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"Some people might think I am going to go there for vacation -- I do actually go there for vacation -- but it won't be for vacation this time.'' "I feel a broken man, completely disconsolate, frustrated and an unimaginable sadness." "We know South Americans are impulsive and temperamental and cannot lose." "I know I was offside, I know it was selfish but as long as they say it was a goal it's OK for me and the team." "Yesterday evening they drank beer before the game. And I saw the team play with the spirit that we lost in the games we played before this game." "To have the worst football team at the World Cup was already unbearable. To also have the most stupid is intolerable… The mutiny at Knysna will forever remain the Waterloo of French football." "We all know how the French are, and Platini is French, and he believes he is better than rest." "He is really a goalkeeper but he's really fast, so we switched him to a striker… But this World Cup, he said he wanted to be a goalkeeper again." "The surprise is me. I am the only surprise in this whole team." "It was cool... A big elephant, just eating on the path out of our hotel." "I was telling Javier Mascherano yesterday that I had sweaty palms." "beasley altidore dempsey onyewu donovan bradley" “The players can have sex with their wives and girlfriends during the World Cup. Players are not Martians. But it should not be at 2 a.m. with champagne and Havana cigars.” "When Zidane arrived it was a strange atmosphere like God was coming on earth." “Congratulations to Phil Mickelson. Condolences to the corporate issuance market." "Success comprises in itself the seeds of its own decline, and sport is not spared by this law." “We’re seeing the evolution of an outstanding basketball player who’s not satisfied." "I'm not a racist. I'm not like that. I'm just a happy person." “I hope it rains for 40 days and 40 nights.” "Ridiculous... Can I say it any clearer than that? We should have never had a day off last Wednesday. We should never have three days off after the season. You shouldn’t even have two days off after the season." "I dedicate this to all of the Argentinean people and my family, but one sector does not deserve it... because they treated me like garbage." "He had his hands in my face doing the face wash and we're rolling around. I can't say what happened." "Honestly, I think I've forgotten half the things that went on during this game. All I know is the last half-inning, [Carl] Pavano and I were sitting next to each other and saying this is definitely the most incredible game we've been a part of." "The dog ate my face." “We want to be different from the rest of Spain by not killing bulls... But we’re just killing off our own culture.” "I think Brian must have been a rugby player in a former life." "I never thought we'd be able to... take it to the stadium and somebody would be able to eat that hotdog once they caught it." "I can text without looking." "She never saw a highlight. Never got to the ballpark for Beach Towel Night. Probably hasn't high-fived in a while." "I found that if I stared at his face long enough, I could make the sleeves disappear, and I could see him sleeveless in my brain." "In my subconscious, I traveled to Texas with the New York Yankees." "Tony Bernazard, if you’re listening, I want you to know that you’re really bad at your job. But hats off to your mythic man-wrestling gesture." “It was an imprudent act on my part.” "I can't think of another guy where I'd say he wasn't a good teammate, he didn't give everything through all this, he didn't still care. But with [Beckham] I'd say no, he wasn't committed." "Okay, first Mrs. Fawcett now Mr. Jackson, please tell me this is a mistaken rumor, if not this is just as sad as 9/11." "The U.S.A. players are probably a little bit more of a mystery because they all play in the U.S.A." "Each program is littered with pyrotechnics, blaring music, smoke, nearly naked protagonists, 7-foot-tall goons, midgets, and outrageous color commentary delivered by endlessly amazed chatterboxes." “If you take a New Yorker and a few beers and you get him on a golf course that he’s played 100 times, that’s a bad combination.” "Go Fuck Yourself!" "He'll... be seen as petulant, egotistical and stubborn but he's been a wonderful player." "Don't I have the numbers to be inducted?" "I believe in second chances." "There is nothing better to temper that loftiness than sports." "If your waist is over 38 inches, the only time you should wear a white belt is if there's a holster and gun attached..." "Some day, I will move to Los Angeles and live out my destiny to become a true loyal Lakers fan at every home game like Jack Nicholson. I will live next to Hugh Hefner and I will be at the Staples Center nightly, because that is my destiny." “I’m sure they’re thinking, ‘It’s just April.'” "Failure is the most often heard expression in Hungary today... When even a horse is able to make a miracle from nowhere, it’s a sign of hope that we can get out from the desperate situation." "We lost our voice today." "I'm not the player or the individual I am without the New York fans, period." He's an (a--hole) himself, a complete (a--hole). I'd say that loud, right in his face." "Four events were planned: 'Pin the Blame on the Boss,' a 'You’re Fired' race, piñata-bashing and the highly anticipated fax machine toss." "It's not good when you light up two Marlboro's at the same time at 3 a.m., washing it down with a glass of chocolate milk." "I won't sing it, I will maybe hum the tune in my head." "The economy has been struggling, the sponsors have been struggling and to have [Tiger Woods] back is so critical for the sport." “Get in line." "This party has officially ended." “We’re In a Winning Mood!” "They don't worry about the big things; they just do things right." “I love you. And I love you. And I love you. And I especially love you.” "To say that we were plucking our eyebrows out one at a time would be an understatement." "Viva Magglio, and all our patriots!" "We’re willing, as we have said, to entertain corporate names on stations, but only for a fee." “It’s been an interesting experience for me in the respect that we’ve cleaned the game up.” "It's always been this way and it always will be." "What does Fidel Castro think about the upcoming World Baseball Classic? Well, take it from the state-approved Chinese press: he’s feeling pretty cocky." "There's two scenarios here. It's an anagram, isn't it? If I get promoted I'm a god and if we don't I'm a dog." "There were enough drugs in [my bag] to kill an elephant and I didn't have a clue whether they were legal or not. I was a walking junkie." "It's what I do... I've been doing it since 1992. If you don't believe it, Google me." "There is a little bit of the whore in all of us, gentlemen. What is your price?" "He's pissed off at not existing, which as you can imagine is a bummer, especially in Moldova where people view non-existence very dubiously." "No one at the end of the day is going to tell you that you did a good job." "Normal goal. It's not sick." "If you take this glass of water and you say I’m gonna be a better baseball if you believe it, you probably will be." "It’s harder for the Tennis Channel to turn the other cheek and not do the right thing." "We are not going to go back to the room and watch 'Steel Magnolias' or something like that, you know what I'm saying, crying, all that stuff." "Outside Eyes’ strategists have managed communication in crises including wars, natural disasters, and indictments." "A-Hole" "Michael’s most recent behavior is not consistent with the image of Kellogg." "It's nothing against the MLS and the football over there because it's a game that will grow, but it will take quite a few years." “We have our mercenary reasons, of course.” "I tend to think that cricket is the greatest thing that God created on earth....certainly greater than sex, although sex isn't too bad either." "I can’t sleep at night for the crisis we are going through. How can I handle it when we won the Super Cup, are top of the Serie A table, in the Coppa Italia semi-final and the second round of the Champions League?" "I'm not that good on the Wii so I don't like to play it. But can you imagine Tiger Woods on that thing? That would be ridiculous. I bet he's on there every day practicing away so he can come out and whip some a—" “We never really had anybody who craved the attention... I think when Alex came over he certainly changed just the feel of the club." "We all talk of doing good things for the community, for people, giving people opportunities. Jerry has stepped up and said, 'OK, let's do it.'" “I think, unfortunately, he’s taking over a bad program with bad players right now.” "My approach emphasizes more show than tell. The mind understands one thing: Either I can do what I see, or I cannot." "This football team tortured the paying customers for the better part of 6 months this season and then it water-boarded them again yesterday for 60 minutes." “The sorrow in this town was so material that you could see it in the air.” "The persona Sean took on became more powerful than the real Sean... You know the Green Goblin in the Spider-Man movie?... He decided to be Evil Sean." “I’m shaking the confetti out of my hair. We ran a successful campaign. We went for one vote and one vote was what we got.” "Come and touch it, Dave." "They've uncovered a piece of history that few people will ever be able to imagine or comprehend. That card is history. It's like unearthing a Mona Lisa or a Picasso." "People did go to the ballpark to get away from the economic horrors of empty wallets and ice boxes.” "Laugh as much as u breathe, its a true stress reliever, trust me." “Is it perfectly accurate? ... No, I don’t think it is.” "Today we'll print the absolute truth, that you think we're cunts, we can all fuck off and we're slimy. Is that fair enough?" “This is not the football you played as a kid where there’s a team mom and everybody’s happy.” "Is 0-16 a reason to celebrate? You bet! $1 off 23 oz. domestic drafts 1 to 4 p.m." “Frankly, the sport might need a salary cap.” "The defender threw himself on the floor as if I put a knife in him." "I think we are putting together the best basketball-playing cabinet in American history." “Trust me, there’s nothing they could say that we haven’t heard before.” "Think of the anatomy. Brains, eyes, ears, nose. You know there's got to be some [rears] over here to have the whole anatomy. My point is this team is made up of that." "In the next two years one of the leagues is going to put a team on a different soil and it is going be revolutionary." “I don’t really feel like I know a whole lot about anything, but I know a few things about baseball.” "I stand before you somewhat confused." "My booty is not this big. Now I'll be able to block 'em out—I'll be great on offense." "It's become like a common thing in the NHL for guys to fall in love with my sloppy seconds." "I went to school for four years at the University of Arizona, but I didn’t get a doctorate. So I don’t have that answer." "If he said I have to play, guess what, I'm going to get on the court and play, period." "We'd stop traffic between that light and that light, throw some confetti, give 'em a parade ourselves." “They’re making fun of me... Deep down, I think they’re looking for tips.” "The funny thing is some guys in [Dwyane Wade's] entourage have a place in another building and my entourage lives directly across from them. So my entourage and his entourage are always out playing basketball together." "I assume that [SEC Chair Christopher] Cox would view your involvement with [anti-Bush documentary] 'Loose Change' much as I do. After all, he... was appointed by President Bush." "It got pretty ugly.” "In college, there are multiple overtimes, and in high school and Pop Warner. I never knew in the professional ranks it would end [in a tie]." "Show up for practice every day -- unless you're re-negotiating." "We put our trust and faith in them, and they betrayed us." "Everybody in our field is pleased and proud to see Mr. Silver’s work in political analysis taken seriously, and I’m sure that analysis is shaped to some extent by the ways of thinking that have been developed in our field." "They say that's a ritual for him, like me coming in early and getting a massage before the game." "The blue states on both coasts are very soccer-friendly as well as huge areas of support for Obama, whereas the center of the country is full of people who are the enemies of soccer and Obama." "Quite frankly, I'm a big reason why they are winning these games. We're going to win the World Series.'' "I used to tell people I played for the Devil Rays and they'd ask, 'Who are the Devil Rays?'" "I remember people hanging from the street lights and the trees, and toilet paper all over... And everybody was your friend. A half a million people were all friends." "I swing as hard as I can. My goal when I get into the batter's box is to see how far I can hit the ball. I'm not going to lie. I try to hit home runs." "A devastating turn of events!" "Boooooo!" "I perform due diligence on rumors anytime there is an allegation made against a player I represent, and at this point I can tell you that I'm not satisfied that anything occurred.'' "I'm embarrassed with the way I played... All three of our losses were within a score so one play could have made a difference - a fumble, an interception, calling an audible, not calling an audible." "Like, Brett Favre? Come on. He's like 3900 years old and he threw for six touchdowns." "Everybody recognized that I wasn't really getting the ball in the first half. I'm pretty sure everybody watching the game recognized it, people in the stands recognized it. I think my team recognized it. I didn't quit." “You are so low and close you can see it and almost smell it.” "Alberto is the best rider on the planet right now. We have to understand that, have to respect that." "United we stand and united we'll fall/ Down to our knees the day we win it all." "I bet he'd probably get pretty angry and lit up if his team was losing." "I’ve got all sorts of biceps and triceps busting out of there... It’s a good look." "Just seeing Lance Armstrong on television makes my hair stand on end." "I'm a New York Jet. I don't know about a native New Yorkian, or however you say it." "When he and I talk, it's never about football... We talk about 'Lost' and all these abstract mysterious things that happen on this haunted island." “It’s like leading mice to cheese.” “I’d have to dodge some of the tourists sometimes." “I was just happy. I was just looking at myself and I was like, ‘That guy’s fast.’" “Nel-son! Nel-son! Nel-son!” "That's exactly the thing that drives the Western media crazy, because it seems sneaky." "The only real Olympic hero, as I said, is the individual adult male. Therefore, no women or team sports." "Football can teach you about life, but it is no substitute for life... for the real world, for real problems, real conflicts." "Sir, you are the world’s greatest athlete." "I’m not going to sit here and tell you it’s not a distraction. But it’s only a distraction if we let it be a distraction." "What we have achieved in June and July has no comparison in history." "The path to globalization now apparently travels in both directions." "After the Olympic Games, the fight for human rights must go on." “It looked like a cow udder.” "In Euro 2008, something like a third of the goals were scored by people who had not been born citizens of the country for which they were playing..." “I’m sure you guys are going to eat this up a lot more than I am." "After the game is before the game." "Soccer is like chess, only without the dice." “It’s like taking a fighter jet down to tree level, popping the canopy, turning upside down, then going down to road level and touching your helmet on the pavement.” "Schweinsteiger comes in like a rat off a drainpipe." "As the Prime Minister I have to be balanced and collected but on Thursday night I wanted to kill." "We get to 3km to go. This is where the final hill starts. The other guys know I will beat them in the sprint, so it is up to them to attack me.... This is where I switch into rage mode." "I've had a couple of meetings with the Glazers.... They've got balls, I can tell you." "I know you're going to say, Well betting's all about pitching and stuff like that -- I didn't care who was pitching for me or who was pitching for the opposition." "[Paolo] Bettini pulled off one of his typical defying-the-laws-of-physics moments... "Cricket, like every sport, is an activity and the dream of an activity, badged with random ideals, aspirations, and memories." “My mistake.” "Sorry, Pats" "That’s a sign of a misspent youth." "I think it is very unfortunate that the NFL has already started its 'nothing new' spin before watching the tapes... Let's see where the evidence leads." "The seeded model looked like a playoff, and we don't think a playoff is in the best interest of college football." "Ronaldo said he is not good in the head and that he is going through psychological problems because of his recent [knee] surgery." "We know he is fertile, but he has no interest in mares." "You can't blame Lincoln for having a beard. This gets out, his career's over." "The sports agent business has become so corrupt -- I would not encourage anyone to try to become an agent right now." "I'm a Colts player, I'm a Colts player." "We didn’t buy the team to keep it in Seattle." "If Donaghy's picks won, he was paid for his information." "I would not go near Yankee Stadium, not for all the hot dogs in the world." "One would almost think oneself in Lhasa... It snowed last night, now the sky is blue — and police are everywhere." Mourinho: "Congratulations on your 100th cap. Vindicated?" Beckham: "No, no injuries at the moment." "The people in the magazine, they’re going to be your Cartiers, your Rolexes... Nothing against Dockers, but there’ll be no Dockers in there, bro." “I woke up in a cold sweat... And then I remembered: Oh yeah. We won.” "I've never been to Wembley." "The bottom line is that this is a family business." "Healthy Lifestyle, Exercise Program, Diet & Fitness Tips from Debbie Clemens" "With no soccer, there would be no school, and no hope." "Your gloves are disgusting. If there’s an annoying player you want to get back at, you just stick your glove in there with that stench and let him smell it a little bit." "Hey, Belichick, I hope you’re taping this." "The leaders don’t like him... He has never kissed the leaders' asses." "Clemens was far from being in the 'twilight of his career' or 'washed up' in 1996, as some have speculated." "I've created a monster that I need to win every tournament — still the semifinals isn't bad." "Imagine when you get to work, they don’t talk to you. They had security people standing close to me in press conferences, and spies throughout the arena." "We're shocked... The city of Duluth kind of adopted him, and he kind of adopted the city of Duluth." "Do I need to cheat in this game to get better? This is nothing for me. Baseball is just a hobby, man." "I just wanted to get out of the cold." "I want to make something clear. In my whole entire life of living 30 years, I've never put my hand on one woman, physically or in an angry manner." "After looking at the tape, I feel like the best team lost the game." "They hyper-inflate the ice skating scene. Every fart is on TV." "I've always had a good relationship with quarterbacks." "If I got on this show and said I wanted to put some Jewish-American in a gas chamber, I don't care what context I said it in, the entire Jewish community would have the right to say I should be put off this show." "I think David's book is a good example of how not to do it.... Run a war based on public opinion." "People criticize me for the way that I live.... But it’s my life and I alone bear the consequences." "With a lot of use, your camo gets washed out and deer can see that, so you need to replace it." "Somebody like the Big Tuna, regardless of who’s in the front office or who’s not, brings a lot of respect and a lot of credibility with him." "If what I did was an error in judgment on my part, I apologize. I accept responsibility for those two days." "I’d rather hang myself than talk about sports." “Unless you were born an Eskimo or something, you really don’t have a chance.” "Sometimes when you play like that, it's the feeling of paradise." "The Nutty Buddy: It's mean, it's tough, and it's right there for ya, every time." "The best stadium I’ve been in so far has been Celtic’s stadium in Glasgow. Oh my goodness, I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like it." "It wasn't always easy to go some places as a team from the United States the last few years." "I'm amazed that he's walking at this point." "If we don’t take care about the invaders from Brazil... then the next World Cups in 2014 and 2018 out of the 32 teams... we will have 16 full of Brazilian players." "My dear, my penis is a mountain." "I know how black kids feel about baseball... They don't think it's street-credible... It would be a sad day if one day we are -- quote, unquote -- extinct from this game." "I love my body and I like what I have, so let everybody share it." "There's never anything that's good enough. After a while you just get sick of it. You say 'enough, coach.'" "Q: So, I guess I got to ask the question again, I mean, did you take steroids?... A: No" "Isiah has to start me... I've got so much (stuff) on Isiah and he knows it. He thinks he can (get) me. But I'll (get) him first. You have no idea what I know." "I hope you’re a Giants fan... If not, I appreciate you faking it with all the Giants paraphernalia." "Yesterday a disgusting bastard killed my son. May you be cursed forever." "Everybody perked up like little kids. It was like seeing your Pops when he came through the door." Philadelphia: "The Eric Lindros of sports towns" "As of November 2007, [Delonte West] still hasn't graduated from St. Joseph's (PA) nor has a command of the English language." "It’s said that behind every great man is a great woman. Well in the case of a quarterback, his receivers assume that role." "We've got the loudest stadium in the league, with the fans naturally providing that sound.'' "Football players and wrestlers… are significantly more likely than nonathletic males to be involved in a serious fight." "Having the ball in my hands and the responsibility makes me feel calm and open. Not to have that, not to get to that point in a game, would feel really... really confining." "The players are human beings, and it’s not machinery here. Even though they get paid a lot of money, it’s still blood that runs through their veins." "The first one was such a grind to get through New York... Then to get that piano off our back. This is a totally different work in progress." "It's a sports event, pure and simple." "Breaking your arm is never fun. But for 7-year-old Daniel Brockman, it couldn't have come at a better time." "Judge Edward Redd ordered that [they]... write a five-page essay detailing what they have each learned from the experience of getting arrested." "I was so excited and had so much adrenaline going on, I don't even remember running around the bases to tell you the truth." "If it doesn’t happen, so who cares? It’s always next year. It’s not like the end of the world." "We have to finish it up. We don't want to be part of their history." "Hopefully with better security, Afghanistan will improve and golf will improve." "Dear Reporters, Due to the magnitude of this week's game and high volume of questions for the Original 81 about the other 81. I will be taking all questions immediately following Sunday's game." "But I guess when you don’t feel good and you still get hits, that’s when you know you are a bad man." "Last I checked it was our job to build the best race car." "My father used to apologize to us for bringing us up as Mets fans and making our life so difficult." "There’s no godfather of steroids." "I don't like that stream-of-consciousness stuff." "Dude, it's like they're trying to find any way to take fun out of the game." "Too many people in this town see politics as a game... Then you start evaluating your candidates to see who can play the game best." "I always turn to the sports page first. The sports page records people's accomplishments; the front page nothing but man's failures." "Money makes you do crazy things, man." "I think the Patriots actually live by the saying, 'If you're not cheating, you're not trying.'" "Yeah! I want to see the spit on your mouth! Yeah!" "It's kind of disappointing to see how America hasn't taken to us." "If I had a dollar for every time someone's asked, I could retire." "I wanted to say something with the tool I had, which was a horse. I wanted it to be pro-peace, and about loving your neighbor." "It would be like me going to a restaurant and punching the chef in the face because I didn't like the meal. And I don't do that." "The first thing I did when I got back here was hug every one of my teammates and tell them that I love them because you never know what's going to happen." "The chants made me want to score more goals. I was delighted to score and I wanted another." "What the fuck is the fucking point of even striving, and being human, erring in the process, if nothing is accomplished by doing so?" "I was thinking I might post my résumé on Monster.com... 'Cause maybe someone else can figure out what to do with me." "Man, did I do a nice job of acting... I had to fool the coaches and the team's medical department into thinking the injury had occurred on that play." "I haven't been involved in a game like that since I was 9 or 10 years old." "Luckily for Matt Beech, he was agile enough to dodge a bat." "It is further part of the conspiracy that DONAGHY used a telephone to contact his coconspirators to provide his picks for certain NBA games. These communications were sometimes made in coded language." "The rejoicing here... is for less piety, a shift in the altogether mystifying popular notion that the lifetime home-run mark is somehow sacrosanct." "He truly exemplifies America at its best, our aspirations to be a better nation, and to help build a better world." “If I was not a golfer, a fan on the couch.... I’d be putting my house on him.” "If I ever saw myself saying I'm excited going to Cleveland, I'd punch myself in the face, because I'm lying." "I used to dream about stuff like this when I was a kid. Unfortunately, when I dreamed about it, I was the one hitting the home run." "He wants to prove he's the best team sport athlete. You can take that for what it's worth." "I had rashes on my head; I felt like I was getting sick at times." "I'm not touching no Barry questions." "I am making a comment by not making a comment." "I wish they would come and take over the Parliament, for they are the ones who really represent us.” "This is a system which can't last." "There was always a bull's-eye on us... Some people feel like we're spoiled. Some people feel that because we are rich, we think we are above the law." “I’m sure he’s hit more than the seven hundred and whatever homers off me.” “During the two hours of game time, I live in another world.... I forget about the car bombs and feel human again." "He worked very hard at it. He was nice. He spoke French—he never speaks French. He spoke English—he never speaks English." "He walked into the locker room, and I was like, damn." "I’ll get used to that at some point. I’m sorry.” “When he saw the earring, it was like his whole body relaxed.” "Now is the time for Mr. Leitch to extend his hand to us. To extend his soft, uncalloused snow white hand to those of us that are due never ending links." "Hell, doc, I don't hold on with my nose." "I don't think what I did was very noteworthy." “wash u ass." "But the rage over competitions like "Dancing With the Stars", “American Idol” and “America’s Got Talent” isn’t a rationalized phase but a social shift that, in part, reflects a quantifiable disillusionment with mainstream sports." "If I wasn't playing, I would probably chase the money, too." "The amount of drunk people on the climb was awesome! You can't really concentrate going up the hill because there are so many girls hanging over the barriers drunk! Every lap getting bigger and bigger!" "I am the victim in this... I just married the wrong woman." "I did my part... I'm telling you, man. It was surreal." "People in Denmark hate me, but I have no feeling yet what the reaction in Sweden is, other than they of course believe I am an idiot." "I love Gary Sheffield. We have a great relationship. I don't agree with everything he says." "It's sad." "It's about being able to tell (Latin players) what to do. ... Being able to control them... Where I'm from, you can't control us." "Effective immediately..." "I'm banged up. I'm winded. I'm fatigued." "If Rafa [Benitez] said he wanted to buy 'Snoogy Doogy', we would back him." "Sam is an idiot. I-D-O-U-T. Idiot." "If you don't have a line, how many passes can Peyton Manning complete? Greatest quarterback, maybe, in NFL history." "It didn't hurt at all, I'm pretty happy with that. To see it actually snap, I can't believe it, it didn't feel that hard." "We have shown once again that we are the strongest... Now let's party." "He was all skin. I never saw anything like that in my life. The guy is crazy. He either won some money or was very intoxicated." "He said, 'I'll be there tomorrow and we can talk about how we used to hide your weenie.'" “It’s not a matter of fairness, it’s a matter of correctness." “It affects the purity of sport. Next will be another device where people can fly with something on their back.” "Guys try to put their ass in your face or say something. I'm not intimidated by that stuff." "I have admitted attempted doping only." "To hit the frickin’ ball, [Barry Bonds] makes it look easy, but it ain’t... I don’t know how steroids can do that." "Baseball is 90 percent mental; the other half is physical." “That ain’t nothing ... Whoop-de-do.” "The Lakers got knocked out, so what's the next best thing? I gotta come out and support Northern California." "They had in their minds... the historic and slightly paranoid dream of revenge over Liverpool... It is the final which the heavens and the people wanted." "Baseball is getting beat up on this. But it's really supply and demand that dictates a lot of this." "Wash it or toss it?" "I am a transsexual sportswriter." "Things were so easy at the beginning. Human nature took over. Kobe down the stretch was too much to handle." "I don't know if they outplayed us, but they outperformed us." "I don’t keep track of the balls... I don’t keep track of the strikes, either, until I got two." “Drogbacite is about me and my success." "I can't believe I did it. Perfect game would have been nice, too." "I don’t think I was breathing for the five minutes of overtime and the shootout.” "He's told me that his interest in eastern philosophy has overcome his desire for mind-altering substances and has given him another outlet." "There are so many people I want to thank-- especially Yannick Noah, for his freaky genetics and stylish hats." "I liken it somewhat to when the NFC and AFC came together to create the NFL." "To understand me is to understand a fan. To understand a fan is to love the sport you’re watching." "I got lucky." "Clearly he let somebody into his hotel room and it may be that he knew who that person was." “No one wants to set the table anymore... Everyone wants to eat.” "Pass interference -- it's not a reflection of the severity of the crime. It's like getting the death penalty for going 75 mph in a 55 zone." "It's kind of like allowance" "It just didn't work out." "I didn't have the fire this season, and I will try to find it this summer, maybe while I'm grilling." "I said to myself, 'Man, I just hit the game-winner on Duke University.'" "I'm the best ambassador baseball has." "Either New York is going to kick me out of New York this year, say, 'I've had enough of this guy'... Or New York is going to say, 'Hey, we won a world championship... and we want you back." "This is something we did not need after taking an ass-kicking in the lockout." "I'm like President Bush. You may not like me, you may not respect me, but you voted me in." "A neutral-site win at the beginning of the year could have some relative importance." "I’ve been called everything from outspoken to blowhard to much, much worse." ''We had a real good air about us... a good personality about the game, a good attitude and approach, a chemistry, a togetherness, a comfort level." "If the club decides to sack me because of bad results... I'll be a millionaire and I will get another club a couple of months later." "I won't feel right until I get all my name changed to Manchester United." “It’s only downhill from there." “Go back to the kitchen.... Go in there and make me some bacon and eggs, would you?” "What? Seriously? For real?" “I thought, this is not possible.... This kind of thing doesn’t happen twice.” “We cannot organize anything unless it is [5°].” "I feel like a serious criminal although I have nothing to reproach myself." "Go out and run 'em." "The key is to hit the cup." "I can’t fight him.... I’m just a goalie." "You go from sleeping over at somebody's house five days a week, and now you don't sleep over." "If I paid my hard-earned money to see KG and Kobe and Wade, I want to see them really play. You know what I'm saying?" "I don't like gay people and I don't like to be around gay people. I am homophobic. I don't like it." "Our focus is to re-establish rugby league and women." "They're dumping on this guy, Rex Grossman, for one reason, folks, and that's because he is a white quarterback." “I’m just going to go out there, get my check and call it a day.... I’ll just do whatever when I get out there.” “It’s a kid that could have made millions of dollars and been a success that is in a grave right now.” “The ship be sinking.” "I can afford to gamble. I didn't kill myself when I lost two and half million dollars... I like to gamble and I'm not going to quit.'' "We were on two different pages where he was going to throw the ball and where I was going to run." "I don't recognise myself in this world anymore. I have loved football intensely but after this right now it seems absurd." "It's the Super Bowl of pizza, actually." "Guys hit him late, guys hit him high, guys hook his hands... The referees just seem to have a different set of rules about the way people get to play against him." "Did you guys get hit up by the Mexican hand puppet? That was weird. I told the guy I was really uncomfortable with this." "You can talk without saying a thing. I don't ever want to be that type of person." "They were all good ... I love all my children." "I've not met him but I might put him in Rambo and chase him around the jungle for a couple of months." “Not bad but mine was better.” “We don’t like to talk about the death.” "To those who said this front four could not get pressure without Harris, eat it." “There will be nothing but baseball and football down there as long as I am mayor.” "A small amount of dark particulate and a pungent aroma closely associated with marijuana." "David Beckham is going to be some sort of film actor living in Hollywood." "Before the game... I told DeShawn [Stevenson]: 'I feel like 37 and the game-winner tonight.'" "The intention was to be very aggressive." "I'm not in control of what happens -- I was in control of hitting the ball." "We knew, players knew, owners knew, everybody knew, and we didn't say anything about it." "I know why I didn't try to be a field-goal kicker, because I would have peed myself." "Everybody get drunk and make bad decisions." "My left [arm] has four working fingers. My legs are fine so I can still logroll!" "Win or lose, I never walked off a professional football field without first thinking of something boring to say." "I like to listen to the land like a Native American listening to hoof beats." "I saw [Tiger Woods] and... I said, 'You're Napoleon. I guess I have to be Wellington.'" "If you go back into the history of people punching people, no one's got 15 games." "Jesus saves, but Lemieux scores on the rebound." "My team is sabotaging me a little bit by not letting me sleep in my motor home anymore." "Golenbock's [book] pleads for readers to believe that only fiction can fully convey the Boschian life of Mantle, who emerges as a baseball Caligula, guided happily into group sex by a predatory Billy Martin." "Even in Japan, Ichiro was kind of a maverick baseball player... People with Type B are individuals, and they find their own way in life.” "He stays behind those walls and that's it. No one ever sees him. He just completely dropped out. I don't know if he talks to anybody." "I just know you're not going to get equal value for a little monster that good." “There wasn’t much of a point since sport was already the new gay porn.” "I'm moving up in the world of hockey, and it's hard to think about all these big names I'm surpassing." "We can go home and turn on Classic NBA. It will be on there already." “They said the doctor gave me magical wrists, some magic in my hands. I want to say thank you to him.” “I won’t make a spirited defense with respect to the ball.” "I take it very seriously. I know it's important, because we're dealing with people's lives." "They say the NBA stands for 'Nothing But Attorneys,' so we're going to be great at dealing with those issues." "Sometimes you've just got to shut up and play." "[World Cup organizers] have to consider playing the environment up front as one of the leading strikers... Otherwise they risk own goals and off-sides from domestic and international public opinion." "Look a man in the eye before you try to kill him or make up something." “I’d have to decline.” “I don’t think people will call us the Dump.” "[It's] obviously a historical number, but we are talking about a national living treasure and an exceptional baseball player." "If you don't do your job, they run your ass off. Those guys better wake up and smell the coffee and start catching the damned football." "You get your food poisoned. They don't want you out there on Sunday." "To come out here and win the MVP of the National League is definitely at the top of the list as far as birthday gifts, except a car when I was 16." "My opinion doesn’t have a vote." "Use your passion tactfully, not criminally." "Our trainer has been here over 30 years and said it was the highest-ranked team we've ever beat." "O.J. Simpson: If I Did It, Here's How It Happened" “They will come in handy. We’ve only got about eight for practice sessions.” "Every time I score on him I was happy like a kid, like a kid getting candy on Halloween." “This lawsuit is the equivalent of the Catholic Church suing Michelangelo for painting the Sistine Chapel.” "There were a few in for Craig Bellamy and we got him." “They claim that it’s a pipeline. Well, nobody came out the pipe.” "From here on out, I'll be a different person." "There will be no spiking the football, no dancing in the end zone." "The environment has given the Democrats the ball on the Republicans' 5-yard line with four downs to score a touchdown... We're going to play the best possible defense we can play. “Kim doesn't want to die.... He wants to watch NBA basketball.” "Trent's OK. Trent's OK. He's OK." "This team has always been on the right side of confidence, especially after winning our first 10 games." "I was following a hobbit in a cotton-candy field, chasing chili dogs.” “If something goes bad it could be a tragedy. It’s not like you blow out your knee. You could fall 50 feet.” "The world thought he was tough and mean and gruff and all that -- and underneath he was really a pussycat." “I wish I could play in front of fans like that week in and week out.” "I don’t know what it’s like to sleep through the night without waking up a half-dozen times because something hurts." "114 days until pitchers and catchers" "It's a tragic situation for any family to go through." “Amendment 2 claims it bans human cloning, but in the 2,000 words you don’t read, it makes cloning a constitutional right.” "I thought I had it the whole way, he had nowhere to go, and he just stopped and went right around me." “Someone might have climbed a peak or a crag or a cliff before, but never the way Todd Skinner did.” "Good for him. Now you’ll have a thousand high school kids using pine tar, too.” Dirtgate lives. “I have to just make contact." "We cannot tolerate this Internet version of yelling fire in a crowded theater in the post-9/11 era." "I can't say I'm disappointed." "As he goes, we go." "Hunt clearly flexed his leg to catch Cech." "Now, that's what I'm talking about." "It's easy to start.... But it's impossible to stop.'' “Oh, I’m going to the World Series.... You better believe it. I believe it.” "I spoke to Alex. He's fine." "I didn't do nothing." "Terrell Owens Blames Poor Game On Drew Bledsoe, Offensive Line, Hamid Karzai, NASA, Samsung" "Are you all right?" "I believe he is the right man for this job at this point in time." “Tony does it every time he has an opportunity.... And David is the best guy you can do it with.” "Who's the better team in New York now?" “They've angered the ghost of the candy factory.” "Little T Learns To Share" "Third-base coaches are like air-traffic controllers. Nobody says anything until there's a wreck. Well, there was a wreck out there, and it was awful." "I'm starting to think [Frank Thomas] might be a warlock." "Where it's going to take a serious turn, for me, is if one of my sponsors pulls out." bettahavemymoney@gmail.com “Every year, the abuse we take from those animals in Philadelphia gets worse and worse. I’m seriously considering having two armed guards sit with us next year.” "Just the other day, John E. showed me a grip that added 70 feet to my drive." "Terrell has 25 million reasons why he should be alive." "Yes." "I had a goal... buying a tractor, or a cow. It gave me incentive." "Let's go slider, fastball, curve, beanball, fight, ejection, shower, beer." “There is nothing sweeter than beating the Americans.” “It’s OK.” “Not only can you have a good time visiting these places, you could send out a message that Boston College is a good economic bet.” “Besides the birth of my daughter, this is the best feeling I’ve ever had." "I feel like I'm a quick healer." "Take that, Notre Dame." "We need to have a certain amount of sex, drugs and rock and roll." “It doesn’t feel quick to me.” “Some of us are born with 4 cylinders, and some of us are born with 12." "It's September and there was some sort of misunderstanding." “There are two levels of guys.... You got the guys that cheat and guys that are just trying to survive." "This happens on big games, so we were prepared for it." "I believe at the end of the day, personally, my life is not about a banana..." "The richest and most over-hyped sports league in the world kicks into action this evening..." "This city kind of relies on this team to pull it through... They lean on us in hard times." "I don't leave my house on Sundays." "I swear, before all this mess I didn't even know Zidane had a sister." ''Tiger played unbelievable." "Three homers in a game... That's in the upper middle echelon or whatever." "The national team showed it is so strong that it made the unbeatable Americans bow to them in respect today." "I can tell you that [my wife] Patti and I are both really thankful for the research and development that Dodge puts into the safety of their vehicles." “Those guys from the Big Ten are out there thinking about the N.F.L. and worrying about their knees.... In the MAC, we don’t worry about our knees.” "Is the Cuban missile crisis today?" "As a footballer, if you're prone to injury it can mean the end of your career, so having your stem cells - a repair kit if you like - on hand makes sense." "Before he cleans out his office, have Paul Tagliabue show you where he keeps Gene Upshaw's leash." "No batting gloves, helmets, wristbands, elbow pads, shin guards, sunglasses. No arguing with the umpire. No stepping out of the batter's box. No charging the pitcher... No curtain-calling, chest-thumping or high-fiving. Just baseball." ''I was charmed by his character and his fastball.'' "This is pure sports terrorism." "Hair is one of those characters, when he wears the white umpire's coat, he metamorphoses into a mini-Hitler." "I've got to go, it's Shabbos." I love you as the center fielder ranges far to his left and catches the ball that would otherwise cost his team the game, and he falls but holds onto the ball, and the resulting injury is minor." ''I was just along for the ride. I had the best seat in the house.'' "Obviously I want my stuff back, but I want Mac back more than anything." "I've had guys choke on their food before, but I've never had anyone get their throat scoped." “We’re not turning out super bulls who can do a back flip, swerve and toss these cowboys around like nothing.” “It is going to be more and more unpleasant to direct tournaments.” "The only thing that saddens me about it is that there won't be a public trial, during which MLB's incredible greed would have been on public display." "Blessings upon all that hate contention, and love quietnesse, and vertue, and Angling." Supporters to the end The cutting edge defense I did not give up during the Tour and I won't give up now... Hall lessons (Don't) follow the instructions Labor Relations Out of Right Field Tour de Rx Cooperstown Coup Performance Enhancer Clippers o' war Godly golf Headline therapy Boloney on Rye Soccer politic "Welcome in France Asshole!"

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