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"You don't save a pitcher for tomorrow. Tomorrow it may rain."
Leo Durocher
"You don't save a pitcher for tomorrow. Tomorrow it may rain."
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"Sports are not for everyone."
Dante Hall
"Sports are not for everyone."
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"The Olympic Games of the Modern Era began in 1896 in the city of Athens."
Bill Toomey
"The Olympic Games of the Modern Era began in 1896 in the city of Athens."
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"If you don't win, you're going to be fired. If you do win, you've only put off the day you're going to be fired."
Leo Durocher
"If you don't win, you're going to be fired. If you do win, you've only put off the day you're going to be fired."
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"Of course I have the odd bad game like other players. But I can't accept that. Especially when things don't go right for United. It all means so much to me to be succesful here. It drives me crazy at times."
Ruud van Nistelrooy
"Of course I have the odd bad game like other players. But I can't accept that. Especially when things don't go right for United. It all means so much to me to be succesful here. It drives me crazy at times."
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"The other thing is this industry has decided it only has one market. Unlike any other industry in the world, unlike film or books or sports even, this industry has decided it has only one market and that's 14 year old boys."
Rob Walton
"The other thing is this industry has decided it only has one market. Unlike any other industry in the world, unlike film or books or sports even, this industry has decided it has only one market and that's 14 year old boys."
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"The big and the fast beat the small and the fast. If you check out the NBA today, they're big and fast."
Rick Wagoner
"The big and the fast beat the small and the fast. If you check out the NBA today, they're big and fast."
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"How you played in yesterday's game is all that counts."
Jackie Robinson
"How you played in yesterday's game is all that counts."
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"Most other competitions are individual achievements, but the Olympic Games is something that belongs to everybody."
Scott Hamilton
"Most other competitions are individual achievements, but the Olympic Games is something that belongs to everybody."
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"People who think they know what they are talking about when they talk about baseball include the announcers and all of the sports press - no matter how much evidence you present them to the contrary they will continue to think that what they think is right."
Michael Lewis
"People who think they know what they are talking about when they talk about baseball include the announcers and all of the sports press - no matter how much evidence you present them to the contrary they will continue to think that what they think is right."
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"I regard sports first and foremost as entertainment, so dry documentary narration is not for me."
Jack Brickhouse
"I regard sports first and foremost as entertainment, so dry documentary narration is not for me."
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"Our students learn more in 30 days than one could learn in 30 years without our training. To really maximize your potential as an umpire, you need to get a solid foundation as soon as you can."
Jim Evans
"Our students learn more in 30 days than one could learn in 30 years without our training. To really maximize your potential as an umpire, you need to get a solid foundation as soon as you can."
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"For a while I was on the cover of every Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, which was regarded as the pinnacle of success in America."
Elle Macpherson
"For a while I was on the cover of every Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, which was regarded as the pinnacle of success in America."
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"In the past I've had a bad injury, and then struggled when I've got back because I've been unfit."
Jamie Redknapp
"In the past I've had a bad injury, and then struggled when I've got back because I've been unfit."
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"I was a left hooker, and I loved hooking. I also really liked to jab and mix it up right away."
Gerry Cooney
"I was a left hooker, and I loved hooking. I also really liked to jab and mix it up right away."
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"I think there are some players born to play ball."
Joe DiMaggio
"I think there are some players born to play ball."
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"The Olympic Games were created for the exhaltation of the individual athlete."
Pierre de Coubertin
"The Olympic Games were created for the exhaltation of the individual athlete."
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"Use your brain, not your endurance."
Peter Thomson
"Use your brain, not your endurance."
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"I haven't played a chess match for several decades. At one point I lost most of my chess games. Then I realized many of my competitors were memorizing the best moves and I was unwilling to do this."
John Harsanyi
"I haven't played a chess match for several decades. At one point I lost most of my chess games. Then I realized many of my competitors were memorizing the best moves and I was unwilling to do this."
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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."
Shane Warne
"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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"Almost anyone who loves tennis and follows the men's tour on television has, over the last few years, had what might be termed Federer Moments. These are times, watching the young Swiss at play, when the jaw drops and eyes protrude and sounds are made that bring spouses in from other rooms to see if you're OK."
David Foster Wallace
"Almost anyone who loves tennis and follows the men's tour on television has, over the last few years, had what might be termed Federer Moments. These are times, watching the young Swiss at play, when the jaw drops and eyes protrude and sounds are made that bring spouses in from other rooms to see if you're OK."
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"I was taught to play that way when I was in high school and even before I got to high school."
Oscar Robertson
"I was taught to play that way when I was in high school and even before I got to high school."
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"I am working as public relations director for the Tour de France and maintaining my farm."
Bernard Hinault
"I am working as public relations director for the Tour de France and maintaining my farm."
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"Everybody likes Brazil and we want the Brazilians to come out."
Alan Hansen
"Everybody likes Brazil and we want the Brazilians to come out."
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"I liked the game, I enjoyed the game, and the game fed me enough, and gave me enough rewards to reinforce that this is something that I should spend time doing, and that I could possibly make a priority in my life, versus other sports."
Julius Erving
"I liked the game, I enjoyed the game, and the game fed me enough, and gave me enough rewards to reinforce that this is something that I should spend time doing, and that I could possibly make a priority in my life, versus other sports."
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"I don't know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports."
Richard M. Nixon
"I don't know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports."
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"So, I got a lot of recruitment letters from track."
Bo Jackson
"So, I got a lot of recruitment letters from track."
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"I have always believed that one should not be scared of losing, I think that really is the key."
Imran Khan
"I have always believed that one should not be scared of losing, I think that really is the key."
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"Bjorn was a different breed, I threw my best material at him, but he would never smile, but that added to the charm when he played me and Mac. We were going nuts and losing our mind and he was sitting back like he was on a Sunday stroll."
Jimmy Connors
"Bjorn was a different breed, I threw my best material at him, but he would never smile, but that added to the charm when he played me and Mac. We were going nuts and losing our mind and he was sitting back like he was on a Sunday stroll."
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"There is no concrete way to play Jiu Jitsu, and this is why so many different types of people find joy in it."
Chris Matakas
"There is no concrete way to play Jiu Jitsu, and this is why so many different types of people find joy in it."
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"If I stayed a football player, my career would have been over 20 years ago. As it is, my knees are shot. I found I got the same good feeling in acting that I had in sports, but I found I could have a more profound impact on people."
William Petersen
"If I stayed a football player, my career would have been over 20 years ago. As it is, my knees are shot. I found I got the same good feeling in acting that I had in sports, but I found I could have a more profound impact on people."
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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."
Richard H. Davis
"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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"There was a tremendous amount of disappointment in missing the World Cup finals in 1998, so they're getting excited about this one and I really think we could do well in the Far East."
Robbie Keane
"There was a tremendous amount of disappointment in missing the World Cup finals in 1998, so they're getting excited about this one and I really think we could do well in the Far East."
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"To my sick little pal. I will try to knock you another homer, maybe two today."
George Herman
"To my sick little pal. I will try to knock you another homer, maybe two today."
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"No, I think the pitching today has more depth."
Ernie Banks
"No, I think the pitching today has more depth."
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"They're still in the game, and they're trying to get back into it."
Jimmy Hill
"They're still in the game, and they're trying to get back into it."
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"I'm definitely going to miss hearing the sound of that gun."
Bonnie Blair
"I'm definitely going to miss hearing the sound of that gun."
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"All us Youngs could throw. I used to kill squirrels with a stone when I was a kid, and my granddad once killed a turkey buzzard on the fly with a rock."
Cy Young
"All us Youngs could throw. I used to kill squirrels with a stone when I was a kid, and my granddad once killed a turkey buzzard on the fly with a rock."
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"Halfway through the decade, we realized that we had a great team and that we could do great things, and that we could probably have something here that we believed we had a chance to reach greatness."
Franco Harris
"Halfway through the decade, we realized that we had a great team and that we could do great things, and that we could probably have something here that we believed we had a chance to reach greatness."
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"With each game I play, each season I play, everyone would agree with me, I'm running out of chances."
Brett Favre
"With each game I play, each season I play, everyone would agree with me, I'm running out of chances."
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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."
Roger Staubach
"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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"I think Bob Costas is terrific. He's so knowledgeable. He can talk about any subject, not just sports."
Jim McKay
"I think Bob Costas is terrific. He's so knowledgeable. He can talk about any subject, not just sports."
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"I mean Gorilla was really our first sort of goes at songwriting."
Neil Innes
"I mean Gorilla was really our first sort of goes at songwriting."
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"We are Bayern Munich and English teams always have trouble as soon as they leave the island."
Oliver Kahn
"We are Bayern Munich and English teams always have trouble as soon as they leave the island."
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"When I did sports cartoons, I used to uh, go to fights."
Rube Goldberg
"When I did sports cartoons, I used to uh, go to fights."
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"It wasn't my tennis that made me lose, it was a lot of different things going on, high drama, high emotion."
Jennifer Capriati
"It wasn't my tennis that made me lose, it was a lot of different things going on, high drama, high emotion."
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"I enjoy sports. I get a real joy from playing sports but I don't look for those movies. Oliver Stone wanted to know if I would do Any Given Sunday and it just didn't appeal to me."
Kevin Costner
"I enjoy sports. I get a real joy from playing sports but I don't look for those movies. Oliver Stone wanted to know if I would do Any Given Sunday and it just didn't appeal to me."
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"I think about the next season right away."
George Steinbrenner
"I think about the next season right away."
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"Anything from 1-0 to 2-0 would be a nice result."
Bobby Robson
"Anything from 1-0 to 2-0 would be a nice result."
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"We want to add an American League pennant... and to bring the World Series to Arlington."
Tom Hicks
"We want to add an American League pennant... and to bring the World Series to Arlington."
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