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«Sometimes one is without the pleasure of playing. But when the silence of the audience is perfect, we recover that.»
Author: Andre Segovia | About: Pleasure, Sports | Keywords: recover, The Silence
«Relax? How can anybody relax and play golf? You have to grip the club, don't you?»
Author: Ben Hogan (Golfer) | About: Funny, Golf, Sports | Keywords: club, golf club, golf clubs, relax, The Club
«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.»
«Representing Australia as an Olympian at Barcelona in 1992 and Atlanta 1996 were the proudest moments of my sporting career.»
«Roger Maris was as good a man and as good a ballplayer as there ever was.»
«One of the most fascinating things about golf is how it reflects the cycle of life. No matter what you shoot, the next day you have to go back to the first tee and begin all over again and make yourself into something.»
«Sometimes I wish I could have been a bit more relaxed, but then I wouldn't have been the same player.»
Author: Steffi Graf (Tennis Player) | About: Sports, Tennis
«One time I snuck a ball on with me and when I went to winding up, I threw one of them balls to first and one to second. I was so smooth I picked off both runners and fanned the batter without that ump or the other team even knowing it.»
«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.»
«People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defences, or the problems of modern society.»

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