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The first thing is to love your sport. Never do it to please someone else. It has to be yours.
Peggy Fleming
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Football incorporates the two worst elements of American society: violence punctuated by committee meetings.
Bern Williams
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Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.
Ambrose Bierce
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Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field?
Jim Bouton
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I'm convinced that every boy, in his heart, would rather steal second base than an automobile.
Tom Clark
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He hits it long. His shoulders are impressively quick through the ball. That's where he's getting his power from. He's young and has great elasticity.
Nick Faldo
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'Twas Game Six of the Series when out of the sky, Flew Sergio's parachute, a Met banner held high. His goal was to spur our home team to success, Burst Beantown's balloon claiming Sox were the best.
Phyllis Orlikoff Flug
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Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second.
William James
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Is it normal to wake up in the morning in a sweat because you can't wait to beat another human's guts out?
Joe Kapp
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Perhaps the single most important element in mastering the techniques and tactics of racing is experience. But once you have the fundamentals, acquiring the experience is a matter of time.
Greg Lemond
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I don't know why people question the academic training of an athlete. Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.
Al McGuire
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He's going to be around a long, long time, if his body holds up. That's always a concern with a lot of players because of how much they play. A lot of guys can't handle it. But it looks like he can.
Jack Nicklaus
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I see no reason why Tiger Woods won't become a great player. Man, can he smoke some shots. A little refinement on Tiger's short game and there'll be nothing. He's already pretty darn imposing.
Corey Pavin
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The first time I ever saw Arnold Palmer, I said, "There's a star." The first time I saw Jack Nicklaus, I said, "Superstar." I feel the same way about Tiger Woods.
Gary Player
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Overall the fundamentals seem to be there and he's obviously got a very mature head on his shoulders. He's got a kind of presence.
Nick Price
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It's a round ball and a round bat, and you got to hit it square.
Pete Rose
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Golf appeals to the idiot in us and the child. Just how childlike golf players become is proven by their frequent inability to count past five.
John Updike
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When Tiger was 6 months old, he would sit in our garage, watching me hit balls into a net. He had been assimilating his golf swing. When he got out of the high chair, he had a golf swing.
Earl Woods
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One player was lost because he broke his nose. How do you go about getting a nose in condition for football?
(when asked if the abnormal number of Longhorn injuries this season resulted from poor physical conditioning)
Darrell Royal
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