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    Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting.

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Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.

Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.

by Ambrose Bierce Found in: Sports Quotes,
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When Tiger was 6 months old, he would sit in our garage, watching me hit balls into a net. He read more

When Tiger was 6 months old, he would sit in our garage, watching me hit balls into a net. He had been assimilating his golf swing. When he got out of the high chair, he had a golf swing.

by Earl Woods Found in: Sports Quotes,
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They can't fire me because my family buys too many tickets.

They can't fire me because my family buys too many tickets.

by Lavell Edwards Found in: Sports Quotes,
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I am a member of a team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for read more

I am a member of a team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion.

by Mia Hamm Found in: Soccer Quotes, Sports Quotes,
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I'm fairly confident that if I died tomorrow, Don would find a way to preserve me until the season was read more

I'm fairly confident that if I died tomorrow, Don would find a way to preserve me until the season was over and he had time for a nice funeral.
(on the career dedication of her husband, the Miami Dolphins' coach)

by Dorothy Shula Found in: Sports Quotes,
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The only one who can beat me is me.

The only one who can beat me is me.

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I don't know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports.

I don't know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports.

by Richard M. Nixon Found in: Sports Quotes,
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One player was lost because he broke his nose. How do you go about getting a nose in condition for read more

One player was lost because he broke his nose. How do you go about getting a nose in condition for football?
(asking if the abnormal number of Longhorn injuries this season resulted from poor physical conditioning)

by Darrell Royal Found in: Sports Quotes,
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'Twas Game Six of the Series when out of the sky, Flew Sergio's parachute, a Met banner held high. His read more

'Twas Game Six of the Series when out of the sky, Flew Sergio's parachute, a Met banner held high. His goal was to spur our home team to success, Burst Beantown's balloon claiming Sox were the best.

by Phyllis Orlikoff Flug Found in: Sports Quotes,
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