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title: "6 Athletes Play Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [It's been a big flaw of ours in the soccer department that a lot of our best athletes go and play other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-pulisic/it-s-been-a-big-flaw-of-ours-in-the-soccer-department-that-a-lot-of/)

[Christian Pulisic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-pulisic/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e7/christian-pulisic-6402_best_it-s-been-a-big-flaw-of-ours-in-the-socc_432340.jpg)

> [The team with the best athletes doesn't usually win. It's the team with the athletes who play best together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-fernandez/the-team-with-the-best-athletes-doesn-t-usually-win-it-s-the-team/)

[Lisa Fernandez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-fernandez/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c31/lisa-fernandez-57683_athlete_the-team-with-the-best-athletes-doesn-t_2436456.png)

> [You think about the Bahamas, you think it's this island full of beaches and chilling on the beach, but there's a lot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buddy-hield/you-think-about-the-bahamas-you-think-it-s-this-island-full-of/)

[Buddy Hield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buddy-hield/)

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> [I think it would be tough for a lot of the athletes that I play with to think that while that I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cris-carter/i-think-it-would-be-tough-for-a-lot-of-the-athletes-that-i-play-with/)

[Cris Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cris-carter/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fe/cris-carter-7029_athletes_i-think-it-would-be-tough-for-a-lot-of-t_2601157.jpg)

> [“Great athletes can at once play the game and observe it as a whole.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-a-heifetz/great-athletes-can-at-once-play-the-game-and-observe-it-as-a-whole/)

[Ronald A. Heifetz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-a-heifetz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2e/ronald-a-heifetz-23775_athletes_great-athletes-can-at-once-play-the-game_2752156.png)

> [We're often portrayed as rich, spoiled athletes who play a game for too much money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-duval/we-re-often-portrayed-as-rich-spoiled-athletes-who-play-a-game-for/)

[David Duval](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-duval/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3a/david-duval-18852_athletes_we-re-often-portrayed-as-rich-spoiled-at_3121566.png)

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