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About Oscar de la Hoya:
He can have heart, he can hit harder and he can be stronger, but there's no fighter smarter than me.
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
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By putting pressure on myself to develop a great game, I had less pressure to win. These days, I tell kids that the way I grew up, it wasn't about winning. It was about playing well, about playing the "right" way. That approach helped me enjoy the game and develop mine to its maximum potential.
Pete Sampras
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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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All of my decisions I made when I was a kid were decisions, would my mother and father be proud of.
Ken Venturi
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Mister, it's my business to get him in trouble.
Sugar Ray Robinson
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As a champion, you carry an air of invincibility... folks see you as bigger than life. When you lose, though, they feel as though they'd been fooled, suckered into thinking so highly of you; that's why folks jump off that bandwagon quick as can be, and then throw stones at it.
Joe Frazier
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As long as capital-both human and money-can move toward opportunity, trade will not balance.
Walter Wriston
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Tall men come down to my height when I hit 'em in the body.
Jack Dempsey
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I have dashed across continents and oceans as a fugitive and have matched my wits with the police and secret agents seeking to deprive me of one of the greatest blessings man can have-liberty.
Jack Johnson
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I want to go out in my peak. That's my goal. But have I peaked yet?
Serena Williams
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I knew that if I kept the pressure on and didn't do anything stupid I would probably win.
Jack Nicklaus
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I respect Floyd as a fighter but come 5 May, he's going to be hurting for weeks.
Oscar De La Hoya
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I don't like Marvin. Never have and never will. I just want to tell you something. Get there early and sit tight. Don't blink. You might miss the fight.
Thomas Hearns
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She clawed in bits of glass and brick,
Then lifted out a shoe.
"O, here's the shoe my baby wore
But, baby, where are you?"
Joe Louis
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It wasn't about Larry Holmes, if I would have fought a brother I wouldn't have gotten the money I got. Give me 10 black guys and I make eight dollars. Give me Gerry Cooney and I make $10 million.
Larry Holmes
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I fought Sugar Ray so often, I almost got diabetes.
Jake LaMotta
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Of all my achievements in tennis, I'm probably as proud of my record on clay courts as any of my Wimbledon, U.S. Open or French singles titles.
Chris Evert
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The whole idea of image is so confused. On the one hand, Madison Avenue is worried about the image of the players in a tennis tour. On the other hand, sports events are often sponsored by the makers of junk food, beer, and cigarettes. What's the message when an athlete who works at keeping her body fit is sponsored by a sugar-filled snack that does more harm than good?
Martina Navratilova
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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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Like jilted and disappointed lovers, some of my students just want to be left alone.
Kirsten Olson
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On his Caucasian, Black American, American Indian, Thai, and Chinese ancestry:
Growing up, I came up with this name: I'm a "Cablinasian."
Tiger Woods
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You build a golf game like you build a wall, one brick at a time.
Tony Lema
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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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The second commandment that Jesus referred to was not to love others instead of ourselves, but to love them as ourselves. Before we can love and serve others, we must love ourselves, even in our imperfection. If we don't embrace our own defects, we can't love others with their shortcomings.
Jim Warner
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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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