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"So when we start talking about the state and all those that are so important and engaged and supportive around Florida, we've gotten overwhelming support, and it's so exciting."
Katherine Harris
"So when we start talking about the state and all those that are so important and engaged and supportive around Florida, we've gotten overwhelming support, and it's so exciting."
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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'm trying to find new ways to make this game more attractive."
Dennis Rodman
"I'm trying to find new ways to make this game more attractive."
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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."
Sue Wicks
"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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"These days the temptation to use steroids in sports has become too great for many young athletes."
Jim Sensenbrenner
"These days the temptation to use steroids in sports has become too great for many young athletes."
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"I don't read a lot of the sports, because I think people sometimes either build it up, or you have this guy that hates sports that is going to write bad about it, so I figure I'm not going to read it. Because I'm not going to let him put an idea into my head."
Herschel Walker
"I don't read a lot of the sports, because I think people sometimes either build it up, or you have this guy that hates sports that is going to write bad about it, so I figure I'm not going to read it. Because I'm not going to let him put an idea into my head."
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"I bleed Dodger blue and when I die, I'm going to the big Dodger in the sky."
Tommy Lasorda
"I bleed Dodger blue and when I die, I'm going to the big Dodger in the sky."
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"Hawaii was beautiful of course, we played at Turtle Bay an amazing resort right on the ocean."
Natalie Gulbis
"Hawaii was beautiful of course, we played at Turtle Bay an amazing resort right on the ocean."
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"I want to be involved in soccer some way."
Brian McBride
"I want to be involved in soccer some way."
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"Black people dominate sports in the United States. 20% of the population and 90% of the final four."
Chris Rock
"Black people dominate sports in the United States. 20% of the population and 90% of the final four."
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"If NASCAR racing gets any more exciting, I may not be able to stand it."
Roger Staubach
"If NASCAR racing gets any more exciting, I may not be able to stand it."
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"The NBA's chosen ones think I'm setting a bad example? I think they need to look around and stop taking themselves so seriously."
Dennis Rodman
"The NBA's chosen ones think I'm setting a bad example? I think they need to look around and stop taking themselves so seriously."
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"You don't even have to win a championship every year to draw the fans. You just have to show you're really trying."
Tom Hicks
"You don't even have to win a championship every year to draw the fans. You just have to show you're really trying."
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"It's always nice to start off with a good result."
Robbie Keane
"It's always nice to start off with a good result."
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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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"Of course, we also have the responsibility to win games and the difficulty in the job is to combine both."
Arsene Wenger
"Of course, we also have the responsibility to win games and the difficulty in the job is to combine both."
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"A young ballplayer looks on his first spring training trip as a stage struck young woman regards the theater."
Christy Mathewson
"A young ballplayer looks on his first spring training trip as a stage struck young woman regards the theater."
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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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"As all of us with any involvement in sports knows, no two umpires or no two referees have the same strike zone or call the same kind of a basketball game."
Herb Kohl
"As all of us with any involvement in sports knows, no two umpires or no two referees have the same strike zone or call the same kind of a basketball game."
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"Use your brain, not your endurance."
Peter Thomson
"Use your brain, not your endurance."
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"For truly it is to be noted, that children's plays are not sports, and should be deemed as their most serious actions."
Michel de Montaigne
"For truly it is to be noted, that children's plays are not sports, and should be deemed as their most serious actions."
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"Hell, if I didn't drink drink or smoke, I'd win twenty games every year. It's easy when you don't drink or smoke or horse around."
Whitey Ford
"Hell, if I didn't drink drink or smoke, I'd win twenty games every year. It's easy when you don't drink or smoke or horse around."
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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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"Two hundred million Americans, and there ain't two good catchers among 'em."
Casey Stengel
"Two hundred million Americans, and there ain't two good catchers among 'em."
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"And, in nineteen seventy two Olympic Games I wasn't really going to be a star, and overnight I became a star."
Olga Korbut
"And, in nineteen seventy two Olympic Games I wasn't really going to be a star, and overnight I became a star."
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"Pebble Beach. It is tough and the lay out is amazing."
Natalie Gulbis
"Pebble Beach. It is tough and the lay out is amazing."
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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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"I walked away from the sport for 17 years, then started swimming again recently in a master's program."
Mark Spitz
"I walked away from the sport for 17 years, then started swimming again recently in a master's program."
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"I fancy our chances at the European Championships."
Frank Lampard
"I fancy our chances at the European Championships."
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"If you're going to win games, you're going to have to come up with the big hits. That's the bottom line."
Derek Jeter
"If you're going to win games, you're going to have to come up with the big hits. That's the bottom line."
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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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"A good fighter usually knows, to within a very few seconds, when a three-minute round is going to end."
Jack Dempsey
"A good fighter usually knows, to within a very few seconds, when a three-minute round is going to end."
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"I think in the bullpen you can tell during your warmups, if you have a good feel for it. But anything can happen once you get into a game. Sometimes you just wind up throwing it better than ever before one day without knowing why."
Barry Zito
"I think in the bullpen you can tell during your warmups, if you have a good feel for it. But anything can happen once you get into a game. Sometimes you just wind up throwing it better than ever before one day without knowing why."
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"All of the sports have a safety net, but boxing is the only sport that has none. So when the fighter is through, he is through. While he was fighting his management was very excited for him, but now that he is done, that management team is moving on."
Gerry Cooney
"All of the sports have a safety net, but boxing is the only sport that has none. So when the fighter is through, he is through. While he was fighting his management was very excited for him, but now that he is done, that management team is moving on."
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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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"Looking back on those games, I probably hustled out of position as much as I hustled into position since I really never had any real training. I was working on instincts alone."
Jim Evans
"Looking back on those games, I probably hustled out of position as much as I hustled into position since I really never had any real training. I was working on instincts alone."
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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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"The Longs event was the first LPGA event that I played in 8 years ago."
Natalie Gulbis
"The Longs event was the first LPGA event that I played in 8 years ago."
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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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"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."
Mahendra Singh Dhoni
"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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"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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"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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"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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"It was a long, hard, tough day. We managed to just sneak through, it was an unbelievable Test match."
Ricky Ponting
"It was a long, hard, tough day. We managed to just sneak through, it was an unbelievable Test match."
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"Sports is a necessity of life. Let everyone play and shine."
Narendra Modi
"Sports is a necessity of life. Let everyone play and shine."
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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."
Andrew Shue
"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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"I was a lousy hitter in May doing the same things that made me a great hitter in June."
Carl Yastrzemski
"I was a lousy hitter in May doing the same things that made me a great hitter in June."
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"Tiger Woods is the only sports star who's worth every penny he makes."
Mark Wahlberg
"Tiger Woods is the only sports star who's worth every penny he makes."
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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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