SPORTS QUOTES
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Class is when they run you out of town and it looks like you’re leading a parade.
– Bill Battle, football coach
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Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one.
– Bill Bradley, basketball player
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When you have them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow.
– Jerry Martin, baseball player
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These are the days when it takes all you’ve got just to keep up with the losers.
– Robert Orpen
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How can they beat me? I’ve been struck by lightning, had two back operations, and been divorced twice.
– Lee Trevino, golfer
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The best feeling in the world is walking into an athletic atmosphere and knowing the other athletes are scared to death to compete against you.
– Matt Hurst
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Everyone likes a good loser, especially when he is on the opposing team.
– Milton Segal
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If you wish to hide your character, do not play golf.
– Percy Boomer, British golfer and author
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If a horse has four legs and I’m riding it, I can win.
– Angel Cordero, Jr., jockey
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There is no victory at bargain basement prices.
– Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th president
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Golf has humbled, humiliated, and just about licked all the great athletes who tried it.
– Early “Red” Blaik, football coach
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A pat on the back is only a few vertebrae removed from a kick in the pants, but is miles ahead in results.
– Ella Wheeler Wilcox, author and poet
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When building a team, I always search first for people who love to win. If I can’t find any of those, I look for people who hate to lose.
– H. Ross Perot, businessman
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No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.
– William Penn, British colonizer
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I watch a man shoot pool for an hour. If he misses more than one shot, I know I can beat him.
– Luther Lassiter, pool player
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I run on the road long before I dance under the lights.
– Muhammad Ali, boxer
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Sunday, March 1, 2009
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