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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."
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"The biggest lesson from Africa was that life's joys come mostly from relationships and friendships, not from material things. I saw time and again how much fun Africans had with their families and friends and on the sports fields; they laughed all the time."
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"Lots of young players have triumphed at United, so why can't it happen to me? I'm not worried I'm young - it's an incentive to do the best I can."
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"There is a syndrome in sports called "paralysis by analysis.""
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"When they take surveys of women in business, of the Fortune 500, the successful women, 80% of them, say they were in sports as a young woman."
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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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"Wrestling is ballet with violence."
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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 is really hard to make it convincing enough that you forget you are playing a video game."
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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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"A few regular troops from old France, weakened by hunger and sickness, who, when fresh, were unable to withstand the British soldiers, are their general's chief dependence."
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"I literally paid my way through the University of Texas with my umpiring."
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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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"Most other competitions are individual achievements, but the Olympic Games is something that belongs to everybody."
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"If you're a sports fan you realize that when you meet somebody, like a girlfriend, they kind of have to root for your team. They don't have a choice."
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"In these days of modern tennis a player is as strong as his weakest stroke."
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"These days the temptation to use steroids in sports has become too great for many young athletes."
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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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"I think it'll be an emotional day. It'll be exciting for me, mostly it'll be exciting for them. I'm not going to get to come here a lot, so, it'll be a special day, hopefully."
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"I mean Gorilla was really our first sort of goes at songwriting."
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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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"Male figure skating is different than female figure skating; we're not America's sweetheart."
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"If Jack Nicklaus can win the Masters at 46, I can win the Kentucky Derby at 54."
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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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"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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