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«The Olympic Games must not be an end in itself, they must be a means of creating a vast programme of physical education and sports competitions for all young people.»
«The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime.»
«The secret of golf is to turn three shots into two.»
Author: Bobby Jones (Golfer) | About: Golf, Sports | Keywords: shots
«Throughout its history, the international Olympic Committee has struggled to spread its ideal of fraternity, friendship, peace and universal understanding.»
«Thinking instead of acting is the number-one golf disease.»
Author: Sam Snead (Golfer) | About: Golf, Sports | Keywords: number one
«The only reason I played golf was so that I could afford to go hunting and fishing.»
Author: Sam Snead (Golfer) | About: Golf, Sports | Keywords: hunting
«The Olympic Games were created for the exhaltation of the individual athlete.»
«The Olympic Spirit is neither the property of one race nor of one age.»
Author: Pierre de Coubertin (Educator) | About: Racism, Sports | Keywords: Olympic
«The triumph cannot be had without the struggle. And I know what struggle is. I have spent a lifetime trying to share what it has meant to be a woman first in the world of sports so that other young women have a chance to reach their dreams.»
Author: Wilma Rudolph (Runner) | About: Sports, Victory | Keywords: sports
«The problem with winter sports is that - follow me closely here - they generally take place in winter.»
Author: Dave Barry (Humorist, Writer) | About: Sports | Keywords: closely, sports, take place