- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sports Quotes
More than a game to the people who live it.
A few of these are candid about the professional distance coaches and players keep, while others celebrate becoming attached to a new sports city. For a laugh in between games, check our Jokes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even as a little kid, I was fascinated by newspapers and magazines. They were my TV. I'd be the first one up to grab the morning paper, mainly to look at the sports pictures, the war pictures.
- First Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first thing they gave me at 'Sports Illustrated' was a first-class air card. 'And oh, by the way, there's the petty cash drawer,' they told me. 'Take a few thousand dollars for expenses.'
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
The key to any good sports story is identifying the defining moment. In football games or a boxing match, it's usually pretty obvious. But in golf, sometimes it happens on Thursday. Usually it's Sunday, but guys who don't know the game, they can miss it.
- Columnist
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sally Jenkins of the 'Washington Post' is the best sports columnist in the country. Second best is Gene Wojciechowski of ESPN.com, and third is Dan Wetzel on Yahoo!
- Gold
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- Nov 07, 2020
Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.
- Fans
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- Nov 07, 2020
When there were first rumors of us going after LeBron, some fans wondered how we could do that after all that happened. But after the 'Sports Illustrated' letter, every fan is thrilled to have him back. That was so heartfelt.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't know anybody in show business, and I never thought it was the path I'd go down. I was hoping it was sports, like so many kids.
- Lose
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I played sports, if you lose the game, and then you complain, that makes you a sore loser. That doesn't make you protester - that just makes you a whiner.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
No matter how many years you play, it's always something new and exciting. It's sports, you never know what may happen.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up, sports was my outlet, my way to portray a personality. I was very shy around people but, through sports, something I was good at, I was able to make friends.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's not a long track record of people leaving professional sports to become a software developer.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's not a whole bunch of options in America for a black man. But sports gives you that opportunity... So where would my life be without football? I don't know.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020