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"He's in the mold of a Tom Watson, in that he'll hit the ball in the trees and undaunted go it there, flail it out and make something out of it."
Gary McCord

"He's got an overall flair for the game. It looks to me like he really loves what he does and he can't wait to get up in the morning, go hit some balls and go play."
Gary McCord

"Eighteen holes of match play will teach you more about your foe than 18 years of dealing with him across a desk."
Grantland Rice

"I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles."
Gilbert K. Chesterton

"The difference in golf and government is that in golf you can't improve your lie."
George Deukmejian

"It is a noteworthy fact that kicking and beating have played so considerable a part in the habits which necessity has imposed on mankind in past ages that the only way of preventing civilized men from beating and kicking their wives is to organize games in which they can kick and beat balls."
George Bernard Shaw

"Scholars concede but cannot explain the amazing chemistry of Cub fans' loyalty. But their unique steadfastness through thin and thin has something to do with the team's Franciscan simplicity."
George F. Will

"All hockey players are bilingual. They know English and profanity."
Gordie Howe

"Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended."
George Bernard Shaw

"Perhaps the single most important element in mastering the techniques and tactics of racing is experience. But once you have the fundamentals, acquiring the experience is a matter of time."
Greg LeMond

"If a tie is like kissing your sister, losing is like kissing you grandmother with her teeth out."
George Brett

"You don't suffer, kill yourself and take the risks I take just for money. I love bike racing."
Greg LeMond

"Sports do not build character. They reveal it."
Heywood Broun

"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro."
Hunter S. Thompson

"You know they're not going to lose 162 consecutive games."
Harry Caray

"Don't play too much golf. Two rounds a day are plenty."
Harry Vardon

"Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after."
Henry David Thoreau

"When I was 40, my doctor advised me that a man in his 40s shouldn't play tennis. I heeded his advice carefully and could hardly wait until I reached 50 to start again."
Hugo L. Black

"Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers."
Herbert Hoover

"My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging."
Hank Aaron

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