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		I was really into sports, playing track and field, amateur wrestling, volleyball, and soccer. I was a very active kid and teenager.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Jinder Mahal
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		There is life after sports. What we're trying to do is give you some skills to be successful out in the real world. I promise you I will take people to dinner or lunch for interviews, and I will watch how they eat to see if they have proper manners. It tells so much about a person.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Eric Hyman
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		My commitment to Atlanta and passion for sports and competition make this acquisition a perfect fit for me.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Arthur Blank
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I can't imagine where I'd be without the opportunities provided to me in sports. Sports taught me that gender isn't an issue; in fact, when people talk about me being the first female governor, I'm a little absent from that discussion, because I've never thought of gender as an issue. In sports, you learn self-discipline, healthy competition, to be gracious in victory and defeat, and the importance of being part of a team and understanding what part you play on that team. You all work together to reach a goal, and I think all of those factors come into play in my role as governor.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Sarah Palin
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		It is not heroin or cocaine that makes one an addict, it is the need to escape from a harsh reality. There are more television addicts, more baseball and football addicts, more movie addicts, and certainly more alcohol addicts in this country than there are narcotics addicts.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Shirley Chisholm
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Our sport is in a changing of the guard right now. It happens every 10 or 15 years, and Brad is the leader of that change at the moment. Sometimes his words and outspokenness offend some folks, but he doesn’t back down from his comments. He doesn’t back down in his driving either, and when competitors see him coming in the rearview mirror, they have to be wondering what he’ll do and what he’s thinking. I think fans love that and gravitate to drivers like Brad.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Darrell Waltrip
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	
		
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		Ten thousand casks, Forever dribbling out their base contents, Touch'd by the Midas finger of the state, Bleed gold for ministers to sport away. Drink, and be mad then; 'tis your country bids!
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				William Cowper
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Just as sports teams recognize the potentially game-changing benefit of calling time-outs, failing to do so in matters of warfare is a surefire way to continue losing.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Pete Hoekstra
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		My dad was a sports writer when I was younger and then he became just a general columnist. But I grew up with him literally getting into brawls with football coaches.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Amy Klobuchar
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		In sports, I refused to do any interviews that were just going to become human-interest stories. Don't turn me into a tragic heroine.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Aimee Mullins
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I've always thought that my exposure to competitive sports helped me a great deal in the operating room. It teaches you endurance, and it teaches you how to cope with defeat, and with complications of all sort. I think I'm a well-coordinated person, more than average, and I think that came through my interest in sports, and athletics... Playing basketball you have to make decisions promptly, and that's true in the operating room as well.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Denton Cooley
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Unless you're a vegan freak of nature like Tony Gonzalez, I don't think you can play sports much past your early 30s.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Jeff Ament
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	
		
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		I think sports is a quest to find out what really is - not what perceptions are.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Eddie Alvarez
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What is tough, is being good every day.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Willie Mays
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I always had a problem when someone was trying to place sport in social and political context. Sport is a separate and unique kind of human activity, which functions under its own rules and principles. It has nothing to do with the political agenda, and neither it should. When politics interferes with sport, unjust things happen.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Vladimir Putin
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Sports has always been a pass-through. You pay for something, and then you pass it through to television, you pass it through to advertisers, or you pass it through to season-ticket holders, luxury boxes and then the fans. Then it all adds up, and you take in more than you pass out.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				John Madden
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I work out, I play sports, I go to concerts.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Angie Everhart
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		When I was younger, I used to bite my nails so bad. I used to play sports; I played, like, every sport. I would be playing soccer, and I'd be in the middle of the field just zoned out, biting my nails, and I'd, like, miss the ball going past me.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Kendall Jenner