▶ "You may not be able to read a doctor's handwriting and prescription, but you'll notice his bills are neatly typewritten."; "Today's accent may be on youth, but the stress is still on the parents."; "To sell something, tell a woman it's a bargain; tell a man it's deductible."; "This would be a much better world if more married couples were as deeply in love as they are in debt."; "The man who didn't want his wife to work has been succeeded by the man who asks about her chances of getting a raise."; …"The fastest way for a politician to become an elder statesman is to lose an election."; "Success is simply a matter of luck. Ask any failure."; "Snow and adolescence are the only problems that disappear if you ignore them long enough."; "Science may never come up with a better office communication system than the coffee break."; "Poise: the ability to be ill at ease inconspicuously."; "One way to get high blood pressure is to go mountain climbing over molehills."; "Nothing is as embarrassing as watching your boss do something you assured him couldn't be done."; "Go for the moon. If you don't get it, you'll still be heading for a star."; "We have only God on our side; they have 'In God We Trust' on their side."; "I'm alive. That's a good thing."; "He started pushing to make birdies and you don't do that when you're down."; "They've pushed me down a big ravine, but I'll get back up to the top."; "I don't know, I never smoked AstroTurf."; "If you are going to throw a club, it is important to throw it ahead of you, down the fairway, so you don't have to waste energy going back to pick it up."; "I wouldn't say I'm lucky, but I do take care of my body. I never drink or smoke, and I get the most out of my body."; "The day they put me in the net I had a good game. I've stayed there since."; "Even if I don't finish, we need others to continue. It's got to keep going without me."; "As much as everyone wants to downplay racism, it exists. There's a great mistrust among some African-Americans of white people."; "I'm a racehorse fanatic rather than a football fanatic."; "Jewelry takes people's minds off your wrinkles."; "It's going to be a symbolic thing. But for me, they did enough."; "I tell people retirement isn't what you think. You are going to sit around and waste your life, you can only golf so much. To stay young, you have to stay in the mix."; "Generally in the Little League you're up against a good pitcher who throws like hell. What does the coach say? Get a walk. Isn't that beautiful way to learn to hit? For four years you stand up there looking for a walk."; "There's no such thing as lack of confidence. You either have it or you don't."; "In life it wasn't what you know, but who you know. I had people who were trying to buy teams and had they bought the teams, I would have gotten to coach because they wanted me to coach. But the people who have the teams hire their friends."; "I once loved this game. But after being traded four times, I realized that it's nothing but a business. I treat my horses better than the owners treat us. It's a shame they've destroyed my love for the game."; "Ain't nothing but 10 grand. What's 10 grand to me?"; "Once a place becomes special, it's no longer special."; "When fairy tales are written in the west, they're known as folklore. In the east, fairy tales are called religions."; "I don't know if Wimbledon's seen anything like it. I don't know if they will again. But it was just - it was electric. The Aussie crowd, I'm really proud of them, the way they conducted themselves. You know they're great losers, as well."; "No matter how noble and special people want to make the playoffs out to be... it's a crapshoot."; "I'll always be Number 1 to myself."; "It's always good to go against your friends, especially when you come out victorious."; "This whole thing's about development. Not only are we trying to develop players, we're trying to develop ourselves."; "I used to want to be a Lawyer, but I didn't want to have half my brain sucked out."; "If you're masochistic enough to program in ADA, we're not going to stop you."; "I'm supposed to relax and concentrate on the image of myself out there skating my race."; "I pastor a very large church in western Australia. We have about - over 2,000 people, which we have a Bible school, community services, a lot of things linked with it. So my life's very full today. Not enough days in the week."; "I don't really trust a sane person."; "Friday was Atlanta. That was fifteen bucks. Once a month, we made a six hundred mile trip from Indianapolis down to Atlanta, and at fifteen dollars, by the time you feed yourself and buy gasoline, you're minus about ten bucks."; "I didn't push Cory. I wanted him to decide if he wanted to go into boxing and he did. Can't blame it on me."; "It's all about work when you reach up, tap in and step on that field. You don't mess around when you go through that gate."; "Doing shows is always a side of skating that I've loved, it's the performing. I get to do that without the pressure, it's always fun between the skaters and the preparation, the show is always so much fun."; "I just think we want to stay healthy, and I don't think we think about a sense of urgency. We realize how old we are, we realize we've been playing this game for a long time, but you know what? We're not done yet."; "I still don't know how I got to the big leagues because I wasn't that good."; "If you're playing for the Kansas City Royals about all you can do is beat your head against the wall."; "Over the years, I've had hundreds of shots blocked. You've got to go in and take chances."; "It's huge. You win the first game of the series, you want to win the series."; "I'm just riding the wave until it hits the shore."; "I take my vote as a salute to the little guy, the one who doesn't hit 500 home runs. I was one of the guys that did all they could to win. I'm proud of my stats, but I don't think I ever got on for."; "They're still in the game, and they're trying to get back into it."; "I give 'em the hip, then I take it away."; "I sign every autograph I can for kids because I remember myself at that age. I think it's ridiculous that some guys won't sign for a kid."; "I don't know if it's how I speak or what it is about me that presents that sort of label, but I don't know how many times I have to be out in public with a girlfriend to stop that from being said."; "I can't get into specifics. Someday, hopefully, I'll be able to."; "I'm very excited to be chosen by Portland. It's definitely a dream come true to be playing in the WNBA."; "Yes, I'm afraid the life over here is very different from N.Z. but oh boy it's a grand life."; "I never have been sick. I don't even know what it means to be sick. I hear other players say they have a cold. I just don't know what it would feel like to have a cold - I never had one."; "People in the U.S. like good baseball, whether you're on the home team or not."; "If you can't explain it, how can you take credit for it?"; "Anything that harms the integrity of the game is terrible. We always thought we were immune to drugs in baseball, but we know that's not true anymore."; "I'm just going to crumble like a wreck. I'll go home, become an alcoholic and maybe! jump of a bridge."; "I was meeting the ball better. The averages don't always tell the whole truth."; "It will be a difficult couple of days. It's difficult now and it will be difficult tomorrow."; "If somebody in the crowd spits at you, you've got to swallow it."; "I'm dumbfounded, but nothing surprises me in this game."; "I haven't seen one guy beat five people yet. It needs to be done collectively."; "If you're feeling pressure, then you shouldn't be here."; "Always, through my whole life, I've had a thirst for knowledge."; "I don't know where Hank Aaron will break Ruth's record but I can tell you one thing - ten years from the day he hits it three million people will say they were there."; "Once a guy starts wearing silk pajamas it's hard to get up early."; "You always have to give 100 percent, because if you don't, someone, someplace, will give 100 percent and will beat you when you meet."; "It's my job to get us in good plays, or more importantly, out of bad plays. That's what I did."; "But I'll tell you this: When I lose my athleticism, it's time to go."; "Honestly, at one time I though Babe Ruth was a cartoon character. I really did, I mean I wasn't born until 1961 and I grew up in Indiana."; "Sometimes a week might go by when I don't think about that game, but I don't remember when it happened last."; "Good pitchers, after a tough outing, bounce back. Real good pitchers don't let too many poor games get in there."; "I had such a great year I didn't want to forget it."; "I adapted an antiquated style and modernized it to something that was efficient. I didn't know anyone else in the world would be able to use it and I never imagined it would revolutionize the event."; "That's what really makes great skating competitions. When you have two top skaters in good form giving superb performances."; "Anything that happens that's good, they think, Oh, it's an accident, when is the roof caving in? You've got to get them out of that mental framework."; "God, I hope I wear this jersey forever."; "You can love me or you can hate me."; "In jail I was just like everybody else, I was sitting there praying, feeling caged."; "I learned a lot I wouldn't have learned roaming the streets of Dallas."; "A player dreams of being a superstar, but he doesn't want people flocking all over him asking for an autograph."; "Design has taken the place of what sailing used to be."; "I don't want to lose myself in football and that's what a coach has to do to be successful."; "It was one of those goals that's invariably a goal."; "Athletes know kids look up to them, and it's important for athletes to be responsible."; "For as long as I can really remember, I wanted to be a doctor."; "Believe in yourself, not only in swimming, but in life itself. You always have to have fun. You have to have an open mind. If you're not enjoying it, don't do it. Life's too short."; "Basketball is a team game. But that doesn't mean all five players should have the same amount of shots."; "I don't linger on the fact that Dawn Fraser was a great swimmer 40 years ago. That was in the past. I did break 41 world records, but I don't live on that today."; "I blame myself more so because I hung a curve. If you want to point a finger, point it at me."; "A game is not won until it is lost."; "All I like to do is work every day and have an idea what I want to do."; "There will always be cheaters. It is human nature. It will never be 100 percent clean, in any sport."; "The entrance into Jerusalem has all the elements of the theatre of the absurd: the poor king; truth comes riding on a donkey; symbolic actions - even parading without a permit!"; "I don't think Hank's home run record will ever be broken. There's no way."; "As a player you are always made to feel welcome, but at the same time, there is too much pressure."; "White Hart Lane was always a place where I felt I belonged."; "English football has just had a transfer window imposed for the first time, so it will be interesting to see how managers cope with the squads they have until it re-opens."; "Confidence is such a fragile and precious thing."; "I've always thought that having an attractive free agent is better than a guy who was picked in the seventh round."; "Clemens and Maddux have defined our era, I believe. And Randy Johnson is right behind them and still going."; "We stay as a team. I might be England captain, but that doesn't mean I get treated differently."; "Alex Ferguson is the best manager I've ever had at this level. Well, he's the only manager I've actually had at this level. But he's the best manager I've ever had."; "You have to go understand that life and baseball is littered with all kinds of obstacles and problems along the way. You have to learn how to overcome them to be successful in life."; "All though I didn't meet him. His legend and his saga and his story is just that. Jackie Robinson, we all have to tip our hat to him. Because he made the game available to guys like me."; "If we remain humble and hungry, we can win."; "I obviously have a lot of love and affection for the people of Hamilton from playing there for so long."; "You just listen to the ball and bat come together. They make an awful noise."; "Everything in our favour was against us."; "As soon as he hit it, I thought I had it. But I lost it when it went into the lights. I did my best."; "As I said this year, I didn't try to put any pressure on me by setting high goals or anything, I just want to make sure that every single time I'm out there on the court I do my best, I give 100%, and see where it's going to end up next year."; "A manager uses a relief pitcher like a six shooter, he fires until it's empty then takes the gun and throws it at the villain."; "Obviously I'm not 21 anymore, but I think I can still throw with anybody."; "As a team, you need to come from behind every once in awhile just to do it. Good for the attitude. It makes it exciting. And when everybody knows you have to throw it... that makes it fun too."; "First of all, it was such an honor to be chosen. You had to be voted in by players and coaches that time. But having it in Hawai'i was a brilliant idea."; "To be honest, I think for part of my late teens my character didn't really develop very much. I was in a state of cold storage."; "Because it is my second season with the team, no time has been wasted in getting to know the people I'm working with. I am aware of what the team is capable of and how the organisation works, and they are familiar with what makes me tick."; "Being a decathlete is like having ten girlfriends. You have to love them all, and you can't afford losing one."; "Eddie Haas talked a lot about not hitting the ball in the air."; "Any time you're mentioned in the same breath as Tony Esposito, for whatever reason, it's a great honor. He's one of my idols. He's one of the greatest of all time."; "Before I pitch any game, from spring training to Game 7 of the World Series, I'm scared to death."; "All the grand work was laid for people who came after me. The Supreme Court decided not to give it to me, so they gave it to two white guys. I think that's what they were waiting for."; "I am very happy to be signing for the best team in the world and especially proud to be the first Portuguese player to join United."; "As expanding economies continue to grow, the one source of energy that we can develop rapidly, cheaply and with next-to-no emissions is nuclear energy."; "For Oakley, I'm basically a media vehicle for them to promote the product. For me, it's both, I get a salary from them, but I also get great products so it just kind of works, continues on."; "And I think they loved me because I loved being part of their team, you know, and I quite often say to kids, that I was the worst player in the world's best football team - and that was good enough for me."; "They used to say, 'If we find a good black player, we'll sign him.' They was lying."; "He's one of those managers you'd give your left leg to play for."; "Being out in that heat for two weeks definitely drains your energy."; "EA SPORTS has a strong partnership with adidas and through this relationship they approached adidas about using some of their top players from around the world."; "I had some friends here from North Carolina who'd never seen a homer, so I gave them a couple."; "Dieting is murder on the road. Show me a man who travels and I'll show you one who eats."; "You always want to feel better but I'm good. My thing is once you get to the playoffs, you do whatever it takes. You've got to lay it on the line."; "And that's why, you know, it's players like Randy Moss that unfortunately put a stain on the entire league."; "Whatever you do, don't do it halfway."; "A catcher must want to catch. He must make up his mind that it isn't the terrible job it is painted, and that he isn't going to say every day, 'Why, oh why with so many other positions in baseball did I take up this one.'"; "I feel like I'm walking on eggs and can't take another step."; "I always said you have to be really smart or really dumb to play this game well. I just don't know where I fit in."; "I couldn't hit an elephant's ass with a bull fiddle."; "There comes a time when you have to shut it off, let it go, and say it's not going to happen."; "I'm not apologizing to anybody for anything."; "That's the awesome part. Little girls now have a chance to look up and see women playing soccer, basketball, softball and now hockey - and know they can win a gold medal, too."; "Don't forget this club nearly went out of extinction last year."; "If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer."; "Tea-shops were to become my favourite haunts in England."; "I will never regret not denouncing apartheid."; "I no longer run barefoot."; "I found them uncomfortable and after that I decided to continue running barefoot because I found it more comfortable. I felt more in touch with what was happening - I could actually feel the track."; "I can drink tea until the cows come home and I love the atmosphere in tea-shops."; "We were a family who had come from nothing and now we had respect from French people of all sorts."; "We must not let ourselves get driven off course, no matter what happens we must stick to our natural game."; "We are well aware of the task ahead of us in what will be a very difficult match but which we all dream of playing."; "To be recognised by a whole country is incredible. This is massive."; "The only important thing I have to say is that my father never fought against his country."; "The England team must always be respected. They always fight to the end."; "Music was important. Football was the easy part."; "It will be a physical encounter but we must not respond in kind."; "I was lucky to come from a difficult area. It teaches you not just about football but also life. There were lots of kids from different races and poor families. People had to struggle to get through the day."; "I may have had a lot of luck in my life, but I still need to find a challenge in the game."; "I love Madrid. I am happy to be here. I have been here three years and hope to be here longer. But I am proud of where I come from and never forget the people I grew up with."; "I have no message."; "I have never had the opportunity to play in England, so I know little about it."; "I have decided to come back for Les Bleus."; "I have a need to play intensely every day, to fight every match hard."; "I am first of all from La Castellane and Marseille."; "A Mediterranean city is really my culture."; "No matter whether you are new or an old team member, you need time to adjust to one another."; "Everybody is improving but I am improving slowly, which seemingly widens our distance."; "Basketball, in America, is like a culture. It is like a foreigner learning a new language. It is difficult to learn foreign languages and it will also be difficult for me to learn the culture for basketball here."; "Your child is happy. What else could you want?"; "You arrive at a village, and in this calm environment, one starts to hear echo."; "When one sings, one does not speak about the problems of the every day. One speaks about the things which inspire us, which helped us."; "To take part in this brothel through the payment of my taxes, that had become to me unbearable."; "The important thing is staying together if you want to do something special."; "People judged my work without to have listened to it."; "In the villages in Europe, there are still healers who tell stories."; "In black Africa, one does not strike, one does not express, one walks right."; "I felt the weight of the past at the beginning of my career of singer."; "I did not support any more New York. I lived 10 years there, and after September 11, I felt very European. I did not share the opinion of people in the street, who were deeply influenced by what they heard in the media."; "I believe in Karma. If the good is sown, the good is collected. When positive things are made, that returns well."; "I always traveled. I left Cameroon when I was 11 years old. I lived in the USA, in Switzerland."; "Downtown, one has less time. But there are in Europe much people who have the faith, in South America, too."; "Cracked was a very short warrior, whereas Marley was a pacifist warrior."; "Being in the stands is very difficult. I was never playing but I am nervous watching, waiting."; "At one time, I was persuaded to want to make music, and people answered me that that was not possible."; "Arthur Ashe had been the first black athlete to play Johannesburg at the time of apartheid."; "When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome."; "The feeling of accomplishment welled up inside of me, three Olympic gold medals. I knew that was something nobody could ever take away from me, ever."; "Sometimes it takes years to really grasp what has happened to your life."; "No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helps you."
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