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It's strange. I always dream I win a grand slam When I wake up, it's a nightmare. Now that I've got it, I don't have to wake up like that anymore.
Venus Williams
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The making of thoughts is the most common instance of human participation in the creative act.
Frank Barron
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As long as media is mass - when the consumer had no choice, when it was networks - you could fuck the consumer all day long with ring around the collar, because she had to get up and turn off the set to avoid it. With cable and interactive sets, with that remote control, you can't do that. It's got to be the polite invitation, instead of the harangue.
Don Pepper
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It's hard to be a No. 1 when you're not even No. 1 on your team.
Adam Wainwright
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There is no game like the direct attack. Fancy strokes, while effective to watch, do not bring the results a fast driving game does.
Helen Wills
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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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I've never had major knee surgery on any other part of my body.
Winston Bennett
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Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.
Michael Jordan
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Trying to hit him was like trying to drink coffee with a fork.
On facing Southpaw Sandy Koufax
Willie Stargell
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We can learn from past failures and mistakes, but we shouldn't get stuck there. We can keep future goals in mind, but we shouldn't get stuck there, either. The only way to reach our potential is to focus on what we must do now - this moment, this day - to perform effectively and win.
Joe Torre
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I didn't fully realize it then, but that was the thing I was most trying to earn playing baseball. Not money. Not glory... Love.
Joe Pepitone
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When women go to see men strip, we never accuse you of hating men.
Joe Rogan
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You must have a clear mental picture of the correct thing before you can do it successfully.
Alex J. Morrison
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On his reception by other players when he returned from retirement to an All-Star game:
It was the first game ever called on account of hugs.
Magic Johnson
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Success is a result of consistent practice of winning skills and actions. There is nothing miraculous about the process. There is no luck involved.
Bill Russell
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Base stealing for me is another sport all by itself. It's a game within a game. I'm the mouse and the cats are trying to trap me.
Maury Wills
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The Indians didn't help me in dealing with the media. I think they wanted to keep my market value down. I'm moody. I know that. I've made some mistakes, but if I was a bad person, would someone want to pay me $55 million, would I have a scholarship fund my mother runs that pays for kids to go to school?
Albert Belle
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There is nothing wrong with people that reasoning with them won't aggravate!
Sam Horn
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Inside each of us dwells a more-perfect self waiting to unfold. It cries loudly for release, yet it is sometimes ignored. To answer its call, you must take time to listen.
DeBarra Mayo
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Science will never be able to reduce the value of a sunset to arithmetic. Nor can it reduce friendship or statesmanship to a formula. Laughter and love, pain and loneliness, the challenge of accomplishment in living, and the depth of insight into beauty and truth; these will always surpass the scientific mastery of nature.
Louis Orr
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At its most basic root, the death or disintegration of one's parents is a harsh reminder of one's own mortality.
Janet Harris
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In a team sport like basketball, every time you help somebody else, you help yourself.
Pete Carril
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Group discipline produces a unified effort toward a common goal.
Pat Summitt
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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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Success may result in winning, but winning does not necessarily mean you are a success.
John Wooden
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