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“The Women's Sports Foundation holds a unique position in developing opportunities for girls and women of all abilities to be active whether recreationally or competitively, and I'm excited to help lead the organization to impact even more lives. It is an honor to continue to build the legacy created by Billie Jean King and all of our leaders.”

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Author:Angela Ruggiero

“I never really was that passionate about playing sports. But when I was at this Mt. Herman school, I did have the ability to throw the frisbee. So when this sport evolved, it was fun because I was good at it.”

School Fun Sports Ability Passionate Playing Sports Frisbee

Author:Joel Silver

“I was always very independent and looked out for myself. I think that ability really helped me in later years both in sports and in theatre.”

Thinking Years Sports Ability Independent Theatre

Author:Jack Wagner

“If you have the athletic ability, why waste it in one sport?”

Ifs Sports Ability Waste Athletic Athletic Ability

Author:Isaiah Mustafa

“When you're not practicing, someone somewhere is. And when the two of you meet, assuming roughly equal ability, the other person will win.”

Inspirational Persons Two Winning Sports Ability Practice Player Hard Work Victory Politician Equal Losing Competition Assuming Competitors Hard Work Pays Off Practice Makes Perfect

Author:Bill Bradley

“When I played, I had a natural ability to jump and run, and I just wanted to get bigger and heavier.”

Running Wanted Sports Natural Ability Bigger Natural Ability

Author:Brady Anderson

“A refined ability to learn from failure and to grow through losses is necessary to achieve excellence in any human endeavor.”

Humans Grows Sports Loss Ability Achieve Excellence Motivational Sports Endeavor Refined Learning From Failure

Author:Terry Orlick

“Putting gloves on the fighters was a symbolic change that suggested that we were now making it a civilized sport, and it was no longer this crazy gladiatorial throwback to ancient Rome. It's even in our language: If you want to get serious and violent, what do you do? You "take the gloves off." Bare-fisted is supposedly a much more dangerous way to hit someone. But we've got it completely backward. The glove is a weapon. It massively accentuates the ability of the fist to do harm.”

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Author:Jonathan Gottschall

“Begin your bodybuilding lifestyle with an open mind, an open heart, a lot of patience and understanding. With the right discipline and right approach, it could be the sport that teaches you the most about yourself. It’s not a team sport. There is nobody else to count on, and you rely heavily on your own will and your ability to gather up the courage to take it on and excel. It’s up to you. Is it in you?”

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Book:Vegan Bodybuilding and Fitness

Source: Vegan Bodybuilding and Fitness

“To be a good sports journalist takes many things, but the main thing it takes is the ability to listen and follow your nose - see something, sense something and follow it.”

Sports Ability Journalist Noses Good Sports

Author:Steve Bunce

“The American College of Sports Medicine found that the productivity of people after exercise was an average of 65 percent higher than those who did not exercise. If I have something that's really bothering me, so much that it almost hurts my head to try to sort it out, I always find the solution in a puddle of sweat! Intense exercise is like taking a magic pill that gives you the ability to solve problems like a superhero.”

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Author:Chalene Johnson

“when I was younger I used to wrestle, and I feel that it contributed to my athletic ability because as a wrestler you have to be an all-encompassed athlete. You need stamina, strength, endurance and mental capacity. You also have to learn how to adapt in any situation. In the book, that's how all the sports helped me in my strategies for football and life.”

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Author:Dhani Jones

“I think some guys have the ability to learn from themselves and get better. Those are the guys that last a long time and continue to improve in this league and in sports in general.”

Thinking Long Lasts Guy Sports Ability Long Time League Get Better Sports In General

Author:Tony Romo

“Life is like any other contact sport. You may encounter hardships of one sort or another. Wise people find happiness not in the absence of such hardships, but in their ability to understand them when they occur.”

People May Life Is Sports Ability Wise Absence Contact Encounters Hardship Life Is Like Finding Happiness Wise People Contact Sports

Author:Sydney Banks

“Yeah, I am a little bit, and I think it is a natural progression of the sport, of going upwards in technical ability and everything like that.”

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Author:Brian Boitano

“I was not one of the popular kids, I was not great at sports, girls didn't pay attention to me.I was just pretty much an average kid, no stand-out abilities, nothing note-worthy.”

Kids Girl Sports Ability Pay Attention Notes Average Worthy Pay Attention Standing Out

Author:Jeff Dunham

“Like many young women, I grew up believing that (1) physical ability wasn't very important, and (2) I didn't have any.”

Believe Important Young Sports Ability Grew Grew Up Young Women Physical Ability

Book:Women and Sports: 2

Source: Women and Sports: 2

“On Chris Evert: Before I even met her, she stood for everything I admired in this country: poise, ability, sportsmanship, money, style.”

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Book:MARTINA

Source: MARTINA

“Being a sport star and a chef both require passion, commitment, work and natural ability.”

Passion Stars Sports Natural Ability Commitment Chef Natural Ability Sports Stars

Author:Paul Rankin

“The fuel for the sports fan is the ability to have private theories.”

Sports Ability Fans Theory Fuel Sports Fan

Author:Jack Nicholson

“I learned to never quit, and academics always come first. I had to make sure to get my degree, because I learned that athletic ability and sports don't last forever.”

Firsts Lasts Sports Ability Forever Degrees Quitting Never Quit Athletic Athletic Ability

Author:Arthur Jones

“There is no cheap way to achieve the ability to turn pro in tennis; it unfortunately is more expensive than team sports.”

Way Turns Sports Ability Team Achieve Tennis Expensive Sports Team

Author:Martina Navratilova

“I won't accept anything less than the best a player's capable of doing... and he has the right to expect the best that I can do for him and the team!”

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Author:Lou Holtz

“Definitely if you're an athlete, you're gonna be having all the baseball fame you can have. That's the great thing about baseball and sports. You can measure ability.”

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Author:John Leguizamo

“Basketball has always been a sport I loved and grew up playing. For me, it was one of those things that... I guess baseball was just in my genes a little bit. I have a lot of cousins that played baseball. Basketball is not an easy sport - you definitely got to be gifted to play that game. I felt like I was pretty good at it, but my ability was better in baseball.”

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Author:Dellin Betances