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“We are in the entertaining business, they want to get autographs, they want to take something home, whether it's a signed hat or, you know, program or whatever it might be.”

Knows Want Home Might Sports Program Hats Entertaining Autographs

Author:Bernhard Langer

“This is what you work for, putting all the other crap that you hear aside. Just being able to participate in a World Series is pretty much everything. But you do want to win!”

World Want Able Winning Sports Series Just Being Crap World Series

Author:Bobby Bonilla

“I knew it was gonna go out. It was just a question of it being fair or foul. The wind must have carried it 15 feet toward the foul pole. I just stood there and watched. I didn't want to miss seeing it go out.”

Want Sports Seeing Feet Missing Wind Fairs Foul

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.”

Thinking Want Play Order Passion Games Sports Levels Right Thing High Level

Author:Dan Marino

“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.”

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Author:Don Shula

“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.”

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Author:Dusty Baker

“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.”

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Author:Elvis Stojko

“I don't care if we're out of it or not, if I've got a chance to pitch, I want to.”

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Author:Greg Maddux

“I was under the impression I had signed a three-year contract. I want to be back. I expect to be back. I will be back.”

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Author:Greg Maddux

“There have been openings, but I have not interviewed for any jobs, nor do I want to right now.”

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Author:John Elway

“If we're a hit, let 'em say anything they want.”

Ifs Want Sports Ems Say Anything

Author:Knute Rockne

“I'm 33 years old now. I really want that ring. I got a taste of it here.”

Want Years Sports Taste Rings

Author:Latrell Sprewell

“Boys have a tendency to jump around a lot more than girls. Boys have that desire to want to dunk way more than girls do. It just never seemed like something we could truly fathom and do.”

Way Want Desire Girl Sports Boys Tendencies Like Something Fathom Boy Girl

Author:Lisa Leslie

“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.”

People Thinking Knows Want Years Wells Play Remember Games Names Sports Ambition Best Ever

Author:Marcus Allen

“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

“It's a tough game, and you never want to take that aspect out of the game.”

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Author:Mark Messier

“We all want to thank Emmitt for allowing us to enjoy every yard.”

Want Sports Enjoy Allowing Yards

Author:Michael Irvin

“No matter how noble and special people want to make the playoffs out to be... it's a crapshoot.”

People Want Matter Sports Special Noble Playoffs Special People

Author:Orel Hershiser

“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.”

Thinking Want Important Games Sports Issues Approach Important Things Focused

Author:Paul Pierce

“Then came the choreography... the impact of music and choreography tends to really emphasize an overall feeling of what you really want out of the program.”

Want Feelings Sports Program Impact Choreography

Author:Peggy Fleming

“I don't think that - you know, I'm sure that there's guys that are doing it, because I'm sure in every sport there's players who want to get the edge. But I think that it's been blown overly - way more than guys are using it in our game.”

Thinking Knows Way Want Guy Games Sports Player Edges

Author:Rafael Palmeiro

“One of the things I noticed more in this draft than in any recent drafts was the importance of the character issue. Players who had baggage, like Justice, fell much farther than his talent dictated. But a lot of coaches didn't want to take the chance.”

Want Character Sports Justice Chance Issues Player Talent Importance Coaches Baggage

Author:Ron Jaworski

“When it comes to losing with United, I feel solely responsible for it. I can't help it. My brain will work like mad after a defeat. I want to know where I have made the wrong decisions, how I could have changed things for this fantastic club.”

Knows Want Feels Made I Can Helping Sports Decision United Brain Changed Losing Responsible Mad Defeat Clubs Fantastic Wrong Decision

Author:Ruud van Nistelrooy

“Our coaches want to be a part of South Carolina football when they win it for the first time. When they win the division, when they win the SEC, win a major bowl game, etc. The opportunities to do it all for the first time here make it extra special.”

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Author:Steve Spurrier

“Since the season ended, I've let things settle down, and I have to talk to the coaching staff and management. I really don't want to turn this into a big drama. So I plan on making a definite decision relatively quickly.”

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Author:Steve Yzerman

“There is something about Game 7 that there's a memory there for you for sure. You want to be a coach or a manager or a player or a goaltender that gets it done, because to me, that's all part of sports. That's what you dream about when you're a little kid - scoring the winning goal.”

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Author:Mike Babcock

“People see it [boxing] as a physical contact sport, but it's not. It's really a spiritual one of will against will. Who wants it the most? How much is he willing to take - and dish out - to get it? It's like fighting is 10 percent physical and 90 percent emotional.”

People Want Spiritual Fighting Sports Emotional Willing Percent Contact Boxing Dishes Contact Sports

Author:Mike Tyson

“I definitely want to direct. This is just another learning experience for me, to get a chance to hear the questions and concerns the directors have, some of their fears. It's a team sport. You have to give everybody what they need so they are able to perform at their best.”

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Author:Michael B. Jordan

“If you want to make a great sports movie, don't put too much sports in it. It's the backdrop. It's the environment.”

Ifs Want Sports Environment Too Much Great Sports Backdrop Sports Movie

Author:Kevin Costner

“I think if you want to make a good sports movie, you've got to cut down on the sports. You have to make it about people. You can't try to impress people with your knowledge and the X and O's and all the details and the technicalities.”

People Ifs Thinking Want Trying Sports Cutting Details Impress Technicalities Good Sports Sports Movie

Author:Kevin Costner

“Hiking is great because it's a lifelong sport and you're outdoors, active, so whether you call that a sport or a hobby or a recreation, I think the wording - it's a great way to get exercise, and it can be as challenging as you want to make it.”

Thinking Way Want Sports Challenges Exercise Active Hiking Hobbies Lifelong Recreation Wording

Author:Jennifer Pharr Davis

“There are people who love on weekends to go out when the sun comes out. I just want to lie in bed and watch sports and relax.”

People Want Lying Sports Watches Sun Bed Relax Weekend

Author:Juan Pablo Galavis

“Whatever you do to recover from a loss, people will be critical because they believe that the only way to recover is their way. And you will even run into some people who should be run into by rhinos because they actually don't want to see you get over your tragedy at all; grief is a spectator sport for them.”

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Author:Joan Rivers

“Some folks call tennis a rich people's sport or a white person's game. I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do. Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis. You've got to make a lot of sacrifices and spend a lot of time if you really want to achieve with this sport, or in any sport, or in anything truly worthwhile.”

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Author:Arthur Ashe

“Nothing will supply the want of sunshine to peaches, and, to make knowledge valuable, you must have the cheerfulness of wisdom. Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished. The joy of the spirit indicates its strength. All healthy, things are sweet-tempered. Genius works in sport, and goodness smiles to the last.”

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“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.”

People Way Want Faces Sports Essentials And Love Accepted Loner

Author:Arthur Ashe

“I don't want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.”

Want Sports Remembered Accomplishment Tennis

Author:Arthur Ashe

“I think what it takes to succeed remains the same. You have to have a real love of your sport to carry you through all the bad times, you still want to go ski even when things aren't working. You must have a commitment to work hard and to never give up.”

“I think we want to make the sport bigger and better and leave a good legacy for the next generation that comes through.”

Thinking Want Next Sports Generations Bigger Legacy Next Generation Bigger And Better

Author:Joel Parkinson

“When I was young, I had a list of things that I wanted in a husband. I knew what he should read and what sports he should like and blah, blah, blah. But the truth is, that the list was a shocking mirror image of me. You want to marry yourself when you are young. All the things you think are so urgently important, when you get older, you discover they don't have anything to do with love.”

Thinking Want Should Important Wanted Young Sports Truth Is Husband Mirrors Lists Shocking Blah Mirror Image

Author:Nora Ephron

“It's frustrating in the sense that I still think I could be competing at some sport at a fairly high level, which nobody cares about. Nobody wants to hear me say that.”

Thinking Want Stills Care Sports Levels Competing Frustrating High Level Nobody Cares

Author:Lance Armstrong

“People can say whatever they want about the sport of bodybuilding, but to get prepared to do a contest or even think about doing a contest, or even to get into decent shape, it requires a certain amount of discipline, and it comes from taking a new year's resolution to a lifestyle.”

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Author:John Cena

“Everything happens for a reason, and everything has a story, and if you take time to realise what your dream is and what you really want in life... whether it's sports, whether it's in other fields, you have to realise that there's always work to do.”

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Author:Stephen Curry

“The fiesta of soccer, a feast for the legs that play and the eyes that watch, is much more than a big business run by overlords from Switzerland. The most popular sport in the world wants to serve the people who embrace it.”

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Author:Eduardo Galeano

“Every single model wants to be in Sports Illustrated, and I feel extremely blessed to have that opportunity.”

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Author:Katherine Webb

“Psychology is much bigger than just medicine, or fixing unhealthy things. Its about education, work, marriage - its even about sports. What I want to do is see psychologists working to help people build strengths in all these domains.”

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Author:Martin Seligman

“There are a lot of things and in order to be at the top and maintain your focus you have to have something that motivates you. For me, it was what I perceived as a lack of respect from the boxing world as well as the media, which made me want to work so hard and be great.”

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Author:Marvin Hagler

“I try to stay level-headed and it's always the way I've been. Sometimes your personality out in the real world, you want to take that into your sport because that's where you feel comfortable. You never want to try to do something that's not you or you don't feel comfortable doing. That's where you get in trouble. It's the only way I've played sports and done things. I'm low-key, but I'm very competitive and hate to lose.”

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Author:Eli Manning

“You can play a particular sport as long as you take good care of your body and you're confident enough and still have that hunger to where you want to be a part of an organization, a group of individuals where you feel you can contribute to the success of that team.”

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Author:Alonzo Mourning

“I think it's... I don't want to become a social crusader on this issue, but I think sports, male sports, has traditionally not been an inviting environment for gay men to identify themselves. But eventually... we will get to a place where it is not an issue in sports.”

Thinking Men Want Social Sports Issues Environment Gay Males Inviting Gay Men

Author:David Stern

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