16 years, we've melted together. And now comes the next milestone."
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"You have to develop your whole game to completion."
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"One of the most difficult things for people who have been successful in sports is adapting to the daily world where you can't get an answer from someone until 5 o'clock tomorrow. There is always an excuse. Living 40 or 50 years like that doesn't get too exciting after a while."
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"Male figure skating is different than female figure skating; we're not America's sweetheart."
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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 sports, you simply aren't considered a real champion until you have defended your title successfully. Winning it once can be a fluke; winning it twice proves you are the best."
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"Since Sven Goran Eriksson took over, England have been fantastic."
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"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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"Sports is a metaphor for overcoming obstacles and achieving against great odds. Athletes, in times of difficulty, can be important role models."
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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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"I decided to create a sports club during the Soviet times. It was my dream."
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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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"Because I was a tennis player, Billie Jean King was a hero of mine."
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"Sports is like rock 'n' roll. Both are dominant cultural forces, both speak an international language, and both are all about emotions."
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"I grew up on the tennis court with lots of other kids. There were like 40 kids all afternoon and I was one of the youngest ones, so I always had to chase everybody to keep up."
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"I can't think of any NBA team over the last few years that lost three starters. And we replaced them basically with three guys who really haven't played in this league."
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"You know, Scooter's going to do the first separation burn; I'm going to do the second separation burn."
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"It's always good to win a Test match and if you win it comfortably, it can leave a few psychological marks on opposition sides."
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