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Sportswriter Inspirational Quotes (518)

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Being here in Detroit, our public education in this city is - it's shocking. And the oversight of it and the oversight of the teachers and the funding is nonexistent, and the priority that's put on it is so low.
Mitch Albom
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A lot of enslaved people actually made money, but they had no power.
William C. Rhoden
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I don't think you can explain why all these other sports and college basketball have a fair representation of African American coaches, but college football doesn't. You can dig and scramble and scratch, but at the end of the day I think it's just pure, old-fashioned racism.
Frank Deford
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As I was saying, you have made the decision to let people into your life. Part of that involves being disappointed by them sometimes. Part of that involves being thrilled by them sometimes. It’s up to you to decide whether the risk is worth the reward.
Craig Lancaster
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He squeezed Steve's shoulder possessively. Oh, Zero. He is not you, I must admit. He does not have your bravery, your nobility, your je ne sais quoi, and all he talks about is this magical place called 'Canada'.
Anne Ursu
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And here come the Left Brothers - Al 747 Sharpton and Jesse DC 10 Jackson - barreling in for a landing on top of Goodell's dome. And this time every black person with an ounce of common sense and self-respect is riding shotgun with Jesse and Al, who have justifiably voiced their displeasure with Limbaugh's ownership bid.
Jason Whitlock
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Please, please, please, please, please...,, squeezing his eyes shut because it somehow made the words more pure.
Mitch Albom
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I would lying if I said I would laugh in the face of death.
Mitch Albom
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The marathon never ceases to be a race of joy, a race of wonder.
Hal Higdon
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I felt what I almost always feel when I am watching a ballgame: Just for those two or three hours, there is really no place I would rather be.
Roger Angell
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The truth is, when our mothers held us, rocked us, stroked our heads -none of us ever got enough of that. We all yearn in some way to return to those days when we were completely taken care of - unconditional love, unconditional attention. Most of us didn't get enough.
Mitch Albom
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There's a story behind everything..but behind all your stories is always your mother's story..because hers is where yours begins.
Mitch Albom
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Holding on to things only breaks your heart.
Mitch Albom
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Cub fans, by consensus, are the best in baseball. Year after year, in good times and (mostly) bad, they turn out in vociferous numbers, sustaining themselves with a heavenly ichor that combines loyalty, criticism, cheerfulness, durability, rage, beer and hope, in exquisite proportions.
Roger Angell
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the running boy is inside every man, no matter how old he gets.
Mitch Albom
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The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others.
Mitch Albom
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A family of three had become, in Michael Arroyo's young mind, an army of two.
Mike Lupica
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I believe that the world isn't always what we can see...I believe there are secrets in the woods. And I believe that goodness wins out...So, if someone's changed overnight - by witch curse or poison apple or were-turtle - you have to show them what's good. You show them love. That works a surprising amount of the time.
Anne Ursu
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Shouldn't the world stop? Don't they know what has happened to me?
Mitch Albom
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There are some times when sports rises to the level of news and when sports broadcasters acquit themselves as well as the best news broadcasters do, they aren't there to dramatize. They're there as journalists.
Bob Costas
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Vitali Klitschko doesn't get enough credit for how intelligent he fights, because he knows when to throw at the target and when to throw through the target.
Larry Merchant
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No, Edward. You are here so I can teach you something. All the people you meet here have one thing to teach you.
Mitch Albom
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I run, therefore I am. And given the years improved fitness adds to our lives, if I did not run, maybe I would no longer be.
Hal Higdon
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It was sad, the imbalance of it all. Why do kids assume so much from one parent and hold the other to a lower, looser standard?
Mitch Albom
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