Michael Wilbon Quotes
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I'm black, I don't feel burdened by it and I don't think it's a huge responsibility. It's part of who I am. It does not define me.
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I don't think there's anything that is a greater area of discrimination against women today than the fact that nowhere in the world is there a female role model in team sports that more than half of a general audience would recognize.
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You wouldn't have won if we'd beaten you.
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Contrary to the royal and uptight image of polo, I want to bring it to a younger generation. This is a great sport that can have a larger audience and appeal to more people. Sportsmanship is lacking in many other sports that I don't want to name.
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I'm not a girly girl. I go to the bar. I like to get dirty. I love sports. I'm like the son my dad never had.
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In the old days, you had an audience of about 400, half of whom were committee members from somewhere or other sitting in their suits. It's become a real sports event with sports fans now.
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And I realized that there was no sports reporter, so I started covering sporting events.
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Sports in Indonesia aren't being supported by the government. The rewards you get as a young player don't match the effort you put in. I want to be different from other athletes, if not better, and I want to make something good out of my profile and help the younger players have opportunities.
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Sally Jenkins of the 'Washington Post' is the best sports columnist in the country. Second best is Gene Wojciechowski of ESPN.com, and third is Dan Wetzel on Yahoo!
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All sports should get support from the government and corporate bodies.
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We're not doing outrageous fashion; I make sports clothes that are relatively conservative, clothes that everyone wears.
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I've always craved winning. It's just easier in sports because there's a scoreboard.
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Maybe a day will come when we may have to just put on a pair of glasses and see sports events.
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I am a sports enthusiast, and if given an opportunity, I want to be a sportsman, even today. I want to promote the sport that is indigenous to India. Kabaddi is a matter of national pride. Why can't cricket, hockey, football and kabaddi be given equal platforms and co-exist? I believe that can happen.
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I loved to do sports when I was young. We were on a family holiday and went sailing. I just loved it. And there, you can say, life began to change for me.
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I went to Ohio University studying arts and history, and playing football. But I was only interested in girls, my pals and sports. I only did the minimum for school.
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England was merry England, whenOld Christmas brought his sports again.‘Twas Christmas broach’d the mightiest ale;‘Twas Christmas told the merriest tale;A Christmas gambol oft could cheerThe poor man’s heart through half the year.
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That's the good thing about sports - it's very clear-cut. You either win, or you don't.
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All me and my brother knew was sports - music was never something I ever really thought of.
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E! always wanted me to keep it to entertainment news or entertainment and no sports or anything like that, and don't get too weird.
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With millions of family wage manufacturing jobs lost since 2001, we need an energy bill that takes bold action to tap into American ingenuity in order to lead the world in new clean energy technology, rather than playing catch-up to the Japanese, Danish, and Germans.
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I love stage actors. There's something special about all people who have to do a performance eight shows a week, and musical people, especially, are so much fun.
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There was certainly a space I felt for me, don't complain about it not being there, make it.
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Sports don't define us; it is not what we live for.
