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"Losing a game is heartbreaking. Losing your sense of excellence or worth is a tragedy."
Joe Paterno
"Losing a game is heartbreaking. Losing your sense of excellence or worth is a tragedy."
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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 Houston Astrodome was kind of a tough field."
Franco Harris
"The Houston Astrodome was kind of a tough field."
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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."
Ricky Ponting
"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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"My feet are like gnarled old tree branches."
Dennis Rodman
"My feet are like gnarled old tree branches."
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"One of my first jobs was at the Boston Globe. I worked in the sports department six months a year. When I was ready to graduate, the sports editor gave me a job as a schoolboy sports writer."
Will McDonough
"One of my first jobs was at the Boston Globe. I worked in the sports department six months a year. When I was ready to graduate, the sports editor gave me a job as a schoolboy sports writer."
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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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"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 began playing in the Pacific Coast Indoor Tennis Championships."
Tracy Austin
"I began playing in the Pacific Coast Indoor Tennis Championships."
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"EA SPORTS has a strong partnership with adidas and through this relationship they approached adidas about using some of their top players from around the world."
Claudio Reyna
"EA SPORTS has a strong partnership with adidas and through this relationship they approached adidas about using some of their top players from around the world."
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"This journey started about 42 years ago in a little town of Brunswick, Georgia."
Wade Boggs
"This journey started about 42 years ago in a little town of Brunswick, Georgia."
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"When I pick up the ball and it feels nice and light and small I know I'm going to have a good day. But if I picked it up and it's big and heavy, I know I'm liable to get into a little trouble."
Bob Feller
"When I pick up the ball and it feels nice and light and small I know I'm going to have a good day. But if I picked it up and it's big and heavy, I know I'm liable to get into a little trouble."
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"But I still serve pretty big and that's one of my biggest weapons, so if my shoulder holds up and I can count on it, I can win a few matches and then you never know how the other guys are going to react to the fatigue and the length of the matches."
Guy Forget
"But I still serve pretty big and that's one of my biggest weapons, so if my shoulder holds up and I can count on it, I can win a few matches and then you never know how the other guys are going to react to the fatigue and the length of the matches."
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"Exeter City's trip to Old Trafford will be a great day for their fans but that is about it - they won't get the result they want against Manchester United."
Mark Lawrenson
"Exeter City's trip to Old Trafford will be a great day for their fans but that is about it - they won't get the result they want against Manchester United."
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"I definitely wanted this win today and I don't want anybody to talk about my nerves anymore."
Amelie Mauresmo
"I definitely wanted this win today and I don't want anybody to talk about my nerves anymore."
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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."
Alan Shepard
"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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"A light, tender, sensitive touch is worth a ton of brawn."
Peter Thomson
"A light, tender, sensitive touch is worth a ton of brawn."
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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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"Early in my career, I struggled with consistency, but I couldn't get more consistent than this year."
Roger Federer
"Early in my career, I struggled with consistency, but I couldn't get more consistent than this year."
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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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"It's a shame the Manchester United situation turned sour."
Paul Ince
"It's a shame the Manchester United situation turned sour."
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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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"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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"Sectional football games have the glory and the despair of war, and when a Texas team takes the field against a foreign state, it is an army with banners."
John Steinbeck
"Sectional football games have the glory and the despair of war, and when a Texas team takes the field against a foreign state, it is an army with banners."
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"I decided to create a sports club during the Soviet times. It was my dream."
Sergei Bubka
"I decided to create a sports club during the Soviet times. It was my dream."
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"If my training goes well and according to plan I feel that I am capable of a top 8 finish in Athens. It will be a very difficult and technical course which will be to my advantage."
Jonathan Brown
"If my training goes well and according to plan I feel that I am capable of a top 8 finish in Athens. It will be a very difficult and technical course which will be to my advantage."
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"Forty years ago the chances of journalists reporting - or the authorities even prosecuting - a pro athlete were practically nil."
Leigh Steinberg
"Forty years ago the chances of journalists reporting - or the authorities even prosecuting - a pro athlete were practically nil."
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"A rabid sports fan is one that boos a TV set."
Jimmy Cannon
"A rabid sports fan is one that boos a TV set."
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"The Super Bowl is like a movie, and the quarterback is the leading man."
Leigh Steinberg
"The Super Bowl is like a movie, and the quarterback is the leading man."
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"It's kind of ironic that the two sports with the greatest characters, boxing and horse racing, have both been on the decline. In both cases it's for the lack of a suitable hero."
Dick Schaap
"It's kind of ironic that the two sports with the greatest characters, boxing and horse racing, have both been on the decline. In both cases it's for the lack of a suitable hero."
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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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"I mean, I think I just it added to my excitement to playing today, and just going out there and doing the best I could, and no matter what happened, the end of the day was going to be a good end."
Karrie Webb
"I mean, I think I just it added to my excitement to playing today, and just going out there and doing the best I could, and no matter what happened, the end of the day was going to be a good end."
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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."
Isaiah Thomas
"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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"I'll put you through hell, but at the end of it all we'll be champions."
Bear Bryant
"I'll put you through hell, but at the end of it all we'll be champions."
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"The Yankees won the pennant, we went on to the World Series, 41 years after that in the city of Toronto. The great city of Toronto, and all the provinces in Canada, everybody reached out and they were excited because we won the first World Series ever, across the border."
Dave Winfield
"The Yankees won the pennant, we went on to the World Series, 41 years after that in the city of Toronto. The great city of Toronto, and all the provinces in Canada, everybody reached out and they were excited because we won the first World Series ever, across the border."
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"On a selfish basis, I really enjoy sports and activity."
Alan Thicke
"On a selfish basis, I really enjoy sports and activity."
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"The first week Banks was with us, we knew he was going to be a star."
Hank Sauer
"The first week Banks was with us, we knew he was going to be a star."
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"I have never seen a wrestling match or a prize fight, and I don't want to. When I find out a man is interested in these sports, I drop him."
Hedy Lamarr
"I have never seen a wrestling match or a prize fight, and I don't want to. When I find out a man is interested in these sports, I drop him."
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"In Malaysia where the front end pushes so much, extra engine braking is really going to help you."
Sete Gibernau
"In Malaysia where the front end pushes so much, extra engine braking is really going to help you."
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"But there was no question in my mind that I was gonna still go for it. I was still going for the win. I wasn't skiing for second or third place today, and in the end I think that's probably what got me there."
Bode Miller
"But there was no question in my mind that I was gonna still go for it. I was still going for the win. I wasn't skiing for second or third place today, and in the end I think that's probably what got me there."
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"I'm chasing perfection."
Kobe Bryant
"I'm chasing perfection."
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"We're going to have more kids playing, and we're going to have a better chance of finding those players Minor sports in a community is for fun and recreation. For everyone."
Bobby Orr
"We're going to have more kids playing, and we're going to have a better chance of finding those players Minor sports in a community is for fun and recreation. For everyone."
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"Women's sports is still in its infancy. The beginning of women's sports in the United States started in 1972, with the passage of Title 9 for girls to finally get athletic scholarships."
Billie Jean King
"Women's sports is still in its infancy. The beginning of women's sports in the United States started in 1972, with the passage of Title 9 for girls to finally get athletic scholarships."
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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."
Oscar Robertson
"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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"Barcelona are my favourite team in Spain, let's put it that way."
Frank Lampard
"Barcelona are my favourite team in Spain, let's put it that way."
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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 best umpired game is the game in which the fans cannot recall the umpires who worked it."
Bill Klem
"The best umpired game is the game in which the fans cannot recall the umpires who worked it."
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