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| "I've missed more than 9000 shots
in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times,
I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and
missed. I've failed over and over and over again in
my life. And that is why I succeed."
Michael Jordan | 
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| "I know I am getting better at golf because
I am hitting fewer spectators." ~ Gerald R.
Ford | | "I
would die tomorrow if I could have five more years playing
cricket for Yorkshire and England" ~ Geoff
Boycott | | "If I don't ask
'Why me?' after my victories, I cannot ask, 'Why me?'
after my setbacks and disasters." ~ Arthur
Ashe | | "He
has broken his left leg, which is a real kick in the
teeth for him" ~ Luke Harvey, radio sport commentator |
| "Henman's injured shoulder has raised
its ugly head again" ~ Jonathan Overend, radio
commentator | | "Riding
a typical McCoy race, where with five lengths to go,
he literally picked up the horse and carried it over
the line" ~ Clare Balding, radio commentator |
| "The atmosphere is so tense, if
Elvis walked in with a portion of chips, you could hear
the vinegar sizzle on them" ~ Sid Waddell,
Darts commentator | |
"If Tim Henman wins Wimbledon, I am going
to do this show in one of Sue Barker's old dresses"
~ Pat Cash, former Wimbledon champion and BBC commentator. |
| "If everything seems under control,
you're just not going fast enough." ~ Mario
Andretti | |
"I was cut from my high school team. I have
missed more than 9000 shots in my career, I have lost
almost 300 games. On 26 occasions I have been entrusted
to take the game winning shot ... and I missed. I've
failed over and over and over again in my life and that
is why I succeed." ~ Michael Jordan |
| "I went to a fight the other night
and a hockey game broke out." ~ Rodney Dangerfield. |
| "Opera in English
is, in the main, just about as sensible as baseball
in Italian." ~ H.L. Mencken. |
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Contributions to Quotations:
David Shein [06], Clark Moran, Geoffrey K. Braden [05]
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