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“Sometimes, I wish we were all amateurs again. I'd play for nothing. Ab-so-lute-ly free. But that's not the system.”

“We were talking about how old quarterbacks can't throw before 10 am... Practice starts too early for us. Wake me up in the middle of the night and I can throw. I can throw anytime.”

I Can Night Sports Talking Practice Middle Quarterback Middle Of The Night

Author:Dan Marino

“We've been blessed with four beautiful children. Michael, he doesn't have much of a problem anymore. He is high functional, probably because of early intervention.”

Children Problem Beautiful Sports Four Blessed Intervention

Author:Dan Marino

“But I do have time to pencil in golf, and we've got four excellent courses.”

Courses Sports Four Golf Excellent Pencils

Author:Darrell Royal

“I move around and play different golf courses. I just enjoy it.”

Different Play Moving Courses Sports Enjoy Golf Golf Course

Author:Darrell Royal

“I try not to play two days in succession. I usually try to space it so I have a day in between.”

Trying Two Play Sports Space Succession Two Days

Author:Darrell Royal

“I was in a profession that received a lot of media.”

Sports Media Profession

Author:Darrell Royal

“I was still enjoying coaching, but there was a repetitious manner about it.”

Stills Sports Enjoy Coaching

Author:Darrell Royal

“I'm not bored; I'm not a guy who has nothing to do.”

Guy Sports Bored

Author:Darrell Royal

“The only thing that would change would be the year, the names. It just got to be a repetitious life.”

Years Would Be Names Sports

Author:Darrell Royal

“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.”

World Years Firsts Sports Cities Series Excited Borders Canada Yankees Provinces Toronto Great Cities World Series

Author:Dave Winfield

“You know, heroes are ordinary people that have achieved extraordinary things in life.”

People Knows Sports Hero Ordinary Extraordinary Things In Life Ordinary People Extraordinary Things Ordinary Things

Author:Dave Winfield

“Joining Real Madrid is a dream come true.”

Real Dream Sports Dreams Come True Joining Madrid Real Madrid

Author:David Beckham

“Our two biggest rivals had adjusted their whole season to this one aim of beating us. Of course, it is a big compliment that they were so motivated to stop us but it was very tough to face two matches like that so close together. Suddenly three trophies are down to one.”

Two Whole Bigs Together Faces Three Courses Sports Tough Seasons Aim Compliment Motivated Rivals Trophies

Author:Dennis Bergkamp

“We're still a great team. In your mind you can understand that but, emotionally, we needed to express the same belief. We came out full of fire and scored two early goals, two really beautiful goals, and that changed everything.”

Mind Stills Two Beautiful Belief Sports Goal Fire Team Changed Needed Really Beautiful Great Team

Author:Dennis Bergkamp

“When you beat a team so often - especially like this season when Chelsea had already lost three times to us - you know people expect you to do it again. But you also know they're going to be even more motivated to finally win.”

People Knows Three Winning Lost Sports Team Beats Seasons Motivated Three Times Chelsea

Author:Dennis Bergkamp

“I can't recall too much about pitching, but I do remember that I was anxious to get it over with. I just wanted to get that first game over with and go from there.”

Firsts I Can Wanted Remember Games Sports Too Much Anxious Recalls Pitching Game Over

Author:Dennis Eckersley

“They developed a platform for me to put up another 12 years, and that was my ticket to Cooperstown. Those were the best years of my life. It was like magic.”

Years Sports Magic Platforms Tickets Best Year

Author:Dennis Eckersley

“When I first came up, the bullpen was pretty much where they put the guys who couldn't start.”

Firsts Guy Sports

Author:Dennis Eckersley

“I'm going to try to enjoy the All-Star break, hope my players reflect on what happened the first half of the season, come back with a different attitude, try to find our solution on how to win it.”

Trying Firsts Different Winning Stars Sports Enjoy Half Attitude Break Player Happened Solutions Seasons All Stars Different Attitude

Author:Don Baylor

“It's what you've been a part of for so long. I don't think I can watch a game without an interest in who wins.”

Thinking Long I Can Games Winning Sports Interest Watches

Author:Don Baylor

“And I coached against Mike when he was an assistant with the Bears and they won that football game.”

Games Sports Football Bears Mike Assistants Football Game

Author:Don Shula

“And then to end up with a total of 347 wins, averaging 10 regular season wins for 33 years and the best winning percentage, and I'm very proud of this, of any professional team from 1970 to 1996.”

Years Ends Winning Sports Team Proud Seasons Percentages

Author:Don Shula

“He wants to be his own man and be recognized for what he's done. He's not asking for anything because of his name. That was a tough situation to go into at Alabama, but he probably wouldn't have been given the job if the situation would have been different.”

Ifs Men Want Has Beens Different Done Jobs Names Given Sports Situation Tough Asking Alabama Tough Situations

Author:Don Shula

“I coached against Dave the last couple of years, and I was very proud to be the first time a father ever coached against his son. He beat me for 30 minutes the first time and 59 and a half minutes the second time.”

Years Firsts Lasts Father Sports Half Minutes Son Proud Couple Beats First Time Dave

Author:Don Shula

“What I learned from that loss, and also another loss that I'm going to talk about later, was that when you're there, it's not good enough to be there, when you're there, you better walk away with that ring.”

Enough Sports Loss Walks Rings Good Enough Not Good Enough

Author:Don Shula

“I wanted to learn how to skate backwards and they wouldn't help me and they went off and left me on my own.”

Helping Wanted Left Sports My Own Help Me Backwards Skates

Author:Dorothy Hamill

“Everyone has a budget, I don't care who you are. But they said if we are in a pennant race in the middle of the summer they are going to get some help with added payroll.”

Ifs Said Helping Care Sports Race Middle Summer Who You Are Don't Care I Don't Care Budgets They Said Payroll

Author:Dusty Baker

“I think we match up with anybody because our pitching. In a short series you run your big three out there or four out there. That generally is what wins a series - pitching and defense. If we can catch the ball and not give away any runs like we do sometimes.”

Ifs Thinking Giving Sometimes Bigs Running Three Winning Sports Four Balls Series Defense Pitching

Author:Dusty Baker

“So I let them be responsible for there particular areas. Then by the time it gets to me that means that there is a problem. I have my eyes open and I need to know something about every department but you don't want to micro manage any particular department.”

Knows Want Needs Mean Problem Eye Sports Particular Areas Responsible Manage Department Being Responsible

Author:Dusty Baker

“I just have a lot of respect for Terry and his family. He played without a mask, and his life was tragically ended. And it just means a lot to me to be up there with him and the other greats that have played that long.”

Mean Long Sports Mask

Author:Ed Belfour

“I think everybody has to be better, right from me out. Everybody has to step up their games for us to be successful here. I've been lucky to be on some good teams over the years and that's what it takes, everybody contributing night after night.”

Thinking Years Night Games Sports Steps Successful Team Lucky Being Successful Contributing Step Up Good Team

Author:Ed Belfour

“I could not have done anymore, I had pushed myself to a limit that I had never touched before and that's definitely going to change you - than going out and doing what you do in practice every day.”

Done Sports Practice Limits Touched Going Out

Author:Elvis Stojko

“I don't want to prove to anyone or prove to myself. I'd rather just enjoy and show myself that I am capable of doing it and actually going through the process.”

Want Shows Sports Process Enjoy Prove Capable

Author:Elvis Stojko

“I trained and trained and went up against Kurt, then being a world champion in '94, and after that I did Tommy's tour and then my tour and all this stuff and just trying to deal with it all. And now, I've just kind of backed off a little.”

World Trying Kind Littles Stuff Sports Deals Champion World Champions

Author:Elvis Stojko

“Just a whole different style, just a whole different way of going about an audience and a way about skating. And they are so brilliant in their own way, which is great, and that's what Brian was saying; is the styles are different, and it's the whole mentality.”

Way Different Whole Sports Audience Style Brilliant Different Ways Mentality Skating Brian Different Styles Different Mentality

Author:Elvis Stojko

“Just before I got down here I had a chance to see Agassi play another game and he smoked another player, which was nice to see. Someone who a lot of people thought couldn't come back and now he's winning.”

People Play Games Winning Sports Chance Nice Player

Author:Elvis Stojko

“Technically, the last number of years, partially from the injury, it's been difficult to push forward but I felt even before the injury that I still could do more and was sort of at a stalemate.”

Years Stills Lasts Felt Sports Difficult Numbers Injury Stalemate

Author:Elvis Stojko

“When I came to America Al Unser, Jr. was very difficult. And Bobby Unser.”

America Sports Difficult Als

Author:Emerson Fittipaldi

“You had to decompress the pressure before the race. I taught my heart to relax. I lay down before the race. It gave me more energy just before the race.”

Heart Energy Sports Race Taught My Heart Pressure Lays Relax

Author:Emerson Fittipaldi

“She told me I wasn't playing for the coach, I was playing for myself.”

Sports Coaches

Author:Eric Dickerson

“When they have their hands on their knees, that's when they're tired.”

Hands Sports Tired Knees

Author:Eric Dickerson

“It is wonderful... Steve and Dan took professional football to a whole different level with the way they played the game. The fact that Steve is going in with Dan is very special.”

Way Different Whole Facts Games Sports Levels Wonderful Special Football Different Levels

Author:Frank Gifford

“Rosie is a Hall of Fame player, and I wouldn't be in the Hall of Fame if it weren't for him.”

Ifs Sports Player Fame Halls Hall Of Fame Rosie

Author:Frank Gifford

“Even with the quality of players that we have, they're an extremely hard side to break down and once they get on top of you, you find it difficult to stem the flow of attacks.”

Hard Sports Difficult Sides Quality Break Player Flow Down And Stem Breaking Down

Author:Frank Lampard

“The advantage does lie with us because we're at home and if we can't motivate ourselves for this match then we can't motivate ourselves for any match. I think the crowd will be up for it as well.”

Ifs Thinking Wells Doe Home Lying Sports Advantage Crowds

Author:Frank Lampard

“No. 1, these guys out here on this field. They keep my energy level up. They try hard, they don't complain about things - and I'd just like to be with them when things are good, and hopefully we can win a pennant together.”

Trying Hard Together Guy Winning Energy Sports Levels Fields Complaining Hopefully Energy Levels

Author:Frank Robinson

“The way we're going... if I called up another pitcher, he'd just hang up the phone on me.”

Ifs Way Sports Phones Pitcher Hang Ups

Author:Frank Robinson

“I was actually going to law school in 1972.”

School Law Sports Law School

Author:Frank Shorter

“Right now, after having had back surgery, I am finally back to running again.”

Running Sports Right Now Surgery

Author:Frank Shorter

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