"My instinct was to win, eliminate anyone who is in competition, destroy my enemy and move on without any kind of hesitation at all."
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"To the victor belong the responsibilities."
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"I don't think either team can win it."
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"Kids tend to look up to sports figures and entertainers, probably more than they should, but I've tried to use that in a positive way."
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"I'm proud of the fact that besides being known as a successful former football player, I've also worked hard to establish myself as a successful businessman, network broadcaster, sports & entertainment executive and philanthropist."
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"In football, it's the ultimate team sport. You have to have good people around you as a quarterback for things to happen."
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"Attitude is an inner concept. It is the most important thing you can develop in your life."
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"The value of the sport and the value of sports in general, with the life lessons, the ups and downs. The depth of the life experience, what athletes are actually offering to us when they come out and play, if you look at a season and go moment by moment."
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"There is no such sport as sport by sport o'erthrown."
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"For 'tis the sport to have the engineerHoist with his own petard."
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"When the sun shines let foolish gnats make sport, But creep in crannies when he hides his beams."
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"For 'tis the sport to have the engineer Hoist with his own petar; and't shall go hard But I will delve one yard below their mines And blow them at the moon."
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"Misery makes sport to mock itself."
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"I am writing in one of the Keepers' Lodges to wh I have returned after stalking & where I am waiting for the Prince of Wales. Quite the best day's sport I have had in this country - 4 good stags & home early!"
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"I love being outdoors, water sports, hiking - really, anything that keeps me moving!"
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"I am trying to encourage kids to do something that isn’t yet on their mind because it is not in popular culture. Popular culture tells you 'music, music, sports, sports.' It neglects the importance of a STEM education."
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"Serena and I have done some great career planning, and we're playing really at the peak of our tennis right now. I think tennis has been a sport where people play this insane schedule from 14 years old, so of course at 26, it's over. We've really paced ourselves."
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"It wasn't like I was self-motivated. My dad started me. It was his dream before it was mine."
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"There have been many frustrating games. I don't there's going to be another one that isn't frustrating. That happens, but that's sport. Otherwise why would there be so much glory in victory."
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"Definitely sport matures you, if you let it. It definitely makes you grow up because you have to work so hard that if you can't, then you probably aren't going to have the mental capacity to handle it all. That probably played a role in growing up a little faster than maybe other people."
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