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The trouble for today's footballers is they have too many distractions. We used to get our old players coming to watch training with football magazines in their hands. Now, more often than not, they are checking the share prices. ↗

— Franz Beckenbauer

#coming #distractions #football #footballers #get

The saddest day of my life was the day I didn't get to play football anymore. ↗

— Brian Bosworth

#day #football #get #i #life

I can remember running around at the age of 3, wanting to play golf, cricket and football. I was always active, one way or another, driving my parents mad. ↗

— Ian Botham

#age #always #another #around #cricket

As I grew up, I knew that as a building (Fenway Park) was on the level of Mount Olympus, the Pyramid at Giza, the nation's capitol, the czar's Winter Palace, and the Louvre — except, of course, that is better than all those inconsequential places ↗

— Bart Giamatti

#red-sox #baseball

A no-hitter is a freaky thing,' Tweet said. 'Most of the greatest pitchers never pitched one. It's a combination of a lot of little accidents. ↗

— Duane Decker

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Well, boys, it's a round ball and a round bat and you got to hit the ball square. ↗

— Joe Schultz

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The reporter asked, "why did you play so hard." "Because there might have been somebody in the stands today who'd never seen my play before, and might never see me again" -Joe DiMaggio ↗

— Joe DiMaggio

#joe-dimaggio #million-dollar-throw #sports #baseball

Like any good shaman, professional baseball player, or politician, my mother always answered questions with questions. ↗

— Sherman Alexie

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More than any other American sport, baseball creates the magnetic, addictive illusion that it can almost be understood. ↗

— Thomas Boswell

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Playing baseball for pay - home run Teaching kids to play the game - priceless ↗

— Jack Perconte

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