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“I think you always have, you know, new players. Every year you see new faces, juniors coming into the seniors. I was one of them at the time long time ago now.”

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Author:Amelie Mauresmo

“Nobody hands you excellence on a silver platter. You earn it through planning, preparing, and persisting in the face of all obstacles.”

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Author:Terry Orlick

“In the beginning the Gods made man, and fashioned the sky and the sea, And the earth's fair face for man's dwelling-place, and this was the Gods' decree: "Lo, We have given to man five wits: he discerneth folly and sin; He is swift to deride all the world outside, and blind to the world within: So that man may make sport and amuse Us, in battling for phrases or pelf, Now that each may know what forebodeth woe to his neighbor, and not to himself.”

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Book:The Essential James Branch Cabell Collection

Source: The Essential James Branch Cabell Collection

“You know, he would go and look at different funny books because he wanted his character to be different and make different faces. I saw a funny book in his room and it looked like the same character he was playing. It was about a duck.”

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Author:Bubba Smith

“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.”

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Author:Dennis Bergkamp

“I accepted the face that as much as I want to lead others, and love to be around other people, in some essential way, I am something of a loner.”

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Author:Arthur Ashe

“Of all sports, football seems to be the most sanctioned homosocial opportunity for straight men to be with each other, pat butts, struggle, strive, and take showers together. All that talk of tight ends and penetration. The reason there are face masks on those helmets is so that can't kiss each other.”

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Book:Don't Get Me Started

Source: Don't Get Me Started

“My parents are highly evolved worriers. ... If worrying were an Olympic sport, my parents' faces would have graced the Wheaties box a long time ago.”

Ifs Long Faces Sports Parent Worry Long Time Boxes Long Time Ago

Author:Firoozeh Dumas

“I still get a lot of letters from kids and parents who face different challenges and disabilities. I share some of the lessons that I learned through sports and baseball, which makes me feel good. It's incredible to have an impact that way.”

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Author:Jim Abbott

“Climbing is actually a great sport for blind people and that carried me on to climbing bigger and bigger mountains, snowy mountains, ice faces, and developing different techniques to be able to do that.”

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Author:Erik Weihenmayer

“We consider ourselves the luckiest fans on the face of the Earth.”

Earth Faces Sports Fans

Author:Cal Ripken, Jr.

“But my point is that competitive eating is a real sport, and I considered taking it up. But when I thought about what this would mean sitting around for hours, stuffing my face with unhealthy food I realized it was basically the same thing as journalism.”

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Author:Dave Barry

“The image of a country is not just about economic and military strength. The soft face of a country also makes a difference. Sports are one such soft power which can capture the world's attention to India.”

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Author:Narendra Modi

“You don't face Nolan Ryan without your rest. He's the only guy I go against that makes me go to bed before midnight.”

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Author:Reggie Jackson