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Sports Quotes
"To hang out in a gay bar or put on a sequined halter top makes me feel like a total person."
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"The whole decathlon is ridiculous, but the 1,500 meters is insanity."
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"You look at today, it's a different situation. You have a game that has been transformed into a game where almost every shot is either an outside shot - a three-point shot - or a dunk."
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"You have to develop your whole game to completion."
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"You have to demand things and believe you're worth more. And once you do demand them, you're usually going to get them. The players who first came in were very humble because we came from obscurity. Today's players, on the other hand, have a sense of entitlement."
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"Wrestling is ballet with violence."
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"Of course, in our grade school, in those days, there were no organized sports at all. We just went out and ran around the school yard for recess."
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"I think we have got the wood on South Africa, but that does not mean they are not a good team. They intimidate a lot of teams but we intimidate them. There is no disrespect for South Africa; they are a very good team."
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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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"The doors fly open when you're a professional athlete."
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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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"If Jack Nicklaus can win the Masters at 46, I can win the Kentucky Derby at 54."
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"I got players with bad watches - they can't tell midnight from noon."
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"And for the team, I always tried to do the right thing."
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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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"I have a 16 year-old son, so I'm now a soccer mom. I stand on the sidelines and I hear the things parents are saying, so I want them to understand what it is their kids are feeling in any sports environment."
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"Then all the foreigners started coming over. I don't mind that but a lot of teams are laying out fortunes for ordinary players and that's no good for our youngsters coming through."
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"Black people dominate sports in the United States. 20% of the population and 90% of the final four."
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"You may earn whatever money you earn as a cricketer, but you want to play for your country. At the end of the day, you want to do something special. There are plenty of people who earn 50 crores or 100 crores as businessmen or big professionals or who are really doing well in business. But what gives pleasure to your mom and dad is the fame."
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"The Australian tour was good for us; it was ideal preparation for us."
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"Don't drink in the hotel bar, that's where I do my drinking."
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"We all know that girls who compete in sports perform better in school, are physically healthier and have a stronger self-esteem."
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"The newspapers loved pinup pictures of pretty young swimmers, and as a national champion, I got more than my share of space in the sports pages."
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"I've been looking at companies that are on a positive path vs. a negative path and I've come to use the language of sports, winning streaks and losing streaks."
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