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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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"I literally paid my way through the University of Texas with my umpiring."
Jim Evans
"I literally paid my way through the University of Texas with my umpiring."
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"You know, we don't look much alike, but Denzel Washington would make a great sports agent."
Leigh Steinberg
"You know, we don't look much alike, but Denzel Washington would make a great sports agent."
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"One day, though, I was asked if I'd like to go to the University of Florida and become a Gator."
Jack Youngblood
"One day, though, I was asked if I'd like to go to the University of Florida and become a Gator."
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"In fifty years of covering the sport, of course Muhammad Ali is by far the dominant figure."
Dick Schaap
"In fifty years of covering the sport, of course Muhammad Ali is by far the dominant figure."
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"My parents couldn't handle my energy so they enrolled me in every sport the school was offering. I didn't resent it because I loved sports and picked them up easily."
Channing Tatum
"My parents couldn't handle my energy so they enrolled me in every sport the school was offering. I didn't resent it because I loved sports and picked them up easily."
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"Suddenly in the end when it's over, you feel a big weight on your shoulders. That's the role of the captain. Unfortunately, it's sometimes like that in sport."
Guy Forget
"Suddenly in the end when it's over, you feel a big weight on your shoulders. That's the role of the captain. Unfortunately, it's sometimes like that in sport."
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"A great catch is like watching girls go by the last one you see is always the prettiest."
Bob Gibson
"A great catch is like watching girls go by the last one you see is always the prettiest."
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"We decided to either try trades or just go with older players. If you do that and let contracts expire you can be in the lottery for about four or five years and expect your fans to be patient."
Isaiah Thomas
"We decided to either try trades or just go with older players. If you do that and let contracts expire you can be in the lottery for about four or five years and expect your fans to be patient."
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"And in nineteen seventy two I almost wasn't, on the team, but I knew about it just before Olympic Games for three months before this why this is was not very good for me. I'd been ready to go, you know."
Olga Korbut
"And in nineteen seventy two I almost wasn't, on the team, but I knew about it just before Olympic Games for three months before this why this is was not very good for me. I'd been ready to go, you know."
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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."
Tim Conway
"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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"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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"To me it's the best trophy you can win and to bring it back for all them fans that have supported us right through would be something special."
Steven Gerrard
"To me it's the best trophy you can win and to bring it back for all them fans that have supported us right through would be something special."
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"When you have a background in combat sports, people think you're this martial arts expert, but really I'm just a guy who is able to do certain things without making a mess of himself."
Rick Yune
"When you have a background in combat sports, people think you're this martial arts expert, but really I'm just a guy who is able to do certain things without making a mess of himself."
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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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"A few of us who are around the sixty mark don't play that much these days and if you are taking on a couple of guys in their forties it is very difficult."
John Newcombe
"A few of us who are around the sixty mark don't play that much these days and if you are taking on a couple of guys in their forties it is very difficult."
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"A lot of the high-level sports are really in your mind."
Ronald Graham
"A lot of the high-level sports are really in your mind."
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"Guys like John McEnroe, Bjorn Borg and Stefan Edberg were also very good grass court players."
Richard Krajicek
"Guys like John McEnroe, Bjorn Borg and Stefan Edberg were also very good grass court players."
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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."
Brandi Chastain
"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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"Boxing, for me, it's the beginning of all sports. I'm willing to bet that the first sport was a man against another man in a fight, so I think that's something innate in all of us."
Omar Epps
"Boxing, for me, it's the beginning of all sports. I'm willing to bet that the first sport was a man against another man in a fight, so I think that's something innate in all of us."
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"The first point is always to believe in it when you go on court and then you have the chances to win."
Martina Hingis
"The first point is always to believe in it when you go on court and then you have the chances to win."
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"For the tiny percentage of people who are negatively affected by our embracing of standards, they can just get their sports somewhere else in the meantime. It's not like we're denying them hospital care."
Mike Davidson
"For the tiny percentage of people who are negatively affected by our embracing of standards, they can just get their sports somewhere else in the meantime. It's not like we're denying them hospital care."
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"Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story."
Casey Stengel
"Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story."
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"Boy, I'll tell you, when the Rams drafted me No. 1, it surprised me. I was walking on air for days."
Jack Youngblood
"Boy, I'll tell you, when the Rams drafted me No. 1, it surprised me. I was walking on air for days."
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"I'm delighted about the track's success in the sports world, but the frustrating thing is, I don't think I got rich on it. The labels and publishers did very cheap deals on our songs."
Alan Parsons
"I'm delighted about the track's success in the sports world, but the frustrating thing is, I don't think I got rich on it. The labels and publishers did very cheap deals on our songs."
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"I just felt like reflecting on my junior year, when I didn't know what I was doing, I left a lot of stuff out there. Actually, I gained close to 700 yards more and I took myself out of a lot of games."
Marcus Allen
"I just felt like reflecting on my junior year, when I didn't know what I was doing, I left a lot of stuff out there. Actually, I gained close to 700 yards more and I took myself out of a lot of games."
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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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"For guys playing sports at a high level, for money, I can't put my finger on it, but in a man's world of sport, there is something visceral to beating another man."
Kurt Russell
"For guys playing sports at a high level, for money, I can't put my finger on it, but in a man's world of sport, there is something visceral to beating another man."
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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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"I learned easily and had time to follow my inclination for sports (light athletics and skiing) and chemistry, which I taught myself by reading all textbooks I could get."
Robert Huber
"I learned easily and had time to follow my inclination for sports (light athletics and skiing) and chemistry, which I taught myself by reading all textbooks I could get."
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"What a ball from Frank. Frank and I go back years. He used to do that when I was at Ajax."
Dennis Bergkamp
"What a ball from Frank. Frank and I go back years. He used to do that when I was at Ajax."
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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 may, however, begin riding again when I am 60."
Bernard Hinault
"I may, however, begin riding again when I am 60."
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"I don't have the insight with the Longhorns that I do with the two teams that I own, but as a fan and reading the sports pages, I'm bullish about the Longhorns."
Tom Hicks
"I don't have the insight with the Longhorns that I do with the two teams that I own, but as a fan and reading the sports pages, I'm bullish about the Longhorns."
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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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"I keep a lucky red rag in my pocket when I bat, which has been a good luck charm for a few years."
Steve Waugh
"I keep a lucky red rag in my pocket when I bat, which has been a good luck charm for a few years."
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"The one thing you can't do when you're highly ranked is relax."
William Floyd
"The one thing you can't do when you're highly ranked is relax."
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"In the seventies we had to make it acceptable for people to accept girls and women as athletes. We had to make it okay for them to be active. Those were much scarier times for females in sports."
Billie Jean King
"In the seventies we had to make it acceptable for people to accept girls and women as athletes. We had to make it okay for them to be active. Those were much scarier times for females in sports."
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"I would have probably stolen cars - it would have given me the same adrenaline rush as racing."
Valentino Rossi
"I would have probably stolen cars - it would have given me the same adrenaline rush as racing."
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"You can't really describe how difficult it is to deal with. It is any athlete's worst nightmare to be accused of cheating by taking drugs. It really is very difficult to put into words how it makes you feel."
Greg Rusedski
"You can't really describe how difficult it is to deal with. It is any athlete's worst nightmare to be accused of cheating by taking drugs. It really is very difficult to put into words how it makes you feel."
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"Theatre sports is the best improv training period."
Wayne Brady
"Theatre sports is the best improv training period."
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"You must invent your own games and teach us old ones how to play."
Nikki Giovanni
"You must invent your own games and teach us old ones how to play."
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"They say some of my stars drink whiskey, but I have found that ones who drink milkshakes don't win many ball games."
Casey Stengel
"They say some of my stars drink whiskey, but I have found that ones who drink milkshakes don't win many ball games."
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"Winning the World Cup was very special because it meant so much to so many. One thing about our country that is constant is cricket. The smile it brought to people's faces was the thing I shall always remember. It reminded me, reminded all of us, of our importance to the lives of the Indian people less lucky than we are."
Mahendra Singh Dhoni
"Winning the World Cup was very special because it meant so much to so many. One thing about our country that is constant is cricket. The smile it brought to people's faces was the thing I shall always remember. It reminded me, reminded all of us, of our importance to the lives of the Indian people less lucky than we are."
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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."
Leigh Steinberg
"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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"Well, I guess I needed this tough first round to really put me into that tournament, to really erase what happened at Indian Wells, which is now the case, you know."
Amelie Mauresmo
"Well, I guess I needed this tough first round to really put me into that tournament, to really erase what happened at Indian Wells, which is now the case, you know."
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"It is really hard to make it convincing enough that you forget you are playing a video game."
Tim Page
"It is really hard to make it convincing enough that you forget you are playing a video game."
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