"It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up."
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"Think of all the girls who could become top athletes but quit sports because they're afraid of having too many defined muscles and being made fun of or called unattractive."
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"It dances today, my heart, like a peacock it dances, it dances. It sports a mosaic of passions like a peacock’s tail, It soars to the sky with delight, it quests, Oh wildly, it dances today, my heart, like a peacock it dances."
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"Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships."
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"Let your workings remain a mystery. Just show people the results."
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"To be candid with you, free agency hurts all sports. It's great for athletes making an enormous amount of money. But to say it helps the sports, I don't believe that."
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"Revolution is a spectators sport. The majority will sit in the stands and watch the factions fight. At the end they will choose side with the team that is winning."
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"Don't be dismayed by good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends."
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"Sports teaches you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you to know what it feels like to win and lose-it teaches you about life."
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"Football is just a game. What matters is what you play for."
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"Everything is hard before it is easy."
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"Champions keep playing until they get it right."
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"These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess."
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"When people say God blessed me with a beautiful jump shot, it really pisses me off. I tell those people, 'Don't undermine the work I've put in every day.' Not some days. Every day."
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"Defensive and offensive lineman control the game and true sports fans know that."
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"Our sport is dangerous. We risk the life out there, so we need to stay calm and focused and leave all the rest out."
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"Man once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous, and like a ship without rudder, is the sport of every wind. With such persons, gullibility, which they call faith, takes the helm from the hand of reason, and the mind becomes a wreck."
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"Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona. Not all holes, or games, are created equal."
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"Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it."
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"Twenty seconds before a race, there's absolute focus. The key thing is to achieve relaxation, but at the same to have absolute total control. You've got to find the balance between being totally ready to go and being really at peace with yourself as well."
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