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"To be on the same team with Orr was great because when I turned pro, nobody had more charisma."
Marcel Dionne
"To be on the same team with Orr was great because when I turned pro, nobody had more charisma."
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"I notice that teams are now more interested in Japanese players than when I first went to Europe."
Hidetoshi Nakata
"I notice that teams are now more interested in Japanese players than when I first went to Europe."
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"Cobb lived off the field as though he wished to live forever. He lived on the field as though it was his last day."
Branch Rickey
"Cobb lived off the field as though he wished to live forever. He lived on the field as though it was his last day."
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"True sportsmanship is excellence in motion!"
Lorii Myers
"True sportsmanship is excellence in motion!"
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"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."
Greg Louganis
"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."
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"I've lived for 10 years in Switzerland, so I speak German."
Martina Hingis
"I've lived for 10 years in Switzerland, so I speak German."
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"When I did sports cartoons, I used to uh, go to fights."
Rube Goldberg
"When I did sports cartoons, I used to uh, go to fights."
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"The best players will play. That's the way it will always be."
Larry Bird
"The best players will play. That's the way it will always be."
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"I have a need to play intensely every day, to fight every match hard."
Zinedine Zidane
"I have a need to play intensely every day, to fight every match hard."
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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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"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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"To be involved in a senior tournament back in the States is very satisfying."
John McEnroe
"To be involved in a senior tournament back in the States is very satisfying."
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"Complaining and arguing will not help. We are fully concentrating on the game against the Czechs."
Oliver Kahn
"Complaining and arguing will not help. We are fully concentrating on the game against the Czechs."
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"The most cowardly thing in the world is blaming mistakes upon the umpires. Too many managers strut around on the field trying to manage the umpires instead of their teams."
Bill Klem
"The most cowardly thing in the world is blaming mistakes upon the umpires. Too many managers strut around on the field trying to manage the umpires instead of their teams."
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"I don't get nervous in any situation. There's no such thing as nerves when you're playing games."
Shaquille O'Neal
"I don't get nervous in any situation. There's no such thing as nerves when you're playing games."
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"Our centers spread the floor, shoot the three and block shots. We can play pick and pop."
Steve Nash
"Our centers spread the floor, shoot the three and block shots. We can play pick and pop."
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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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"I keep getting these extraordinary letteres, really weird ones from American sports stars - I've always thought you were one pretty lady and now that you're single I want to meet you for a drink."
Elizabeth Hurley
"I keep getting these extraordinary letteres, really weird ones from American sports stars - I've always thought you were one pretty lady and now that you're single I want to meet you for a drink."
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"In 2002 the Yamaha was at more or less the same level as the Honda, better in some ways, worse in others. But in the winter of last year between 2002 and 2003, Honda made a big step forward and it seemed as if Yamaha couldn't quite match that improvement."
Valentino Rossi
"In 2002 the Yamaha was at more or less the same level as the Honda, better in some ways, worse in others. But in the winter of last year between 2002 and 2003, Honda made a big step forward and it seemed as if Yamaha couldn't quite match that improvement."
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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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"In fact, the bandits steal the drinks and assistance provided along the course. Worse, they cross the finish line and mess up the scoring of legitimate runners."
Joe Henderson
"In fact, the bandits steal the drinks and assistance provided along the course. Worse, they cross the finish line and mess up the scoring of legitimate runners."
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"The moguls are driven by their respective desires for profit - period."
Todd Gitlin
"The moguls are driven by their respective desires for profit - period."
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"I just keep it simple. Watch the ball and play it on merit."
Sachin Tendulkar
"I just keep it simple. Watch the ball and play it on merit."
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"Not everyone likes sports. Gandhi and Malcolm X come to mind."
Jay Mohr
"Not everyone likes sports. Gandhi and Malcolm X come to mind."
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"I am working as public relations director for the Tour de France and maintaining my farm."
Bernard Hinault
"I am working as public relations director for the Tour de France and maintaining my farm."
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"Certainly, the poverty, the discrimination, the episodic unemployment could not but strike an inquiring youngster: why did these exist, and what could we do about them."
Joseph E. Stiglitz
"Certainly, the poverty, the discrimination, the episodic unemployment could not but strike an inquiring youngster: why did these exist, and what could we do about them."
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"The first thing you do when you get out to center field is put up your finger and check the wind chill factor."
Mickey Rivers
"The first thing you do when you get out to center field is put up your finger and check the wind chill factor."
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"I've been playing Texas Hold 'em and other forms of poker since I was about 12."
Richard Roeper
"I've been playing Texas Hold 'em and other forms of poker since I was about 12."
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"Swinging first and swinging to kill is all that matters now."
Ernie Pyle
"Swinging first and swinging to kill is all that matters now."
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"The contracts are structured different than athletes in America, but for me, it was good to move on and go back to playing in the premiere league, which is the best league. It was disappointing, as far as the team goes, but for me, there wasn't much I could do."
Claudio Reyna
"The contracts are structured different than athletes in America, but for me, it was good to move on and go back to playing in the premiere league, which is the best league. It was disappointing, as far as the team goes, but for me, there wasn't much I could do."
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"When they get a 50-inch waist and a gorilla butt, it's ugly looking - and I think bodybuilding has become ugly looking."
Joe Gold
"When they get a 50-inch waist and a gorilla butt, it's ugly looking - and I think bodybuilding has become ugly looking."
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"A true champion is one that accepts defeat the same manner he accepts winning."
Abdulazeez Henry Musa
"A true champion is one that accepts defeat the same manner he accepts winning."
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"Pop flies, in a sense, are just a diversion for a second baseman. Grounders are his stock trade."
Jackie Robinson
"Pop flies, in a sense, are just a diversion for a second baseman. Grounders are his stock trade."
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"Everything in Formula 1 has been sterilised now, the whole thing is controlled too much."
Nigel Mansell
"Everything in Formula 1 has been sterilised now, the whole thing is controlled too much."
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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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"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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"I make appearance at local park and recreation agencies when the program starts, when they have the qualifying meets at the local levels. Then I try to go to the regional competitions, and of course I'm there in Hershey, Pa., in August for the North American final."
Rafer Johnson
"I make appearance at local park and recreation agencies when the program starts, when they have the qualifying meets at the local levels. Then I try to go to the regional competitions, and of course I'm there in Hershey, Pa., in August for the North American final."
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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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"Video games are engineered now, but the step I am trying to take, no one can engineer."
Bill Budge
"Video games are engineered now, but the step I am trying to take, no one can engineer."
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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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"Merlin really taught me how to concentrate, that you play each play as if it were the only play. And if you put all the plays together like that, then you'll come out on top."
Jack Youngblood
"Merlin really taught me how to concentrate, that you play each play as if it were the only play. And if you put all the plays together like that, then you'll come out on top."
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"We signed to play until the day we died, and we did."
Jimmy Greaves
"We signed to play until the day we died, and we did."
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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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"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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"I really believe this team has a lot of potential - whether it's this year or in years to come, I don't know."
Brett Favre
"I really believe this team has a lot of potential - whether it's this year or in years to come, I don't know."
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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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"Can they do both? That's a huge balance, I think, with kids- trying to find the right- it's everything, you know, it's social life, it's academics, it's sports."
Joan Cusack
"Can they do both? That's a huge balance, I think, with kids- trying to find the right- it's everything, you know, it's social life, it's academics, it's sports."
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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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"Well, when you've had Tom Cruise play you, anything else is a comedown."
Leigh Steinberg
"Well, when you've had Tom Cruise play you, anything else is a comedown."
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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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