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“I can't imagine where I'd be without the opportunities provided to me in sports. Sports taught me that gender isn't an issue; in fact, when people talk about me being the first female governor, I'm a little absent from that discussion, because I've never thought of gender as an issue. In sports, you learn self-discipline, healthy competition, to be gracious in victory and defeat, and the importance of being part of a team and understanding what part you play on that team. You all work together to reach a goal, and I think all of those factors come into play in my role as governor.”

“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.”

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Author:Tony Romo

“If you begin to think business whether you own it or work for it like you would a well managed sports team you will learn a lot of very interesting lessons”

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Author:Strive Masiyiwa

“I've taken a lot of crap from a lot of people. Probably more than anybody in the history of this sport. I know Hank (Aaron) and Jackie (Robinson) took a good deal of crap, but I guarantee it wasn't for six years. I just keep thinking: How much am I supposed to take?”

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Author:John Rocker

“All the charm of the angler's life would be lost but for these hours of thought and memory. All along the brook, all day on lake or river, while he takes his sport, he thinks. All the long evenings in camp, or cottage, or inn, he tells stories of his own life, hears stories of his friend's lives, and if alone calls up the magic of memory.”

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Book:I Go A-fishing

Source: I Go A-fishing

“It is quite easy to debase the sport, change its values, dilute its ethics and destroy its traditional associations with quietness, relaxation and the opportunity to think. Angling is not a competitive sport. The fisherman'- s only real competition is with his quarry and his only real challenge is the challenge to himself. Nothing can add to this, but the blight of interhuman competition can certainly detract from it.”

“If you think it makes a difference if I have ten thousand sports cars, ten million girlfriends and lead a very flashy life ... I don't think you should work with any teacher because you don't know what it is all about yet.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“We need to look at our nannying, mollycoddled, politically correct culture in my view, which stops kids from going out and playing competitive sport. I also think we need to look at the shear fatness of the regulations which control people who want to help kids play sport.”

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Author:Boris Johnson

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

Thinking Father Sports

Author:Alex Rodriguez

“I truly believe my job starts the minute I leave the baseball field. Going out and catching ground balls and hitting, that's a job, and that's what I've wanted to do ever since I was a kid. But when you think about leaving that field, that's when the job and the demands really start. In New York, Seattle, every city. The community, the media, business stuff. You have to stay on a narrow path.”

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Author:Alex Rodriguez

“I don't think you ever want to be too settled, because once you become settled, you lose a lot of your drive. I mean, I am settled off the court; the business side of things, the papers, contracts and all of that, but there are a lot things that I need to work on, on the court, like my free-throw shooting, which has been terrible. I need to work on being more demanding in the post. My teammates are going to come to me and I just need to go out there and score in the post, which will open up things for our guards.”

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Author:Andrew Bogut

“I think Chris Paul is a great player. He is very unselfish and plays very hard, so he would be a guy if he plays. I think his hand is still questionable, though. I hear they are talking about resting him that weekend. I'm excited to play with all the guys. Marvin Williams is starting to play well, and Salim Stoudamire, I think he should be there.”

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Author:Andrew Bogut

“We have a high ceiling. We're still young. We're still learning coach's system and we're still learning how to play hard every night. I think that's been a bad habit of ours the last few years. It's a habit that's hard to shake, too. I think if we keep pushing, we'll be alright this season.”

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Author:Andrew Bogut

“My entire life has been spent thinking about this game. That's pretty narrow... I don't view myself as a person who's well-versed in very many subjects. I'm not proud of that.”

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Author:Bill Parcells

“I would just never out anybody. I think everyone has to find it in their own way and their own time.”

Thinking Way Sports

Author:Billie Jean King

“I feel, first of all, very privileged that these people think enough of me that they made me commissioner. And it's almost like, as Yogi Berra said, 'deja vu all over again.'”

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Author:Bobby Hull

“But there was no question in my mind that I was gonna still go for it. I was still going for the win. I wasn't skiing for second or third place today, and in the end I think that's probably what got me there.”

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Author:Bode Miller

“A lot of people think I'm under a lot of pressure with my family and friends spending all that money to follow me around”

People Thinking Sports My Family Pressure Spending Family And Friends Follow Me

Author:Bonnie Blair

“When we played against Dan Marino, the best defense was to keep him on the sideline. By keeping him on the sideline, you made him frustrated. You made him anxious. When he came on the field, he felt like he had to score every time. I think that is where Peyton Manning is.”

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Author:Boomer Esiason

“So along with that is spending a lot of time with the ball. For me it was, I loved to juggle the ball in my front yard, and I always challenged myself - how many juggles can I get today? I think for players to get better, it's just about spending the time.”

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Author:Brandi Chastain

“Kids don't know the language of figure skating. If you ask them to do a compulsory figure, they don't know how to, and that's so important for the edge quality. I think that's why the older skaters are still as popular as they are - because they have that quality that people are missing in this generation.”

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Author:Brian Boitano

“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

“We were younger. And it's basically like looking at football classics. You see things that you did, you see things that you could've done better and you think about all the good relationships that you had with the cast.”

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Author:Bubba Smith

“I always looked up there, because I remember a time when the only things on the walls in Fenway were the Jimmy Fund sign and the retired numbers. Never in a million years did you think you'd ever be up there with those guys.”

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Author:Carlton Fisk

“It's funny. Some people remember that a lot more than I do. I remember certain parts of it, and if everybody who mentioned that to me had been to the game who said they were at the game, there'd be 800,000 people at that game, I think.”

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Author:Carlton Fisk

“I think I have a passion for playing the game. I love to play, and I want to play at a high level. You have to do the right things in order to continue at that level.”

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Author:Dan Marino

“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.”

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Author:Don Baylor

“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.”

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Author:Dusty Baker

“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.”

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Author:Ed Belfour

“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.”

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Author:Frank Lampard

“There's obviously some validity to it. But I think it also points out that you obviously can do it on your own because people have been doing it long before they had the stuff.”

People Thinking Long Has Beens Stuff Sports Can Do Validity

Author:Frank Shorter

“It came so soon and so fast. It's just overwhelming. Every time I think about it, I just can't believe it.”

Thinking Believe Sports Overwhelming

Author:Gabriela Sabatini

“I think our strength is this strong relationship we have all together.”

Thinking Together Strong Sports Strong Relationship

Author:Guy Forget

“I think talent is dangerous to have if you take it for granted. If you use it well and put hard work with it together, it's hard to catch that guy. And I think that's what you're seeing right now.”

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Author:Ivan Lendl

“I definitely think that myself and Sam will help the Timberwolves.”

Thinking Helping Sports

Author:Latrell Sprewell

“I think it was one of the better meetings that I've had with those guys, because I was honestly able to say everything I wanted to say, and I pretty much aired out the dirty laundry. So from that point on, I thought all of that was behind us.”

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Author:Latrell Sprewell

“I think that was one thing I definitely brought to the table, my aggressiveness and my style of play, and I think that's one of the reasons why the fans here really appreciated the way that I went out and played, just because I think they kind of liked that.”

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Author:Latrell Sprewell

“I think was able to do a lot of things here.”

Thinking Able Sports

Author:Latrell Sprewell

“You know, I think when I reflect on it, I think there's certainly a sense of history. When you have ambitions to play this game, you want to be one of the best ever, and you want to play so well and be so effective that you want people to remember your name 100 years from now.”

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Author:Marcus Allen

“He's only 4 years old, so I don't think he realized, you know, that I played so many years. Of course, we watch tapes here from the Stanley Cup years, but I don't think he realized how many years I played.”

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Author:Mario Lemieux

“I think the game has opened up, and that's why I decided to come back and try to be a part of it.”

Thinking Trying Games Sports Decided

Author:Mario Lemieux

“The first few games that we played against some of the teams, the young guys, you know, want a stick sign or photo sign, and I think that they respect what I have achieved throughout my career.”

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Author:Mario Lemieux

“Well, I think just a desire to come back and be a part of the game again.”

Thinking Wells Desire Games Sports

Author:Mario Lemieux

“I tell you what, I was so shocked because I didn't think the ball had enough to get out. It's an absolutely incredible feeling. I can honestly say I did it.”

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Author:Mark McGwire

“I've been thinking about the record since I reached the fifty plateau. But you think about it and then you let it go because you can't waste many brain cells on hours thinking about it.”

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Author:Mark McGwire

“I just think overall a lot of it has to do with conditioning and players putting in the time and the effort in the off-season to keep themselves in condition for 12 months a year.”

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Author:Mark Messier

“I always give Lindsay so much credit for her tennis game, for her attitude, for her person, and because of how she deals with all the things. I don't think people give her enough credit for how well she's doing.”

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Author:Martina Hingis

“I think if I wasn't in very high level, I never will be in the team. Cause I was high, in very high level.”

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Author:Olga Korbut

“I don't think anybody ever really just retires where they don't do anything.”

Thinking Sports Retiring

Author:Ozzie Smith

“I think the most important thing I work on is just my mental approach to every day, my mental approach to the game. How to come in each and every day focused, doing what I want to do, I think that's just the biggest issue.”

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Author:Paul Pierce

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