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Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second.
William James

Find, Enough, Far

I guess there is nothing that will get your mind off everything like golf. I have never been depressed enough to take up the game, but they say you get so sore at yourself you forget to hate your enemies.
Will Rogers

Hate, Yourself, Mind

I am building a fire, and everyday I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match.
Mia Hamm

Fire, Light, Moment

If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally dead.
Erma Bombeck

Football, Dead, Three

You wouldn't have won if we'd beaten you.
Yogi Berra

My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging.
Hank Aaron

Feeling, Motto, Keep

The game of golf would lose a great deal if croquet mallets and billiard cues were allowed on the putting green.
Ernest Hemingway

Great, Game, Lose

Thus so wretched is man that he would weary even without any cause for weariness... and so frivolous is he that, though full of a thousand reasons for weariness, the least thing, such as playing billiards or hitting a ball, is sufficient enough to amuse him.
Blaise Pascal

Him, Enough, Playing

I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money. I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok.
Shaquille O'Neal

Money, Tired, Game

I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game.
Walt Whitman

Great, Game, Baseball

The only time my prayers are never answered is on the golf course.
Billy Graham

Time, Golf, Prayers

Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.
Ted Williams

Good, Baseball, Succeed

Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.
Ambrose Bierce

School, Football, Philosophy

Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field?
Jim Bouton

Men, Football, Baseball

I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles.
Gilbert K. Chesterton

Playing, Golf, Expensive

All hockey players are bilingual. They know English and profanity.
Gordie Howe

Hockey, English, Players

Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it's so incredible, it's unbelievable.
Tom Landry

Game, Football, Sometimes

You can't win unless you learn how to lose.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Win, Learn, Lose

These are my new shoes. They're good shoes. They won't make you rich like me, they won't make you rebound like me, they definitely won't make you handsome like me. They'll only make you have shoes like me. That's it.
Charles Barkley

Good, Rich, Handsome

Sports do not build character. They reveal it.
Heywood Broun

Character, Build, Reveal

You win some, lose some, and wreck some.
Dale Earnhardt

Win, Lose, Wreck

You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball.
Bobby Knight

Game, Basketball, Play

Champions keep playing until they get it right.
Billie Jean King

Keep, Until, Playing

Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up.
Red Auerbach

War, Basketball, While

Baseball happens to be a game of cumulative tension but football, basketball and hockey are played with hand grenades and machine guns.
John Leonard

Game, Football, Basketball

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