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I want to see where I measure up against everyone in the world and everyone who has ever competed in the sport, and there's that innate sense of wanting to challenge myself. I'm competitive in all aspects. Ashton Eaton
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My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity. Arthur Ashe
sports athlete fans
I've been a sports fan all my life, and like most other actors, I'm convinced I could have been a pro athlete if Hollywood hadn't come calling. Jamie Foxx
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In 1964, when Lee Iacocca said, 'Shelby, I want you to make a sports car out of the Mustang,' the first thing I said was, 'Lee, you can't make a race horse out of a mule. I don't want to do it.' He said, 'I didn't ask you to make it; you work for me.' Carroll Shelby
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There's nobody you'd rather beat than your good friend. Charles Barkley
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I'm a 34-year-old NBA center. I'm black. And I'm gay. I didn't set out to be the first openly gay athlete playing in a major American team sport. But since I am, I'm happy to start the conversation. I wish I wasn't the kid in the classroom raising his hand and saying, 'I'm different.' If I had my way, someone else would have already done this. Nobody has, which is why I'm raising my hand. Jason Collins
sports needs done
Do what needs to be done, when it needs to be done the best way it can be done, and do it that way every time. Bobby Knight
sports play opponents
You play ball against yourself; your opponent is your potential. Bobby Knight
sports thinking people
I think the best way to find out about something is to try to do it to the max. A lot of people take up a hobby or sport and then find an excuse not to carry on with it. Once I start something, I won't stop until I'm as good at it as I'll ever be. Bruce Dickinson
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Back in the Eighties, I'd buy the biggest Benetton jumper I could find and would wear it long-sleeved, hanging off my shoulders, with a varsity jacket and a baseball cap on back to front with a quiff. I was the smallest boy in my class, and I looked like a reject from New Kids On The Block. Terrible. Jamie Bamber
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Right now there's a risk in signing any baseball player, whether or not there's been a rumor about him or not. There's a dark cloud over the entire sport. Jeff Chown
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This is a pitchers' ballpark. Everybody knows that here. It's not in my mind anymore. I'm just here to play baseball -- that's what I'm going to do. Some of these guys are worried about it. That's not by business. Jose Guillen
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All I can tell them is pick a good one and sock it. I get back to the dugout and they ask me what it was I hit and I tell them I don't know except it looked good. Babe Ruth
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I thank heaven we have had baseball in this world... the kids... our national pastime. Babe Ruth
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We're happy to be 6-5. We've turned the corner. The thing is, we were 2-5 at one time (after having) lost four in a row and were frustrated. We were searching for some identity. The kids turned it around. That's what is unique about baseball that you can't do with basketball. You have to do get after it the next day. Jim Stoyle
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We did not commit a single error in the game. When you can go five innings in high school baseball without committing an error, you improve your chances of winning. Andy Keith
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Sometimes I'll be confident and go into a shop and say, "Hello, yeah, all right," and then the next day, if someone looks at me or talks to me, I just don't know what to do. If you're walking down the street with a baseball cap, you might be fine. But if you're in a pub and you see someone look at you, you think the worst thing in the world now is if they come over. It's a really weird feeling. Ricky Gervais
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Some day I'm going to have to stand before God, and if He asks me why I didn't let that [Jackie] Robinson fellow play ball, I don't think saying 'because of the color of his skin' would be a good enough answer. Branch Rickey
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All I got to do is keep getting the most out of each one of my days and keep trying to be the best athlete I can become. Derrick Rose
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I was always a thin kid; I was an athlete. Artie Lange
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We like to outlet and run. But you've got to have the ball. Mascoutah has some great athletes and they made it difficult for us to control the boards. We did a better job of blocking out in the third quarter and were able to push the ball. Dave Kohnen
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Vince Young is the finest athlete I've ever been on the field with. Lloyd Carr
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Two years ago, he swam the 50-meter butterfly in 37 seconds. That's quick, but a high school athlete that is in the shape that he is in can do it faster. And they'd always make fun of him. Jack Maguire
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Peyton would tell you that, too. Eli is a big, good-looking kid who can throw the ball well. The thing that separates Peyton is his work ethic and how he prepares himself. Eli went to Ole Miss and did pretty darn well without the best cast around him. I think he'll do just fine. He's just a very good athlete who can throw the ball extremely well. Jake Delhomme
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Nick performed very well. This is his fifth conference title in a row. To win both the 3k and the 5k is awesome and being selected as the track athlete of the meet is a tremendous honor. John Zupanc
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Nicole will be busy ? she'll see four events. As good an athlete as Nicole is, Mahon is having a phenomenal season. But Nicole is right there. Dave O'Neal
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Nobody holds training camp in January. It's held in July and August, and more is heaped upon the body. Nobody can dictate how much an athlete needs to eat or drink over the course of a day, and if it's hot and humid, he may not want to eat or drink as much. So now, he's at a higher risk. It's never usually one thing, but three or four factors that end up being the recipe for disaster. Leslie Bonci