GOLF HUMOR
Truisms of Golf
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Don't buy a putter until you've had a chance to throw it.
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Never try to keep more than 300 separate thoughts in your mind during your swing.
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When your shot has to carry over a water hazard, you can either hit one more club or two more balls.
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If you're afraid a full shot might reach the green while the foursome ahead of you is still putting out, you have two options: you can immediately shank a lay-up or you can wait until the green is clear and top a ball halfway there.
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The less skilled the player, the more likely he is to share his ideas about the golf swing.
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No matter how bad you are playing, it is always possible to play worse.
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The inevitable result of any golf lesson is the instant elimination of the one critical unconscious motion that allowed you to compensate for all of your many other errors.
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If it ain't broke, try changing your grip.
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Everyone replaces his divot after a perfect approach shot.
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A golf match is a test of your skill against your opponents' luck.
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Counting on your opponent to inform you when he breaks a rule is like expecting him to make fun of his own haircut.
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Nonchalant putts count the same as chalant putts.
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It's not a gimme if you're still away.
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The shortest distance between any two points on a golf course is a straight line that passes directly through the center of a very large tree.
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There are two kinds of bounces; unfair bounces and bounces just the way you meant to play it.
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You can hit a two acre fairway 10% of the time and a two inch branch 90% of the time.
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If you really want to get better at golf, go back and take it up at a much earlier age.
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Since bad shots come in groups of three, a fourth bad shot is actually the beginning of the next group of three.
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When you look up, causing an awful shot, you will always look down again at exactly the moment when you ought to start watching the ball if you ever want to see it again.
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Every time a golfer makes a birdie, he must subsequently make two triple bogeys to restore the fundamental equilibrium of the universe.
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If you want to hit a 7 iron as far as Tiger Woods does, simply try to lay up just short of a water hazard.
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To calculate the speed of a player's downswing, multiply the speed of his back-swing by his handicap; I.e., back-swing 20 mph, handicap 15, downswing = 300 mph.
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There are two things you can learn by stopping your back-swing at the top and checking the position of your hands: how many hands you have, and which one is Wearing the glove.
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Hazards attract; fair ways repel.
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You can put a draw on the ball, you can put a fade on the ball, but no golfer can put a straight on the ball.
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A ball you can see in the rough from 50 yards away is not yours.
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If there is a ball on the fringe and a ball in the bunker, your ball is in the bunker. .
If both balls are in the bunker, yours is in the footprint.
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It's easier to get up at 6:00 AM to play golf than at 10:00 to mow the yard.
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Sometimes it seems as though your cup moveth over.
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A good drive on the 18th hole has stopped many a golfer from giving up the game.
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Golf is the perfect thing to do on Sunday because you always end up having to pray a lot.
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A good golf partner is one who's always slightly worse than you are..
.....that's why I get so many calls to play with friends.
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That rake by the sand trap is there for golfers who feel guilty about skipping out on lawn work.
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If there's a storm rolling in, you'll be having the game of your life.
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Golf balls are like eggs. They're white. They're sold by the dozen. And you need to buy fresh ones each week.
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A pro-shop gets its name from the fact that you have to have the income of a professional golfer to buy anything in there.
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It's amazing how a golfer who never helps out around the house will replace his divots, repair his ball marks, and rake his sand traps.
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If your opponent has trouble remembering whether he shot a six or a seven, he probably shot an eight (or worse).
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You probably wouldn't look good in a green jacket anyway! A sweatshirt will do just fine.
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It takes longer to learn to be a good golfer than it does to become a brain surgeon. On the other hand, you don't get to ride around on a cart, drink beer, eat hot dogs and fart If you are performing brain surgery.
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Tuesday, August 5, 2008
FUNNY SPORTS QUOTES \ Source: thesandtrap.com
NANCY PELOSIImage: istasse.eu
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GOLF SLANG
Terms from a web site's golf forum
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A *Nancy Pelosi* - too far left, clueless on how to get home from there
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A *Salman Rushdie* - an impossible read.
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A *Cuban* - needed one more revolution .
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A *Cuban* - needed one more revolution .
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An *Adolf Hitler* - two shots in the bunker .
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A *Saddam Hussein* - from one bunker straight into another .
A *Saddam Hussein* - from one bunker straight into another .
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A *Yasser Arafat* - ugly and in the sand .
A *Yasser Arafat* - ugly and in the sand .
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A *Glen Miller* - didn't make it over the water .
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A *Rodney King* - over-clubbed .
A *Rodney King* - over-clubbed .
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An *O.J. Simpson* - got away with it .
An *O.J. Simpson* - got away with it .
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A *Princess Grace* - should have taken a driver .
A *Princess Grace* - should have taken a driver .
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A *Princess Di* - shouldn't have taken a driver .
A *Princess Di* - shouldn't have taken a driver .
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A *Michael Jackson* - gradually fading .
A *Michael Jackson* - gradually fading .
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An *Anna Kournikova* - looks great, but unlikely to get a result .
An *Anna Kournikova* - looks great, but unlikely to get a result .
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A *Jeb Bush* - too far to the right, out of play
A *Jeb Bush* - too far to the right, out of play
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SPORTS QUOTES
Quotes from a health and fitness web site
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People ask me ..what was going through your mind in the race?.. and I don't know. I try and ...let my body do what it knows.
Ian Thorpe Australian Olympic gold medalist.
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I was magnificent, it was so simple, easy, I was just jogging. I understood Einstein’s theory of relativity as time seemed to stand still. I could see everything before I did it. I felt so powerful, so in tune, in balance. It was a perfect melody, a rhythm, I was really flowing. I was dangerous that day.
Kris Akabusi in the 1990 European Championships, semi final 400m hurdles on the back straight.
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Much of what is "accepted" is just plain wrong and many with advanced degrees have merely studied that which is wrong in greater depth.
Charlie Francis
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An expert is someone who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.
Daniel Boorstin
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Minds are like parachutes, they only work when they are open.
Marc Salem
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Insanity is doing the same thing you've always done and expecting different results.
Roger Milliken
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HOCKEY QUOTES
Quotes from a web site's forum
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Ron Francis, asked teammate Mario Lemieux what he did to stay in shape in the off season. Lemieux's response: "I don't order fries with my club sandwich."
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I love the Dallas Stars billboards:
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*The only thing our refs shave is the ice.
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*The ticket covers the hockey. The boxing is a bonus.
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*One game in a week? Is the N in NFL for Nancy?
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*At 32 degrees water freezes and blood boils.
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*Watch people fight at work.
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*Meet our two defenders: Assault and Battery.
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*Their whole paycheque is hazard pay.
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Teemu Selanne, on the importance of the All-Star game: "Winning is always fun, but the car is more important."
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Tony Amonte, on possessing the NHL’s second-longest active playing streak: "It must be the body. It’s chiseled out of marshmallows."
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Mike Modano, on Sergei Fedorov’s breaking three sticks on Dallas players: " I don’t know if Anna (Kournikova) told him to get tougher or what."
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In Chicago, Bob Probert crashed his motorcycle into a car. According to police reports, his blood-alcohol level was more than three times the legal limit and he told officers:
"Just charge me with the usual."
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After a narrow victory in 1994, Boston Bruins defenseman Al Iafrate was asked why, in the closing moments of the game, he had fired the puck around the boards rather than into the empty net. His reply?
"Empty-net goals are for *******."
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Steven Tyler, Aerosmith's lead singer, after admiring the Stanley Cup: "This is the only thing that has seen more parties than us."
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"you look like a bunch of monkeys trying to hump a football!"
Herb Brooks
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"I'm not looking for the best players, Craig; I'm looking for the right ones."
Herb Brooks
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dominik hasek:
They say I am unorthodox, I flop around the ice like some kind of fish. I say, who cares as long as I stop the puck?
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One was on the ice and we put that one back in. Another was up my nose and they had to pull it down."
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Flyers' forward Sami Kapanen recalls how his front teeth were salvaged after being knocked out five years ago
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BASEBALL QUOTES
Quotes by and about "Preacher" Roe
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Brief Overview of Elwin Roe's Major League Career
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After leading the National League in strikeouts in 1945, Roe had two bad years with the Pirates due to a concussion he received off season in 1946.
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He was subsequently traded to the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1948. Branch Rickey told Roe that he figured his luck was bound to change for the better and Rickey wanted Roe pitching for the Dodgers when that day came.
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His best seasons came with the Dodgers. Roe was selected to the All-Star team 4 years in a row as a Brooklyn Dodger. He pitched in 3 World Series and led the league with the best pitching average for 3 years wearing a Dodger uniform prior to his retirement.
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(Ed.'s Note: Years after his retirement, Roe admitted to
throwing the spitter during his career in the majors.)
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Quotes:
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"Baseball was good to me and I won’t say anything bad about it or anyone in it."
Preacher Roe
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"It's kind of remarkable that a guy with this cunning and all was able to do the kinds of things that Preacher was, he was a great pitcher and a great competitor."
Jackie Robinson
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"Them two fellas (Preacher Roe and Eddie Lopat) certainly make baseball look like a simple game, don't they? Makes you wonder. You pay all that big money to great big fellas with a lot of muscles and straight stomachs who go up there an' start swinging, and they give 'em a little o' this and a little o' that and swindle 'em."
Yankee manager Casey Stengel
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"When I went forth to cover the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1952, the most cerebral Brooklyn pitcher was a tall, skinny hillbilly named Elwin Charles 'Preacher' Roe."
Roger Kahn
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Quotes by Roe:
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"You don't have to throw it . . . just make 'em think you're going to throw it."
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"One day in a tough game I was passing Lonnie Warneke and he said, 'Preach, I may have my superiors on the bases, but when it comes to balls and strikes, I'm second to no man.' And I commenced thinking careful and when I was done I told him, 'Horse@#, Lon.'"
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"If it's a good 'un it drops like a dead duck just as it crosses the plate."
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"Every pitch, perfect or not, is a potential home run."
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"I've got three pitches, my change, my change off my change, and my change off my change off my change."
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SPORTS QUOTES
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"By next week, Archie Manning will be commanding higher stud fees than Secretariat."
– Comedian Argus Hamilton after Archie’s two sons, Eli and Peyton, led their teams to consecutive Super Bowl victories
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War is the only game in which it doesn't pay to have the home-court advantage.
-- Dick Motta, basketball coach
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"We’re not playing cricket in the 1950s. As far as sportsmanship on the field is concerned, that is a little bit off the mark."
– Australian captain Ricky Ponting after officials called for more civility on the field
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"‘It’s just a game. Hockey: It’s more than just a game.’ So can we throw things at the refs or not? I don’t know what to think!"
– Reaction by a blogger to a TV ad campaign for Michigan amateur hockey
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"Even Richard Nixon waved goodbye before he got inside the helicopter."
- Comedian Argus Hamilton on New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick walking off the field with two seconds left on the clock after his Super Bowl loss.
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"Tonight I just needed to make my presence felt a little. Make him think about something other than how well he’s been playing….I’ve been a brat for a long time. He’s probably not that happy with me for doing that. But I don’t need any young friends."
– Tennis player Andy Roddick after bullying opponent Kei Nishikori in a match in San Jose
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"I don’t preach a bunch of citizenship and sportsmanship. Sportsmanship awards are for the last-place team because they didn’t win anything. I remember when I was young, I got a sportsmanship award because our team was sorry. I don’t mean to be dirty, but I’ve never liked sportsmanship awards."
– Fort Worth Southwest basketball coach Scott Gray, who retired after 13 seasons, when asked what his players learned from him
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"Once a year, pro sports commissioners have to appear to be blind or they lose their right to park in handicapped spots."
– Comedian Argus Hamilton after NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell let New England off the hook so easily after spying on other teams
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“I feel like a mosquito in a nudist colony. I know what to do. I just don’t know where to start.”
– Miami Heat coach Pat Riley describing his happiness after the Heat ended an 11-game losing streak
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“There’s nothing wrong with pro sports. Most guys are great people, but when something bad happens, the news makes it sound like the end of the world. We’ve got more than 400 guys in the NBA. If 10 of them act a fool, the media act like they’re all bad.”
– TNT analyst Charles Barkley on sports scandals
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~ Classic From the Past ~
"Finish last in your league and they call you idiot. Finish last in medical school and they call you doctor."
– Abe Lemons, basketball coach (1922-2002)
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"By next week, Archie Manning will be commanding higher stud fees than Secretariat."
– Comedian Argus Hamilton after Archie’s two sons, Eli and Peyton, led their teams to consecutive Super Bowl victories
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War is the only game in which it doesn't pay to have the home-court advantage.
-- Dick Motta, basketball coach
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"We’re not playing cricket in the 1950s. As far as sportsmanship on the field is concerned, that is a little bit off the mark."
– Australian captain Ricky Ponting after officials called for more civility on the field
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"‘It’s just a game. Hockey: It’s more than just a game.’ So can we throw things at the refs or not? I don’t know what to think!"
– Reaction by a blogger to a TV ad campaign for Michigan amateur hockey
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"Even Richard Nixon waved goodbye before he got inside the helicopter."
- Comedian Argus Hamilton on New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick walking off the field with two seconds left on the clock after his Super Bowl loss.
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"Tonight I just needed to make my presence felt a little. Make him think about something other than how well he’s been playing….I’ve been a brat for a long time. He’s probably not that happy with me for doing that. But I don’t need any young friends."
– Tennis player Andy Roddick after bullying opponent Kei Nishikori in a match in San Jose
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"I don’t preach a bunch of citizenship and sportsmanship. Sportsmanship awards are for the last-place team because they didn’t win anything. I remember when I was young, I got a sportsmanship award because our team was sorry. I don’t mean to be dirty, but I’ve never liked sportsmanship awards."
– Fort Worth Southwest basketball coach Scott Gray, who retired after 13 seasons, when asked what his players learned from him
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"Once a year, pro sports commissioners have to appear to be blind or they lose their right to park in handicapped spots."
– Comedian Argus Hamilton after NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell let New England off the hook so easily after spying on other teams
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“I feel like a mosquito in a nudist colony. I know what to do. I just don’t know where to start.”
– Miami Heat coach Pat Riley describing his happiness after the Heat ended an 11-game losing streak
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“There’s nothing wrong with pro sports. Most guys are great people, but when something bad happens, the news makes it sound like the end of the world. We’ve got more than 400 guys in the NBA. If 10 of them act a fool, the media act like they’re all bad.”
– TNT analyst Charles Barkley on sports scandals
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~ Classic From the Past ~
"Finish last in your league and they call you idiot. Finish last in medical school and they call you doctor."
– Abe Lemons, basketball coach (1922-2002)
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BASKETBALL HUMOR
JOCKS BEHAVING BADLY
How Can You Toss a Coach Who Won’t Leave?
Referees hate when that happens. During a basketball game between Estacada and Molalla in Clackamas, Oregon, the 17-year-old referee called two technical fouls on Molalla’s coach Jeffery Scott Larsen and ejected him.
Furious, Larsen slammed his clipboard down on a female scorekeeper’s hand, cutting her.
Compounding matters, he refused to leave the game floor, as prescribed by law. Standing in a corner of the arena, he continued to harass the referee and coach his players throughout the remainder of the game, inciting the fans of both schools.
Not surprisingly, both bleachers stormed the floor, the coach assaulted the referee, and his assistant coach went after Estacada’s principal.
"Many girls were frightened, crying, and fleeing the building with their parents," Estacada’s principal told police afterward.
Oh, did we mention these were sixth-grade girl’s teams?
[www.salem-news.com, 2/17/08]
FUNNY SPORTS QUOTES \ Source: timelessquotes.com
SPORTS QUOTES
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The hardest thing to believe about The Fan is not that Robert De Niro is stalking somebody again but that anyone cares that much about a baseball player.
Bernie Lincicome
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Baseball is almost the only orderly thing in a very unorderly world. If you get three strikes, even the best lawyer in the world can't get you off.
Bill Veeck
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Scholars concede but cannot explain the amazing chemistry of Cub fans' loyalty. But their unique steadfastness through thin and thin has something to do with the team's Franciscan simplicity.
George F. Will
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I'd just as soon play tennis with the net down.
Robert Frost
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The trouble with jogging is that the ice falls out of your glass.
Martin Mull
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You don't suffer, kill yourself and take the risks I take just for money. I love bike racing.
Greg LeMond
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Thus so wretched is man that he would weary even without any cause for weariness... and so frivolous is he that, though full of a thousand reasons for weariness, the least thing, such as playing billiards or hitting a ball, is sufficient enough to amuse him.
Blaise Pascal
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I guess there is nothing that will get your mind off everything like golf. I have never been depressed enough to take up the game, but they say you get so sore at yourself you forget to hate your enemies.
Will Rogers
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The difference in golf and government is that in golf you can't improve your lie.
George Deukmejian
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Golf is a day spent in a round of strenuous idleness.
William Wordsworth
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Tennis and golf are best played, not watched.
Roger Kahn
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Like Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all they signified was that the owner had done something of no benefit to anyone more capably than everyone else.
Robert Graves
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The hardest thing to believe about The Fan is not that Robert De Niro is stalking somebody again but that anyone cares that much about a baseball player.
Bernie Lincicome
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Baseball is almost the only orderly thing in a very unorderly world. If you get three strikes, even the best lawyer in the world can't get you off.
Bill Veeck
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Scholars concede but cannot explain the amazing chemistry of Cub fans' loyalty. But their unique steadfastness through thin and thin has something to do with the team's Franciscan simplicity.
George F. Will
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I'd just as soon play tennis with the net down.
Robert Frost
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The trouble with jogging is that the ice falls out of your glass.
Martin Mull
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You don't suffer, kill yourself and take the risks I take just for money. I love bike racing.
Greg LeMond
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Thus so wretched is man that he would weary even without any cause for weariness... and so frivolous is he that, though full of a thousand reasons for weariness, the least thing, such as playing billiards or hitting a ball, is sufficient enough to amuse him.
Blaise Pascal
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I guess there is nothing that will get your mind off everything like golf. I have never been depressed enough to take up the game, but they say you get so sore at yourself you forget to hate your enemies.
Will Rogers
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The difference in golf and government is that in golf you can't improve your lie.
George Deukmejian
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Golf is a day spent in a round of strenuous idleness.
William Wordsworth
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Tennis and golf are best played, not watched.
Roger Kahn
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Like Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all they signified was that the owner had done something of no benefit to anyone more capably than everyone else.
Robert Graves
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FUNNY SPORTS QUOTES \ Source: theloveofsports.com
BASEBALL QUOTES
Excerpts from Top 20 Baseball Quotes of All Time Article
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7. Stan Coveleski, Former Washington Senator
“Lord, baseball is a worryin’ thing.”
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8. Casey Stengel, Former Mets Manager
“Come out and see my Amazin’ Mets. I’ve been in the game a hundred years, but I see new ways to lose I never knew existed.
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11. Durwood Merrill, Former AL Umpire
“Baseball is the only sport that lets the managers and coaches go out onto the field and rant and rave”
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14. Cy Young, Former Boston Red Sox
“A man who isn’t willing to work from dreary morn ‘til weary eve shouldn’t think about becoming a pitcher"
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16. Richie Ashburn, Former Philadelphia Phillie
“A good leadoff hitter is a pain in the ass to pitchers.”
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17. Al Stump, Ty Cobb Biographer
“Was Ty Cobb psychotic throughout his playing career? The answer is yes.”
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Excerpts from Top 20 Baseball Quotes of All Time Article
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7. Stan Coveleski, Former Washington Senator
“Lord, baseball is a worryin’ thing.”
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8. Casey Stengel, Former Mets Manager
“Come out and see my Amazin’ Mets. I’ve been in the game a hundred years, but I see new ways to lose I never knew existed.
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11. Durwood Merrill, Former AL Umpire
“Baseball is the only sport that lets the managers and coaches go out onto the field and rant and rave”
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14. Cy Young, Former Boston Red Sox
“A man who isn’t willing to work from dreary morn ‘til weary eve shouldn’t think about becoming a pitcher"
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16. Richie Ashburn, Former Philadelphia Phillie
“A good leadoff hitter is a pain in the ass to pitchers.”
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17. Al Stump, Ty Cobb Biographer
“Was Ty Cobb psychotic throughout his playing career? The answer is yes.”
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NFL FOOTBALL QUOTES
A NFL Fan's Tribute to Brett Favre
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Ten Reasons We’ll Always Love Favre
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It would be putting it mildly to say Brett Favre is a popular topic these days.
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It would be putting it mildly to say Brett Favre is a popular topic these days.
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No matter what newspaper you decide to open, there’s old #4 staring back at you with an uncharacteristic, yet warranted, look of concern on his face.
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Now, I know you’re all sick and tired of Brett’s routine in recent years, and I know you’re sick and tired of hearing about it every time Ted Thompson sneezes in the Packers front office.
Now, I know you’re all sick and tired of Brett’s routine in recent years, and I know you’re sick and tired of hearing about it every time Ted Thompson sneezes in the Packers front office.
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I’m sick of it too.
I’m sick of it too.
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But that’s no reason to start hating the guy.
Speaking as a deeply passionate fan of football, I know I’ll always love what Favre’s brought to the table no matter how the current saga unfolds. It would simply be disrespectful for me to feel otherwise.
But that’s no reason to start hating the guy.
Speaking as a deeply passionate fan of football, I know I’ll always love what Favre’s brought to the table no matter how the current saga unfolds. It would simply be disrespectful for me to feel otherwise.
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Here are a few reasons I’m sure will remind you why we’ll always love Brett Favre.
Here are a few reasons I’m sure will remind you why we’ll always love Brett Favre.
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Top 10 Reasons We’ll Always Love Brett Favre
Top 10 Reasons We’ll Always Love Brett Favre
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1. He’s a War Horse
Favre’s record of consecutive games started at quarterback is basically untouchable. The guy’s started 275 straight (including playoffs) under center for the Pack, which equates to 16 years of never missing a single Sunday. The next closest active streak is Peyton Manning, at 160, and that’s currently looks in jeopardy. When it comes to toughness, tenacity and the desire to answer the bell for his teammates, Favre’s on a different level than just about any athlete in professional sports.
1. He’s a War Horse
Favre’s record of consecutive games started at quarterback is basically untouchable. The guy’s started 275 straight (including playoffs) under center for the Pack, which equates to 16 years of never missing a single Sunday. The next closest active streak is Peyton Manning, at 160, and that’s currently looks in jeopardy. When it comes to toughness, tenacity and the desire to answer the bell for his teammates, Favre’s on a different level than just about any athlete in professional sports.
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2. He’s the Face of the NFL
It’s no wonder a man who was named the “Toughest Athlete in Sports” by USA Today would come to embody both the savagery and finesse that defines the NFL. Aside from seeing Favre’s mugshot plastered on the cover of newspapers, media guides, magazines, billboards, TV ads and video games, can you honestly say a flash image of Favre chucking a bomb to Sterling Sharpe doesn’t cross your mind when you think of the NFL?
2. He’s the Face of the NFL
It’s no wonder a man who was named the “Toughest Athlete in Sports” by USA Today would come to embody both the savagery and finesse that defines the NFL. Aside from seeing Favre’s mugshot plastered on the cover of newspapers, media guides, magazines, billboards, TV ads and video games, can you honestly say a flash image of Favre chucking a bomb to Sterling Sharpe doesn’t cross your mind when you think of the NFL?
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3. The Comeback Kid
Every time Favre sets foot on the turf, there’s potential for a wild game. In fact, Brett holds the Packers record with 38 come from behind, fourth quarter wins, some of which will go down in NFL lore forever. If you don’t like a football player with an uncanny knack for pulling off the unthinkable, then you’re simply not a football fan. Heck, you might not be American … unless, of course, you’re from Minnesota. Then I understand.
3. The Comeback Kid
Every time Favre sets foot on the turf, there’s potential for a wild game. In fact, Brett holds the Packers record with 38 come from behind, fourth quarter wins, some of which will go down in NFL lore forever. If you don’t like a football player with an uncanny knack for pulling off the unthinkable, then you’re simply not a football fan. Heck, you might not be American … unless, of course, you’re from Minnesota. Then I understand.
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4. MVP of MVPs
It might seem ridiculous to suggest renaming the MVP award to the Brett Favre Annual Award, but you wouldn’t have thought so in the mid 90s. From 1995-97, he reeled off an amazing stretch of three consecutive MVP seasons. He is, and probably always will be, the only player to have ever done this.
4. MVP of MVPs
It might seem ridiculous to suggest renaming the MVP award to the Brett Favre Annual Award, but you wouldn’t have thought so in the mid 90s. From 1995-97, he reeled off an amazing stretch of three consecutive MVP seasons. He is, and probably always will be, the only player to have ever done this.
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5. Postseason Monster
Favre would be the first to tell you his personal stats were meaningless. The only thing that mattered to him was the success of the team, and he seemed to bring quite a bit of success to a then-struggling franchise. In his 16 years at the helm of the Packers, Favre’s led Green Bay to the playoffs 11 times; seven as a division champion. He also carried Lambeau Nation to the Super Bowl twice, capturing a world title at Super Bowl XXXI. He went a combined 39 for 69 with five TD passes in his two appearances on the NFL’s grand stage.
5. Postseason Monster
Favre would be the first to tell you his personal stats were meaningless. The only thing that mattered to him was the success of the team, and he seemed to bring quite a bit of success to a then-struggling franchise. In his 16 years at the helm of the Packers, Favre’s led Green Bay to the playoffs 11 times; seven as a division champion. He also carried Lambeau Nation to the Super Bowl twice, capturing a world title at Super Bowl XXXI. He went a combined 39 for 69 with five TD passes in his two appearances on the NFL’s grand stage.
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6. Career QB Rating
Favre’s QB rating of 85.05 places him among the league’s greatest passers of all time. Keeping company with the top 15 quarterbacks ever to play in the NFL will get him a sure-fire first ballot Hall vote.
6. Career QB Rating
Favre’s QB rating of 85.05 places him among the league’s greatest passers of all time. Keeping company with the top 15 quarterbacks ever to play in the NFL will get him a sure-fire first ballot Hall vote.
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7. We Love Charity
It’s refreshing to see someone who makes such a difference on the field make an even greater contribution off it. Not only has Brett retained a sparkling, role model-esque image for 16 years, but his Fourward Foundation is responsible for raising close to $2 million and touching the lives of thousands of disadvantaged and disabled children. Brett’s wife, Deanna, also started the Deanna Favre Hope Foundation to raise funds and awareness for breast cancer research.
7. We Love Charity
It’s refreshing to see someone who makes such a difference on the field make an even greater contribution off it. Not only has Brett retained a sparkling, role model-esque image for 16 years, but his Fourward Foundation is responsible for raising close to $2 million and touching the lives of thousands of disadvantaged and disabled children. Brett’s wife, Deanna, also started the Deanna Favre Hope Foundation to raise funds and awareness for breast cancer research.
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8. Last of the Throwback Players
When you look at Favre, what you don’t see is an intimidating physique or the hint that he can run a 4.20, 40. What you DO see is scrappiness and wit and, of course, a cannon arm. He reminds us of gunslingers of a bygone era, when the game was a passion for the players instead of a booking business. There’s really no player who seems like he’s having more fun playing football than Brett Favre. On top of that, he plays the game the right way and puts his teammates first. A classic piece of evidence comes from a certain Monday night game against Oakland. His father had passed away suddenly the day before, but Brett was determined to play because he knew his father, and his teammates, would want it that way. Persevering through unrivaled personal grief, he threw for 399 yards and four TDs … in the first half.
8. Last of the Throwback Players
When you look at Favre, what you don’t see is an intimidating physique or the hint that he can run a 4.20, 40. What you DO see is scrappiness and wit and, of course, a cannon arm. He reminds us of gunslingers of a bygone era, when the game was a passion for the players instead of a booking business. There’s really no player who seems like he’s having more fun playing football than Brett Favre. On top of that, he plays the game the right way and puts his teammates first. A classic piece of evidence comes from a certain Monday night game against Oakland. His father had passed away suddenly the day before, but Brett was determined to play because he knew his father, and his teammates, would want it that way. Persevering through unrivaled personal grief, he threw for 399 yards and four TDs … in the first half.
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9. Every Record in the Book
I need not give you more information that the fact that Favre owns virtually every meaningful career passing record that exists in the NFL, but I will anyway. Favre surpassed the great Dan Marino to top the lists in wins (160), TDs (442), completions (5,337), attempts (8,758) and yards (61,655) … and hopefully still counting.
9. Every Record in the Book
I need not give you more information that the fact that Favre owns virtually every meaningful career passing record that exists in the NFL, but I will anyway. Favre surpassed the great Dan Marino to top the lists in wins (160), TDs (442), completions (5,337), attempts (8,758) and yards (61,655) … and hopefully still counting.
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10. He Makes the Damn Game Exciting
I’ll leave you with one defining example of this point and, if you were around to remember it, I dare you not to crack a smile. Back in 1992, after injury forced then-starter Dan Majkowski out of a game against the Bengals, Favre found himself thrust into action. He played a horrific game, fumbling four times. He was forced to endure a chorus of boos, and then finally outright chants of “We want Detmer,” from the Lambeau faithful. However, trailing 23-17 with just 1:07 to go and pinned down on his own 8-yard-line, Favre gave us the first little touch of foreshadowing in what would become a masterpiece of a career. In a matter of just two plays, he connected to Sterling Sharpe for 42 yards, then launched a game-winning bomb to Kitrick Taylor with 13 seconds left to cement a 24-23 Packers victory.
10. He Makes the Damn Game Exciting
I’ll leave you with one defining example of this point and, if you were around to remember it, I dare you not to crack a smile. Back in 1992, after injury forced then-starter Dan Majkowski out of a game against the Bengals, Favre found himself thrust into action. He played a horrific game, fumbling four times. He was forced to endure a chorus of boos, and then finally outright chants of “We want Detmer,” from the Lambeau faithful. However, trailing 23-17 with just 1:07 to go and pinned down on his own 8-yard-line, Favre gave us the first little touch of foreshadowing in what would become a masterpiece of a career. In a matter of just two plays, he connected to Sterling Sharpe for 42 yards, then launched a game-winning bomb to Kitrick Taylor with 13 seconds left to cement a 24-23 Packers victory.
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Of course, that’s just how the legend began. I know I sure wouldn’t mind seeing it continued a little bit longer.
Of course, that’s just how the legend began. I know I sure wouldn’t mind seeing it continued a little bit longer.
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FUNNY SPORTS QUOTES \ Source: superengland.com
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SPORTS QUOTES
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Silver medallist at the Winter Olympics 2006, Shelley Rudman, on her old and relatively heavy sled:
"Everyone else had a new sled for the Winter Olympics, but I didn't want to swap my old one. Sleds are like cars you get used to the feel of them."
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Cyclist Rob Hayles, a member of England's 2006 Commonwealth Games team, criticised the attitude of England's athletes, saying that their egos were so big they needed "a village of their own".
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Eric Cantona , comparing the experience of winning beach soccer world cup with winning actual soccer with Manchester United:
"Of course it is not as big as football but when you are a rich man you are proud to own a Rolls Royce and when you are a poor man you are proud to own a Renault."
"Of course it is not as big as football but when you are a rich man you are proud to own a Rolls Royce and when you are a poor man you are proud to own a Renault."
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Pele once explained how he wasn't too happy to get his nickname:
"Pele isn't my real name, my real name is Edson. A class-mate wanted to anger me with the name Pele, so I punched him and got suspended from school. I didn't want the name. Pele sounds like baby-talk in Portuguese."
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