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You don't hurt 'em if you don't hit 'em.
Chesty Puller
You
Sports
Hurt
Hit
Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity.
Billie Jean King
Sports
Action
Total
Atmosphere
Perfect
Tennis
Taking
Combination
Tranquillity
Place
Violent
You cannot win if you cannot run.
Hank Stram
You
Sports
Win
Run
Cannot
I'll let the racket do the talking.
John McEnroe
Sports
Talking
Racket
I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it.
Rogers Hornsby
Sports
Else
Someone
Chase
Ball
Go
Hit
Want
Golf
Play
Play Golf
Boxing has become America's tragic theater.
Joyce Carol Oates
Sports
Become
Boxing
Tragic
America
Theater
Boxing is a celebration of the lost religion of masculinity all the more trenchant for its being lost.
Joyce Carol Oates
Religion
Sports
Lost
More
Masculinity
Boxing
Celebration
Being
I was always a mean and lean athlete - not tall - not large.
Edwin Moses
Sports
Athlete
Lean
Tall
Always
Mean
Large
Every great batter works on the theory that the pitcher is more afraid of him than he is of the pitcher.
Ty Cobb
Great
Sports
Every
Batter
More
He
Him
Than
Pitcher
Afraid
Theory
Works
The crowd makes the ballgame.
Ty Cobb
Sports
Crowd
Makes
Ballgame
It is almost impossible to remember how tragic a place the world is when one is playing golf.
Robert Wilson Lynd
Sports
World
Remember
Impossible
Almost
How
Tragic
Golf
Place
Playing
Reverse every natural instinct and do the opposite of what you are inclined to do, and you will probably come very close to having a perfect golf swing.
Ben Hogan
You
Sports
Natural
Will
Every
Having
Perfect
Instinct
Come
Opposite
Reverse
Very
Close
Golf
Inclined
Swing
The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight.
Ben Hogan
Needs
Sports
More
Only
Daylight
The Only Thing
Golfer
Thing
I'm a competitive person and I love the challenge of mastering new things.
Sasha Cohen
Love
Sports
Challenge
New Things
New
Mastering
Person
Things
Competitive
Competitive Person
He hits the ball a long way and he knows how to win.
Gary McCord
Sports
Win
Long
Way
He
Long Way
Knows
Ball
How
Hits
He's got an overall flair for the game. It looks to me like he really loves what he does and he can't wait to get up in the morning, go hit some balls and go play.
Gary McCord
Morning
Me
Game
Sports
Wait
Some
He
Like
Overall
Looks
Does
Got
Go
Balls
Up
Hit
Get
Flair
Loves
Really
Play
I don't know why people question the academic training of an athlete. Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.
Al McGuire
Sports
People
Training
Country
Half
Doctors
Athlete
Classes
Percent
Bottom
Academic
Know
Question
Graduated
Fifty
Why
Nobody's a natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hard to stay on top.
Paul Coffey
Work
Good
You
Sports
Natural
Work Hard
Better
Top
Stay
Nobody
Get
Then
Hard
I went through baseball as 'a player to be named later.'
Joe Garagiola
Sports
Later
Through
Named
Baseball
Player
Football is violence and cold weather and sex and college rye.
Roger Kahn
Sports
Sex
College
Weather
Cold
Cold Weather
Football
Violence
I was showing early symptoms of becoming a professional baseball man. I was lying to the press.
Roger Kahn
Man
Sports
Lying
Symptoms
Press
Becoming
Professional
Showing
Professional Baseball
Baseball
Early
The difference between the old ballplayer and the new ballplayer is the jersey. The old ballplayer cared about the name on the front. The new ballplayer cares about the name on the back.
Steve Garvey
Sports
Old
Cares
Back
About
Between
New
Name
Ballplayer
Front
Difference
Jersey
Cared
Watching baseball under the lights is like observing dogs indoors, at a pedigree show. In both instances, the environment is too controlled to suit the species.
Melvin Maddocks
Sports
Too
Pedigree
Both
Environment
Observing
Indoors
Lights
Like
Dogs
Controlled
Show
Baseball
Species
Watching
Suit
Baseball is a game where a curve is an optical illusion, a screwball can be a pitch or a person, stealing is legal and you can spit anywhere you like except in the umpire's eye or on the ball.
James Patrick Murray
You
Game
Sports
Legal
Illusion
Eye
Stealing
Spit
Except
Like
Ball
Umpire
Optical
Person
Pitch
Where
Curve
Anywhere
Baseball
The difference in golf and government is that in golf you can't improve your lie.
George Deukmejian
Government
You
Sports
Lie
Improve
Difference
Golf
Your
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