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It's about somebody initially knowing more about it than you do but eventually you learn a lot about it yourself and practise… — Lynn Davies Copy Share Image
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It dawned on me with blinding brightness. I realized: I had jumped into another rare kind of stratosphere - one that only… — Jesse Owens Copy Share Image
Our behaviour as an athlete is often determined by our previous experiences and how we dealt with those experiences. It is these… — David Horne Copy Share Image
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So you had to rev your engines, to beat the Russians and I think more than anything, if the Soviet team would… — Ralph Boston Copy Share Image
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What's not realized about good novelists is that they're as competitive as good athletes. They study each other - where the other… — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
They say golf came easy to me because I was a good athlete, but there's not any girl on the LPGA Tour… — Babe Didrikson Zaharias Copy Share Image
What was most important to me at the Olympics was going out there and performing my best. When I messed up the… — Debi Thomas Copy Share Image
All you can do is put your story out there enough times and hope that a couple will understand that no matter… — Lawrence Taylor Copy Share Image
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Young people and Indian people need to know that we existed in the 20th Century. We need to know who our heroes… — Russell Means Copy Share Image
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I had no natural gift to be anything - not an athlete, not an actor, not a writer, not a director, a… — Paul Newman Copy Share Image
One of the perks of being an actor is to get to meet athletes that you respect. Especially who played before my… — Josh Charles Copy Share Image
I'm a realist and I always have been. Quality training is what I do now; before it was a combination of both… — Jackie Joyner-Kersee Copy Share Image
Fatigue makes fools of us all. It robs you of your skills and your judgment, and it blinds you to creative solutions.… — Harvey Mackay Copy Share Image
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Acting is sort of an extension of childhood. You get to play all of these roles and have so much fun. Playing… — Jon Hamm Copy Share Image
...for our wisdom is better than the strength of men or of horses. ... nor is it right to prefer strength to… — Xenophanes Copy Share Image
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Even though over the last years I've had more and more success and I've been getting better on the tour, I think… — Casper Ruud Copy Share Image
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The difference between the old ballplayer and the new ballplayer is the jersey. The old ballplayer cared about the name on the… — Steve Garvey Copy Share Image
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