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«There are one-hundred fifty-four games in a season and you can find one-hundred fifty-four reasons why your team should have won every one of them.»
«There are three-hundred thousand sportswriters and they're all against me. Every one of them.»
«There has always been a saying in baseball that you can't make a hitter, but I think you can improve a hitter. More than you can improve a fielder. More mistakes are made hitting than in any other part of the game.»
«There are a lot of pretty girls. I am a tennis player first of all, that is why I am here, and if wasn't producing results no one would notice me.»
«There isn't a flaw in his golf or his makeup. He will win more majors than Arnold Palmer and me combined. Somebody is going to dust my records. It might as well be Tiger, because he's such a great kid.»
«There is no such thing as a natural touch. Touch is something you create by hitting millions of golf balls.»
Author: Lee Trevino (Golfer) | About: Golf, Sports | Keywords: hitting, no ball, no hit
«The mark of great sportsmen is not how good they are at their best, but how good they are their worst.»
«There is no great sport in having bullets flying about one in every direction, but I find they have less horror when among them than when in anticipation.»
Author: Umberto Eco (Critic, Novelist) | About: Sports | Keywords: anticipation, bullets
«The great mistake is to anticipate the outcome of the engagement; you ought not to be thinking of whether it ends in victory or in defeat. Let nature take its course, and your tools will strike at the right moment..»
Author: Bruce Lee (Actor) | About: Sports, Wisdom
«There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games.»