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"Captain Fisher, the commander, with a party of young ladies from the city and gentlemen belonging to his ship, came one day to pay me a visit in the midst of a deluge of rain."
Joshua Slocum
"Captain Fisher, the commander, with a party of young ladies from the city and gentlemen belonging to his ship, came one day to pay me a visit in the midst of a deluge of rain."
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"England are numerically outnumbered in the midfield."
Mark Lawrenson
"England are numerically outnumbered in the midfield."
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"Depending on how we start the season, I can play center or wing... It doesn't matter to me."
Mario Lemieux
"Depending on how we start the season, I can play center or wing... It doesn't matter to me."
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"I think we have a good team, but soccer fans will know that we're in a really tough group. The three teams in our group are really strong. The Czech Republic is a very good team, Italy is traditionally a powerhouse, and Ghana is one of the best teams in Africa."
Claudio Reyna
"I think we have a good team, but soccer fans will know that we're in a really tough group. The three teams in our group are really strong. The Czech Republic is a very good team, Italy is traditionally a powerhouse, and Ghana is one of the best teams in Africa."
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"The two championship years were that significant for me."
Chuck Daly
"The two championship years were that significant for me."
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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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"When you get on base, holes open up and things happen and you're able to find a way to score runs."
Nick Johnson
"When you get on base, holes open up and things happen and you're able to find a way to score runs."
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"While writing my first 90 books, I was magazine editor, publisher, book publisher, executive, etc., so I was established in publishing. three of my seven or so books were biographies of sports stars and really opened doors for me in that area."
Jerry B. Jenkins
"While writing my first 90 books, I was magazine editor, publisher, book publisher, executive, etc., so I was established in publishing. three of my seven or so books were biographies of sports stars and really opened doors for me in that area."
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"What's more important than who's going to be the first black manager is who's going to be the first black sports editor of the New York Times."
Bill Russell
"What's more important than who's going to be the first black manager is who's going to be the first black sports editor of the New York Times."
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"Don't drink in the hotel bar, that's where I do my drinking."
Casey Stengel
"Don't drink in the hotel bar, that's where I do my drinking."
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"So while I was studying, I rode my Trials bike, then I moved to roadracing."
Sete Gibernau
"So while I was studying, I rode my Trials bike, then I moved to roadracing."
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"The playoffs are the playoffs. You just play who is put in front of you."
Steve Nash
"The playoffs are the playoffs. You just play who is put in front of you."
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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 day I retire is the day I'll feel old. I'm not there yet."
Doug Flutie
"The day I retire is the day I'll feel old. I'm not there yet."
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"I got players with bad watches - they can't tell midnight from noon."
Casey Stengel
"I got players with bad watches - they can't tell midnight from noon."
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"I'm not that clued up on the American sports yet, really."
Retief Goosen
"I'm not that clued up on the American sports yet, really."
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"I also developed an interest in sports, and played in informal games at a nearby school yard where the neighborhood children met to play touch football, baseball, basketball and occasionally, ice hockey."
Steven Chu
"I also developed an interest in sports, and played in informal games at a nearby school yard where the neighborhood children met to play touch football, baseball, basketball and occasionally, ice hockey."
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"I guarantee you that's what Jeff Gordon does. He uses everything the fans throw at him to stoke his fire and it drives him to be better at what he does."
Bo Jackson
"I guarantee you that's what Jeff Gordon does. He uses everything the fans throw at him to stoke his fire and it drives him to be better at what he does."
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"It certainly is dangerous that there are only a few clubs left in Europe that can afford to pay millions. At the end of the day however, the spectators decide the rates of pay - by watching the games and consuming the goods and services advertised on sports TV programmes."
Angela Merkel
"It certainly is dangerous that there are only a few clubs left in Europe that can afford to pay millions. At the end of the day however, the spectators decide the rates of pay - by watching the games and consuming the goods and services advertised on sports TV programmes."
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"Lou Brock was a great base stealer but today I am the greatest."
Rickey Henderson
"Lou Brock was a great base stealer but today I am the greatest."
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"Idleness, like kisses, to be sweet must be stolen."
Jerome K. Jerome
"Idleness, like kisses, to be sweet must be stolen."
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"Tennis is what I do and is part of who I am."
Jennifer Capriati
"Tennis is what I do and is part of who I am."
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"I think it's as popular as it ever has been and it continues to grow as it does all around the world."
Karrie Webb
"I think it's as popular as it ever has been and it continues to grow as it does all around the world."
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"When they take surveys of women in business, of the Fortune 500, the successful women, 80% of them, say they were in sports as a young woman."
Billie Jean King
"When they take surveys of women in business, of the Fortune 500, the successful women, 80% of them, say they were in sports as a young woman."
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"But I'm not going to walk Barry Bonds, like some teams do, in the first inning with nobody on."
Frank Robinson
"But I'm not going to walk Barry Bonds, like some teams do, in the first inning with nobody on."
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"You can be a little lonely because it's an individual sport."
Guy Forget
"You can be a little lonely because it's an individual sport."
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"Paul Lambert has assembled a great bunch of lads and training has been going very well. I am just desperate to get into the team and do my best for the club."
Kenny Dalglish
"Paul Lambert has assembled a great bunch of lads and training has been going very well. I am just desperate to get into the team and do my best for the club."
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"The teams who play against us don't give us any gifts, but we were too kind."
Robert Laurent
"The teams who play against us don't give us any gifts, but we were too kind."
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"There are some guys you have problems beating because of their style - I always had difficulties with guys like Michael Chang and Andre Agassi because their returns were so good and they played so well in defence."
Guy Forget
"There are some guys you have problems beating because of their style - I always had difficulties with guys like Michael Chang and Andre Agassi because their returns were so good and they played so well in defence."
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"Like I said, I'm just trying to continue to improve and get better."
Karrie Webb
"Like I said, I'm just trying to continue to improve and get better."
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"The key step for an infielder is the first one, to the left or right, but before the ball is hit."
Earl Weaver
"The key step for an infielder is the first one, to the left or right, but before the ball is hit."
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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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"My feet are like gnarled old tree branches."
Dennis Rodman
"My feet are like gnarled old tree branches."
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"Play every game as if it is your last one."
Guy Lafleur
"Play every game as if it is your last one."
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"You have to remember that I played longer than anybody else on the main tour; I played until I was 40, and then played another six years or so on the seniors tour."
Jimmy Connors
"You have to remember that I played longer than anybody else on the main tour; I played until I was 40, and then played another six years or so on the seniors tour."
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"Once Liverpool had asked me to sign again, there was no hesitation."
Jamie Redknapp
"Once Liverpool had asked me to sign again, there was no hesitation."
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"To be a consistent winner means preparing not just one day, one month or even one year - but for a lifetime."
Bill Rodgers
"To be a consistent winner means preparing not just one day, one month or even one year - but for a lifetime."
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"There is so much hypocrisy in sports."
Dennis Rodman
"There is so much hypocrisy in sports."
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"I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures."
Earl Warren
"I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures."
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"The memories of the Munich games for me are of triumph and tragedy."
Mark Spitz
"The memories of the Munich games for me are of triumph and tragedy."
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"If you're a sports fan you realize that when you meet somebody, like a girlfriend, they kind of have to root for your team. They don't have a choice."
Jimmy Fallon
"If you're a sports fan you realize that when you meet somebody, like a girlfriend, they kind of have to root for your team. They don't have a choice."
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"The disappointment of losing is huge."
Jack Youngblood
"The disappointment of losing is huge."
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"My aggression out there is my weapon. I think it's more letting them know that I'm not going to let them get away with something, and I'm not just going to kind of poke it back and be content to stay in rallies."
Andy Roddick
"My aggression out there is my weapon. I think it's more letting them know that I'm not going to let them get away with something, and I'm not just going to kind of poke it back and be content to stay in rallies."
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"Absolutely the worst thing about this job is the travel and being away from family. I have a wife and three wonderful children, the kids are all active in sports and it's very difficult to up and leave and miss them growing up."
Roy Clark
"Absolutely the worst thing about this job is the travel and being away from family. I have a wife and three wonderful children, the kids are all active in sports and it's very difficult to up and leave and miss them growing up."
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"I'm a Hollywood writer, so I put on my sports jacket and take off my brain."
Ben Hecht
"I'm a Hollywood writer, so I put on my sports jacket and take off my brain."
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"What position didn't I play last season?"
Aaron Hill
"What position didn't I play last season?"
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"I retired because I had a knee injury, my cartilage was wearing out, it was painful and I couldn't put in the four hours of practice each day that I needed to."
Guy Forget
"I retired because I had a knee injury, my cartilage was wearing out, it was painful and I couldn't put in the four hours of practice each day that I needed to."
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"But in 2000, the injuries really started to kick in and my elbow gave a lot of problems. At the end of the year I had to take 20 months off before I could come back into the game."
Richard Krajicek
"But in 2000, the injuries really started to kick in and my elbow gave a lot of problems. At the end of the year I had to take 20 months off before I could come back into the game."
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"Well, the memories were obviously - every match is important, every point counts, especially the last sort of 18, 20 years when the matches have been so tight."
Bernhard Langer
"Well, the memories were obviously - every match is important, every point counts, especially the last sort of 18, 20 years when the matches have been so tight."
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"I have a feeling we are going to be world champions, I can't really explain why. Brazil are probably the best team in the world in terms of individual players. But the team with the most gifted players do not always win."
Oliver Kahn
"I have a feeling we are going to be world champions, I can't really explain why. Brazil are probably the best team in the world in terms of individual players. But the team with the most gifted players do not always win."
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