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"You don’t want people to panic. On the other hand, don’t go to a f---ing concert. But then again, who am I to say that? I was coaching in a basketball game with 15,000 fans like four nights ago. So I feel like a fool."

March 14, 2020

Steve Kerr, NBC
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I love getting calls from communists in Montclair...You’re swearing on the air, Mike, you’re a bum.

Jul 10, 2017

Chris Christie, New York Times
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We're not celebrated as two women with completely different backgrounds who have created incredible opportunities for ourselves and our families. Instead we are ranked against each other for our differences, our game, our earnings. I think the concept of lists and the amount that players make is bollocks.

Mar 17, 2017

Maria Sharapova, ESPN
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It would be a disservice not to understand some of the inequities of college sports. This is a big money business, and the athletes are used for financial gain, while the NCAA cherry-picks infractions.

Mar 16, 2017

Claire McCaskill, Politico
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Passion is a huge prerequisite to winning. It makes you willing to jump through hoops, go through all the ups and downs and everything in between to reach your goal.

Oct 25, 2016

Kerri Walsh Jennings, Reader's Digest
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You have to believe in yourself when no one else does- that makes you a winner right there.

Oct 25, 2016

Venus Williams, Reader's Digest
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Papi, look at where you are. Look at where you came from. Nobody’s shooting at you. Nobody’s trying to kill you. They pay you to play a kid’s game.

Mar 26, 2015

David Ortiz, The Players' Tribune
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I’m not the next Usain Bolt or Michael Phelps. I’m the first Simone Biles.

Aug 12, 2016

Simone Biles, The Atlantic
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At this point I’m not physically able to attend the opening of the Olympics.

Aug 05, 2016

Pele, The Washington Post
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I know they’re in Maryland right now. But a majority of the season ticket holders are Virginians, all the players live in Virginia, we have all of your [practice] facilities. . . . We’re in very serious negotiations, as I assume other jurisdictions are. Listen, we would love to have them.

Aug 05, 2016

Terry McAuliffe, The Washington Post
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