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"Crabbed age and youth cannot live together; Youth is full of pleasure, age is full of care; Youth like summer morn, age like winter weather; Youth like summer brave, age like winter bare. Youth is full sport, age's breath is short; Youth is nimble, age is lame; Youth is hot and bold, age is weak and cold; Youth is wild, age is tame. Age, I do abhor thee; youth, I do adore thee."
"No other game combines the wonder of nature with the discipline of sport in such carefully planned ways. A great golf course both frees and challenges a golfer's mind."
"True heroism consists in being superior to the ills of life, in whatever shape they may challenge us to combat."
"If they play dirty, then you play dirty."
"Cocaine is totally different than steroids."
"The drug dealers, they sympathize with me. They see me as some sort of pathetic character."
"When you see me smash somebody's skull, you enjoy it."
"The goal is to keep having fun. Not let that pressure get to me and still be Missy."
"Shopping is a woman thing. It's a contact sport like football. Women enjoy the scrimmage, the noisy crowds, the danger of being trampled to death, and the ecstasy of the purchase."
"I've been asked a lot lately if tennis is clean or not. I don't know any more how you judge whether a sport is clean. If one in 100 players is doping, in my eyes that isn't a clean sport."
"I believe in the philosophy of staying hungry. If you have a dream and it becomes a reality, don't stay satisfied too long. Make up a new dream and hunt after that one and turn it into a reality."
"You have a very powerful mind that can make anything happen as long as you keep yourself centered."
"I think it's the real world. The people we're writing about in professional sports, they're suffering and living and dying and loving and trying to make their way through life just as the brick layers and politicians are."
"The score never interested me, only the game."
"Skiing is the next best thing to having wings."
"If football taught me anything about business, it is that you win the game one play at a time."
"Sport can create hope, where once there was only despair. It is more powerful than governments in breaking down racial barriers."
"You can't tell them anything, but hopefully they will learn from the example and won't have to go through it."
"In France, cooking is a serious art form and a national sport."
"The world is not divine sport, it is divine destiny. There is a divine meaning of the world, of man, of human persons, of you and me."
