A box score does not properly represent the most important thing – team play. It shows some guy scoring 27 points, but it doesn’t show that my 27-point man let his guy score 30.
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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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And if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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It’s so ridiculous to see a golfer with a one foot putt and everybody is saying “Shhh” and not moving a muscle.
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You’re the best there. You’ve been all-city two years in a row. How bad can you be? You come with me and we’ll make nice music.
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Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.
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Winning is only important in war and surgery.
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I don’t believe in looking past anybody – I wouldn’t look past the Little Sisters of the Poor after they stayed up all night.
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Do what you have to do as long as you don’t hurt people.
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I don’t know why people question the academic training of an athlete.
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The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
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Can’t win without talent, you know.
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It’s a profession in which, the longer you stay, the closer you are to being fired.
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Our guys took Shop and Advanced Shop. Shop is when you make a chair. Advanced Shop is when you paint it.
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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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