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It is not true that the English invented cricket as a way of making all other human endeavors look interesting and lively; that was merely an unintended side effect. ...It is the only sport that incorporates meal breaks. It is the only sport that shares its name with an insect. It is the only sport in which spectators burn as many calories as the players-more if they are moderately restless. ↗

— Bill Bryson

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A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be. ↗

— Wayne Gretzky

#going #good #great #hockey #hockey player

Champions keep playing until they get it right. ↗

— Billie Jean King

#champions #get #keep #playing #right

Guys care about sports teams. I'm not talking about simply rooting; I'm talking about a relationship that guys develop, a commitment to a sport team that guys take way more seriously than, for example, wedding vows. ↗

— Dave Barry

#sports #humor

You don't just want to beat a team. You want to leave a lasting impression in their minds so they never want to see your face again. ↗

— Mia Hamm

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I came home one night, some month ago, and I went to the closet in my bedroom...and a moth ate my sports jacket. He was laying on the floor, nauseous, y'know. ↗

— Woody Allen

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You have to give 100 percent in the first half of the game. If that isn't enough, in the second half, you have to give what's left. ↗

— Yogi Berra

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For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn? ↗

— Jane Austen

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[On writing:] "There's a great quote by Julius Irving that went, 'Being a professional is doing the things you love to do, on the days you don't feel like doing them.'" (One On 1, interview with Budd Mishkin; NY1, March 25, 2007.) ↗

— David Halberstam

#basketball #david-halberstam #julius-erving #professionalism #sports

Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer. ↗

— Ted Williams

#baseball #considered #endeavor #field #good