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"People don't play sports because its fun. Ask any athlete, most of them hate it, but they couldn't imagine their life with out it. Its part of them, the love/hate relationship. Its what they live for. They live for the practices, parties, cheers, long bus rides, invitationals, countless pairs of different types of shoes, water, Gatorade, & coaches you hate but appreciate. They live for the way it feels when they beat the other team, and knowing those two extra sprints they ran in practice were worth it. They live for the way they become a family with their team, they live for the countless songs they sing in their head while training all those hours. They live for the competition, they live for the friends, the practices, the memories, the pain. It is who they are. It's WHO we are." (Anonymous) |
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Alongside shots of the greatest sports moments of the year 2012, we've also added some great quotes that really talk about the heart of sports, from those who play them! |
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"At a certain point in life, you either have what you want, or you have the reasons why you don't." (Andy Roddick, tennis player) |
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"Somewhere behind the athlete you've become, and the hours of training invested and coaches chasing you, there's a little girl in love with the game and who never looked back. Play for her." (Mia Hamm, soccer player) |
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"To win means you're willing to go further,Work harder and give more than anyone else." (Vince Lombardi, football coach) |
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"Love is playing every game as if it were your last." (Michael Jordan, basketball player) |
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"Champions are not created in the gym. Champions are created from something deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision." (Muhammad Ali, boxer) |
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"It does not matter who is able to score the points, it matters who can make the pass that will lead to them." (Larry Bird, basketball player) |
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"You must have the ability to concentrate, to let all the emotions go ... Do not forget that you are playing not only with your body but also with your soul." (Karim Abdul Jabar, a basketball player) |
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"When you're a kid in Barcelona, the first thing they teach you is: think, think, think, and fast. From age ten we are taught that it's shamful to lose the ball." (Xavi, soccer) |
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"Football is a simple game: 22 men chase a ball for 90 minutes, and at the end the Germans always win." (Gary Lineker, footballer) |
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"They would not have won if they had let themselves be beaten." (Yogi Berra, baseball player) |
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"If you are first - you're first, if you are second - you're nothing" (Bill Shankly, soccer) |
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"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. On 26 occasions i was trusted to take the decisive shot ... and I missed. I've failed over and over and over again and that is exactly why I succeeded." (Michael Jordan, Basketball player) |
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Submitted by: Noah W.
