Sport Quotes
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I've always thought of myself as an 80 percenter. I like to throw myself passionately into a sport or activity until I reach about an 80 percent proficiency level. To go beyond that requires an obsession that doesn't appeal to me. Once I reach 80 percent level I like to go off and do something totally different; that probably explains the diversity of the Patagonia product like - and why our versatile, multifaceted clothes are the most successful.
Yvon Chouinard
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Life must continue, even with the security situation so bad, because I have ambitions. I love this sport too much.
Dana Hussein
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One time I didn't leave my hotel room for four days, I was so stuck in my head. But now, with maturity and age, I've realized that winning isn't everything. It's very much about the journey, particularly in my sport. There are so many people on my team, and I've got to be conscious of them. So while winning is definitely the ultimate goal, the lessons learned when I don't win only strengthen me.
Lewis Hamilton
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I do not connect, at any level, with anyone who hunts animals for sport.
Anthony Douglas Williams
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It was one of the greatest moments in sports for me.
Joe Gibbs
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For me it's a simple sport and a simple way to live these seven or eight years of maximum sport.
Fernando Alonso
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I'm not in this sport to say a guy can beat me.
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
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Sports can unite a group of people from different backgrounds, all working together to achieve a common goal. And even if they fall short, sharing that journey is an experience they'll never forget. It can teach some of the most fundamental and important human values: dedication, perseverance, hard work, and teamwork. It also teaches us how to handle our success and cope with our failure. So, perhaps the greatest glory of sport is that is teaches us so much about life itself.
Ahmad Rashad
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I love badminton. That's my sport!
Olga Kurylenko
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I'm not in this sport to take punishment.
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
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I love sport and will do just about anything. Someone said they'd had a go at skiing off a mountain with a parachute, and that sounds great!
Victoria Pendleton
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In sport, all my fellow riders and trainers and the people I meet and deal with have just accepted the fact that I'm here forever.
Ian Millar