Quotes about american-athlete
american-athlete battle brother early fortunate lost ron
I was just fortunate that it was detected in the early stages. Unfortunately my brother Ron wasn't so lucky. He lost his battle with the disease. Len Dawson
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Recreating the South Pointing Chariot is particularly challenging because none of the original technical drawings remain in existence. Kit Williams
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Our real identity is one which appeals to the traditional families, hard-working young couples, the pensioners and students of Britain. Steve Blake
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Wouldn't it be great if we just ended up tied? I think it would be beautiful. Mark McGwire
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We've turned down a lot of teams. You have to have your business stuff together in order to make it work. You have to have a team that can play. Tim Hardaway
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You know, I don't even really remember. I think he just said, 'Good job. Now we're going to get back in the gym and work for Trials.' Carly Patterson
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You know I don't even know that I want to call what we did a rivalry it was fun I mean it was competitive, but it was also great fun. Ralph Boston
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When I recorded Contra la Puerta, I never really thought out doing the material live. Mostly because I haven't really seen any electronic music performed live in an interesting way.
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We needed Larry Brown. Me more so than anyone. I wanted Larry to do a great job for us and I thought he would and I thought he could. Isiah Thomas
american-athlete began fans hit home packages run stuffed throwing took
After I'd hit a home run and took my position in the field, the fans in the bleachers began throwing packages of tobacco at me. I stuffed them in my pocket. Hank Sauer
american-athlete knew
The first week Banks was with us, we knew he was going to be a star.
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Unlike other major sporting events, such as the World Series or the NBA Finals or the Masters, it's a one-day event. You crown the champion that day. Roger Staubach
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We have weeded out the deadwood and set about to deal with the internal issues that in the past led to faction building and damaging splits.
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We have to withdraw from this undemocratic institution and ensure that these people no longer have any influence on British affairs. We would like to see other European nations do the same thing. I think that will happen.
american-athlete black frank game hit home manager played robinson run
We played one game at home, and Frank Robinson was the big story because he was the first black manager and he hit a home run in that game. Dennis Eckersley
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The greens are so fast I have to hold my putter over the ball and hit it with the shadow. Sam Snead
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Bruce Sutter has been around for a while and he's pretty old. He's thirty-five years old, that will give you some idea of how old he is. Ron Fairly
american-athlete among elite handful physically
Among the world elite there are a handful of athletes who are physically capable of winning it. Maurice Greene
american-athlete fastest man
Everyone is coming after me now. Fine, let them keep on coming. I'm the fastest man in the world, no doubt.
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To be number one, you must train like you are number two.
american-athlete bad good jobs
I've had bad jobs. Now I have a good one. I'm thankful.
american-athlete either knew side
I bet I made close to 20 tackles because nobody on either side knew what they were doing. Merlin Olsen
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Team doctors' jobs those days were to keep you on the field.
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When a man lies, he murders some part of the world.
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Our whole philosophy was to intimidate the quarterback. We were able to do it. We were pioneers. People still recognize us as, maybe, the best defensive line of all time.
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It did not come naturally; in fact, it would be difficult to conceive of any more dogmatic and less tolerant people than the first settlers on New England shores.
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It would not be fair to the critics of Rotary, who include some of the most brilliant of the British and American writers, to charge them with prejudice.
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Many obstacles to the expansion of good will have presented themselves.
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But primitive man had enemies real as well as imaginary, and they were not subject to priestly sorceries.
american-athlete caught focusing spare thinking
The world went by, and we didn't get caught up in all the other things, because we didn't have time. We had no spare time. It was always thinking about training and focusing on what we wanted, our goals. Peggy Fleming
american-athlete stopped
We wanted to be achievers, but being an achiever didn't mean that you stopped being a woman.
american-athlete both enjoy gates knew spend talk time walk
We could spend time together during the day and just kind of talk and enjoy each other and enjoy the moment. But it was interesting we both knew that once you walk through the gates of that stadium, then it was on, the game was on.
american-athlete convinced gotta people russian saying
I think I was more or less, convinced of that by just the press, the US press. By people who were pressuring you, saying that you gotta beat the Russian's, if you don't win anything else, win the Russian meet and so forth.