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Group discipline produces a unified effort toward a common goal.
Pat Summitt
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True leaders are the first to admit that they don't know everything and that they need help.
Bill Byrd
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All the big sportswriters seemed to enjoy writing about me as an ignorant cotton-mill boy with nothing but lint where my brains ought to be. That was all right with me. I was able to fool a lot of pitchers and managers and club owners I wouldn't have been able to fool if they'd thought I was smarter.
Shoeless Joe Jackson
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I don't smoke. Smoking will hurt you when you try to run out a triple.
Pete Rose
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Fame is almost a poison. I couldn't care less, in fact I lived better when I was a nobody.
Bode Miller
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Even before you step up to the ball, have a full battle plan for the hole worked out.
Arnold Palmer
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Golf is like a love affair. If you don't take it seriously, it's no fun. If you do take it seriously, it will break your heart.
Louise Suggs
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No matter how far life pushes you down, no matter how much you hurt, you can always bounce back.
Sheryl Swoopes
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Mister, it's my business to get him in trouble.
Sugar Ray Robinson
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Mantle had more ability than any player I ever had on that club.
Casey Stengel
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If you had a pill that would guarantee a pitcher 20 wins, but might take five years off his life, he'd take it.
Jim Bouton
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I threw the kitchen sink at him but he went to the bathroom and got his tub.
Andy Roddick
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Home plate is home plate regardless where you play. It don't move.
Satchel Paige
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You create shots for yourself by what you do without the ball more than what you do after you get it
Steve Alford
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Let the gym be a sanctuary for you to be at peace. Let it calm you and ground you and allow you to appreciate everything around you. Let it also be a place for you to unload and explode with intensity through your training.
Robert Cheeke
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No matter how strong a condom is, it won't protect you from a broken heart.
A. C. Green
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I'm in better condition [after going vegan]. My endurance has gone up, and I haven't gotten tired at all during the whole season. … I don't think you should eat something that had a mother.
Salim Stoudamire
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Maybe I'm not in the Cooperstown Baseball Hall of Fame like so many of my baseball buddies, but I'm happy I had the chance to play pro ball and am especially proud of my contributions to my country. Perhaps I could not hit like Babe Ruth, but I spoke more languages than he did.
Moe Berg
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People think I hate Billy Martin. I don't. I hate some of the things he did. And I will say I don't understand him. Billy Martin is not an intellectual, but there is a cunningness to him that is something to behold.
Reggie Jackson
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When someone is fearless, when pain isn't a factor, it's impossible to break his spirit.
Chuck Liddell
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Every day, someone realizes a dream. I believe dreams help light our darkness and give us the push we need to move across the rink of life.
Kristi Yamaguchi
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Admiting to using steroids:
It is with a great amount of shame that I stand before you and tell you that I have betrayed your trust. I want you to know that I have been dishonest and you have the right to be angry with me. I have let them [my family] down, I have let my country down and I have let myself down.
Marion Jones
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I have been able to hope for the best, expect the worst, and take what comes along. If there has been one fundamental reason for my success, this is it.
Gene Sarazen
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As you get old you have to train smarter. Every young guy goes through it; every young guy says I'm invincible, it will never happen to me. The body is like a car or machine, you work it so often that eventually it's going to break down.
John Quinlan
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As a competitive gymnast, my life has always been filled with challenges that would ultimately define my future. From day one, I was taught to be prepared at all costs.
Dominique Moceanu
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