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Sports Quotes


"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."


"It is really hard to make it convincing enough that you forget you are playing a video game."


"The Games are just a nice, positive way to build friendships, camaraderie and, of course, self-esteem. Plus, the Games are a great opportunity for people to participate in sports who normally wouldn't."


"He's got an overall flair for the game. It looks to me like he really loves what he does and he can't wait to get up in the morning, go hit some balls and go play."


"Football fans share a universal language that cuts across many cultures and many personality types. A serious football fan is never alone. We are legion, and football is often the only thing we have in common."


"You know, this is not about endorsements in the primary. We have to get through a primary first."


"First of all, a player has to know what is banned and what is not banned."


"I don't like my hockey sticks touching other sticks, and I don't like them crossing one another, and I kind of have them hidden in the corner. I put baby powder on the ends. I think it's essentially a matter of taking care of what takes care of you."


"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."


"The sports page records people's accomplishments, the front page usually records nothing, but man's failures."


"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."


"Losing a game is heartbreaking. Losing your sense of excellence or worth is a tragedy."


"My best moment? I have a lot of good moments but the one I prefer is when I kicked the hooligan."


"In the end, a small section of the crowd, maybe 2,000 to 3,000, turned against me. And that was it. Inside the club they know your best intentions, but the minority shout louder than the rest."


"When you play guard, you're not going to block a lot of shots. Inside, you're going to block shots."


"I was only 24 then, but 18 of those 24 years had been dedicated to wanting to get to that moment."


"We need to win something for the fans because they have been patient and very understanding and we owe them."


"The biological factors underlying race differences in sports have consequences for educational achievement, crime and sexual behavior."


"I had only played five games in my senior year in high school. I was not large enough. Hell, when I graduated, I was about five foot four and weighed 120 pounds. I didn't go with the Dodgers until spring training of 1940 and I weighed all of 155 pounds soaking wet."


"I began playing in the Pacific Coast Indoor Tennis Championships."


"We've gotta give Richard Williams a lot of credit - to give us two number one champions is a phenomenal feat."


"That's what amateur skating is about, technical expertise, and it should always stay that way."
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