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“The fame aspect of winning the Masters... besides being married and becoming a father, that's a strong third there.”

Father Winning Strong Sports Masters Becoming Fame Married Aspect Thirds Being Married Becoming A Father

Author:Mike Weir

“My father thought sport was something fun - he didn't know it was a way to make money. Then I won a Mercedes at the world championships and I gave it to him. From the moment it arrived my father said: 'Good, you can support not just yourself but me too'.”

Knows World Way Said Moments Father Fun Sports Support Making Money Championship

Author:Haile Gebrselassie

“I don't want any sports anymore, except fighting which is the only sport I really watch - whether it's boxing or UFC. I don't know why. I think maybe it's an aspiration I didn't get the chance to explore more, but I don't think my father expected anything from me, I think it's more what I put on myself.”

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Author:Channing Tatum

“My father - until the day that my dad died - didn't know how many points you scored in a touchdown. He could say there were nine innings in baseball, but no intricacies of the sport.”

Knows Father Sports Know How Dad Baseball Died My Dad Nine Intricacy Touchdowns Dad Died My Dad Died

Author:Damon Lindelof

“But when I saw the cursive grace of Guido Rahr's fly line writing prayers I couldn't read to the river gods of Outer Mongolia, I knew my name was written there too. Fly fishing was going to be my version of my father's sport, my nod to my Scottish ancestors and to my self, and to the fish crazed part of America I had claimed as my own.”

Writing Self America Father Names Sports Lines My Own Prayer Saws Grace Written Sea Rivers Fishes Versions Boat Lakes Fishing Ancestor Scottish Fly Fishing Mongolia Cursive Guidos

Author:Jessica Maxwell

“I kept thinking my father would come back, But he never did.”

Thinking Father Sports

Author:Alex Rodriguez

“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

“My father watched football with the sound off because he lived in fear of hearing the voice of Howard Cosell.”

Father Sports Sound Voice Football Hearing

Book:Naked Beneath My Clothes: Tales of a Revealing Nature

Source: Naked Beneath My Clothes: Tales of a Revealing Nature

“People have a hard time believing that, but not having a father around, being shy, I just never participated in sports much.”

People Believe Hard Father Sports Hard Times Shy Being Shy

Author:Chuck Norris

“Boxing is your father's sport.”

Father Sports Boxing

Author:Dana White

“If not for sports, I do not think my father would have ever talked to me.”

Ifs Thinking Father Sports

Author:Pat Conroy

“As the proud father of two teens and past Chairman to the Presidents Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, I am committed to educating parents and especially young people on ways to live a long, healthy and active life.”

People Way Long Two Past Young Father Sports Parent President Proud Healthy Committed Active Fitness Teens Council Chairman Way To Live Physical Fitness Active Life Proud Father

Author:Lee Haney

“My father was a racing driver, his name is Don Halliday. I grew up with it all around me. I have always been into fast, dangerous sports, even as a child. As soon as I got in a car I knew it was for me and that I would enjoy racing and competing. My mother was also involved in Solo One. She always said I was like my father and would want to compete one day.”

Want Children Said Mother Father Names Sports Enjoy Dangerous Car Grew Involved One Day Grew Up Drivers Racing Solo Competing Racing Driver Dangerous Sports

Author:Liz Halliday

“When you have a father and a mother who work all their lives so you can have an education and build your body - it's a blessing.”

Body Motivational Mother Father Sports Blessing Your Body Motivational Sports

Author:Lou Gehrig

“I got married, going to become father soon, being No. 1 in the sport that I love with all my heart. I mean, it's pretty awesome.”

Heart Mean Father Sports My Heart Married

Author:Novak Djokovic

“Baseball, more than any other sport, has a magical way of connecting fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, grandparents and grandchildren and ancestors back down the line. - From The Brooklyn Nine”

Mother Father Sports Son Daughter Baseball Ancestor Grandparent Grandchildren Father And Son

Author:Alan Gratz

“My father-in-law and I always had great interest in Indian sport. At the Athens Olympics, watching the wrestling event, we started discussing the state of Indian sport - inadequate representation, lack of satisfactory results etc. We thought we should do something about it.”

Should States Law Father Sports Interest Results Events Indian Etc Wrestling Olympics Representation Inadequate In-laws Discussing Athens Father In Law

Author:Amit Bhatia

“collections are amusing only in the making; afterwards they are like sporting prints without the sport. The sons of collectors inherit only the corpse of their fathers' satisfied passion.”

Passion Father Sports Son Satisfied Collections Print Corpses Collecting Amusing Collectors

Book:Catherine-Paris

Source: Catherine-Paris

“The older I get, the more and more I notice I'm like my father. It's funny, because when I was younger I tried to just back away from my father as much as I could, and some of the philosophies, some of the life lessons, some of the beliefs that he had within me are always constantly ongoing, and they're always prevalent in my life, whether it's trying to be every single thing that I can be in my sport or life or relationship or business, whatever avenue I'm pursuing.”

Trying I Can Philosophy Father Belief Sports Lessons Life Lesson Ongoing Avenues

Author:Apolo Ohno