"This is a sport (wrestling) that has turned many boys into men and many men into leaders. And it is a sport in which you can be a giant regardless of how big you are."
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"The winners in life treat their body as if it were a magnificent spacecraft that gives them the finest transportation and endurance for their lives."
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"People understand contests. You take a bunch of kids throwing rocks at random and people look askance, but if you go and hold a rock-throwing contest - people understand that."
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"My definition of a sport is that it's a physical activity that involves competition. Since bodybuilders certainly train and then compete, we are certainly a sport."
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"I'm a big sports fan. College football is my favorite."
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"I was a sports fan, but I also went to peace marches."
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"I like every single actor or actress in the world, because we never know what the conditions are like when they are working. I give everyone the benefit of the doubt and root for them like a psychotic sports fan"
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"I am a huge sports fan."
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"The best thing about the Kentucky Derby is that it is only two minutes long. It is the quickest event in sports, except for Sumo-wrestling & Mike Tyson fights. Maybe Drag-racing is quicker, but I have never been attracted to it."
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"Little things make the difference. Everyone is well prepared in the big things, but only the winners perfect the little things."
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"To win the Championship in the first year will be hard. We need time to become competitive and win races."
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"Sport fosters many things that are good; teamwork and leadership."
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"Doubters don't win, winners don't doubt."
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"You need to realise that, if you want to go on, you have to work hard. If you dwell too much on your past successes and say "well, I have won nine world titles and more than 100 races", you'd rather stay home. The sport, your rivals, the tyres, your motorcycle, everything changes so instead you need to work more to be stronger. If you don't, you're finished."
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"Players win games, teams win championships."
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"The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love."
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"Where you start is not as important as where you finish."
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"Sports have the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire, the power to unite people in a way that little else does. It speaks to youth in a language they understand. Sports can create hope, where there was once only despair. It is more powerful than governments in breaking down racial barriers. It laughs in the face of all types of discrimination. Sports is the game of lovers."
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"Steroids are for guys who want to cheat opponents."
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"I don't try to intimidate anybody before a fight. That's nonsense. I intimidate people by hitting them."
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