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«Though I am an old horse, and have seen and heard a great deal, I never yet could make out why men are so fond of this sport; they often hurt themselves, often spoil good horses, and tear up the fields, and all for a hare, or a fox, or a stag, that they could get more easily some other way; but we are only horses, and don't know.»
«Volleyball is the sport through which I am able to express my God-given talents of being an athlete. It is a sport which involves relating, pushing, and encouraging your teammates. It has helped evolve me into the person I am today.»
«The medals don't mean anything and the glory doesn't last. It's all about your happiness. The rewards are going to come, but my happiness is just loving the sport and having fun performing.»
Author: Jackie Joyner-Kersee (Athlete) | Keywords: medals, performing, rewards, sport| Occasions: Olympic
«The best and fastest way to learn a sport is to watch and imitate a champion.»
Author: Jean Claude Killy | About: Sports | Keywords: champion, fastest, imitate, sport
«The first thing is to love your sport. Never do it to please someone else. It has to be yours.»
Author: Peggy Fleming | Keywords: please, sport, The Sporting
«The sport in Scouting is to find the good in every boy and develop it.»
«Sport is a very important subject at school, that's why I gave Quidditch such an important place at Hogwarts. I was very bad in sports, so I gave Harry a talent I would really loved to have. Who wouldn't want to fly?»
«The fascination of shooting as a sport depends almost wholly on whether you are at the right or wrong end of the gun.»
«The man loves danger and sport. That is why he loves woman, the most dangerous of all sports.»
«Serious sport is war minus the shooting.»

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