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Athlete Quote by Howie Long

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“Sports ideally teach discipline and commitment. They challenge you and build character for everything you do in life.”

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I looked at Randy White... I looked at Klecko. I looked at Gino Marchetti. I looked at a lot of players. Bob Lilly. There…

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As a broadcaster, I've always taken the approach that I want to be informed. I want to understand. It's easy to mail it in…

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There is no easy way to greatness in any venue. But if you work hard, good things will inevitably happen to you.

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My poor wife, we stopped on the way back to the suite after our wedding reception so I could pick up a jar of…

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Professional athletes, like it or not, have a responsibility to the kids of America.

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My grandmother is the type of person, I'd be down playing cards in the park, and she'd take the dog and walk down to…

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I really enjoy my time in Montana.

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I have this dying desire to be on top. I'm paranoid about it. It's almost a sickness.

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For a while here in L.A., we had a problem with the wave. They didn't quite know when to wave.

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I had a mental block. I didn't think I could be successful at right end.

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I'm never one to question people's courage.

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I like John Riggins. He's one of the guys I look up to. He doesn't try to change his act to suit his profession.…

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I like to push characters to extremes so they have to make really tough decisions and there is no life more extreme than that…

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We are like highly trained athletes, who never run a race.

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There are only two options regarding commitment; you’re either in or you’re out.

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I didn't aspire to be a good sport; 'champion' was good enough for me.

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