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There was endless action - not just football, but sailboats, tennis and other things: movement. There was endless talk - the ambassador at the head of the table laying out the prevailing wisdom, but everyone else weighing in with their opinions and taking part.
Charles Spalding

Wisdom, Football, Else

Eighteen holes of match play will teach you more about your foe than 18 years of dealing with him across a desk.
Grantland Rice

Him, Play, Teach

Nobody roots for Goliath.
Wilt Chamberlain

I'll let the racket do the talking.
John McEnroe

Talking, Racket

When I was 40, my doctor advised me that a man in his 40s shouldn't play tennis. I heeded his advice carefully and could hardly wait until I reached 50 to start again.
Hugo Black

Play, Advice, Wait

You know they're not going to lose 162 consecutive games.
Harry Caray

One thing you learned as a Cubs fan: when you bought you ticket, you could bank on seeing the bottom of the ninth.
Joe Garagiola

Learned, Seeing, Fan

Pro football is like nuclear warfare. There are no winners, only survivors.
Frank Gifford

Football, Winners, Nuclear

I started playing ball when I was a kid. My dad was a pro ball player and he passed on his knowledge to me.
Kurt Russell

Knowledge, Dad, Playing

Every great batter works on the theory that the pitcher is more afraid of him than he is of the pitcher.
Ty Cobb

Great, Him, Afraid

What's a good tournament for him? Winning it. He's good enough.
Greg Norman

Good, Winning, Him

Don't play too much golf. Two rounds a day are plenty.
Harry Vardon

Two, Play, Golf

Overall the fundamentals seem to be there and he's obviously got a very mature head on his shoulders. He's got a kind of presence.
Nick Price

Head, Seem, Mature

New Yorkers love it when you spill your guts out there. Spill your guts at Wimbledon and they make you stop and clean it up.
Jimmy Connors

Love, Stop, Clean

Perhaps the single most important element in mastering the techniques and tactics of racing is experience. But once you have the fundamentals, acquiring the experience is a matter of time.
Greg LeMond

Time, Experience, Important

You don't suffer, kill yourself and take the risks I take just for money. I love bike racing.
Greg LeMond

Love, Money, Yourself

I went through baseball as 'a player to be named later.'
Joe Garagiola

Baseball, Through, Player

I'm not buddy-buddy with the players. If they need a buddy, let them buy a dog.
Whitey Herzog

Dog, Players, Buddy

Olympism is the marriage of sport and culture.
Juan Antonio Samaranch

Marriage, Culture

Many baseball fans look upon an umpire as a sort of necessary evil to the luxury of baseball, like the odor that follows an automobile.
Christy Mathewson

Evil, Baseball, Necessary

Baseball is a public trust. Players turn over, owners turn over and certain commissioners turn over. But baseball goes on.
Peter Ueberroth

Trust, Baseball, Public

Other sports play once a week but this sport is with us every day.
Peter Ueberroth

Play, Once, Week

Football is violence and cold weather and sex and college rye.
Roger Kahn

Sex, Football, Weather

I was showing early symptoms of becoming a professional baseball man. I was lying to the press.
Roger Kahn

Baseball, Early, Lying

Tennis and golf are best played, not watched.
Roger Kahn

Best, Golf, Played

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