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«I never did like working out - it bears the same relationship to real sport as masturbation does to real sex»
«Life is not a spectator sport. If you're going to spend your whole life in the grandstand just watching what goes on, in my opinion you're wasting your life.»
Author: Jackie Robinson
| About:
Life
| Keywords:
grandstand, spectator, spectator sport, sport, wasting
«Our philosophy precedes from the belief that sport is an inalienable part of the educational process and a factor for promoting peace, friendship, cooperation and understanding among peoples.»
Author: Juan Antonio Samaranch
| About:
Belief,
Philosophy,
Sports
| Keywords:
cooperation, educational, factor, inalienable, peoples, precedes, promoting, sport
«If I had to name the number one asset you could have for any sport I'd say speed. In baseball, all a guy with speed has to do is make contact.»
«No other game combines the wonder of nature with the discipline of sport in such carefully planned ways. A great golf course both frees and challenges a golfer's mind.»
«In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must also be prepared to work hard and be willing to accept destructive criticism. Without 100% dedication, you won't be able to do this.»
Author: Wilson Mizner
| About:
Dedication,
Doing Your Best,
Luck,
Sports,
Success
| Keywords:
chosen, dedicated, dedication, destructive, excel, sport
«I can't describe to you how surprised I was to find out I loved her, old sport. I even hoped for a while that she'd throw me over, but she didn't, because she was in love with me too. She thought I knew a lot beacause I knew different things from her....Well, there I was, way off my ambitions, getting deeper in love every minute, and all of a sudden I didn't care. What was the use of doing great things if I could have a better time telling her what I was going to do? Gatsby»
Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
(Writer)
| Keywords:
all of a sudden, ambitions, describe, for a while, hoped-for, hoped, of a sudden, sport, sudden, throw off
«I run because it?s my passion, and not just a sport. Every time I walk out the door, I know why I?m going where I?m going and I?m already focused on that special place where I find my peace and solitude. Running, to me, is more than just a physical exercise... it's a consistent reward for victory!»
Author: Sasha Azevedo
(Actress, Athlete, Model)
| Keywords:
consistent, exercise, focused, on that, physical exercise, running, running time, special, sport, The Sporting, walk out
«Have you noticed that whatever sport you're trying to learn, some earnest person is always telling you to keep your knees bent?»
«Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting.»
Author: George Orwell
(Essayist, Novelist)
| About:
Sports
| Keywords:
boastfulness, bound up, disregard, Fair Play, in other words, minus, minuses, sadistic, shooting, sport, witnessing
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