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In sports, championships often define a person's legacy.

~Don Yaeger

Topics: Championships Define Legacy Often Person Sports

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Not winning a title gives fuel to sportswriters and talking heads who question an athlete's true value.

~Don Yaeger

Topics: Athlete Fuel Gives Heads Question Sportswriter Talking Title True True Value Value Who Winning

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Marino was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2005, and his name always comes up when the conversation centers on the greatest quarterbacks of all time. But his greatness comes with an asterisk: He never won the Big Game.

~Don Yaeger

Topics: Always Big Centers Conversation Fame Football Game Greatest Greatness Hall He His Name Never Pro Pro Football Quarterback Time Up Won

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John Wooden made a name as a coach but also a life as a mentor.

~Don Yaeger

Topics: Also Coach John Life Made Mentor Name Wooden

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As a teenager, Monica Seles won some historic matches on the tennis court, dominating opponents and filling a room with trophies.

~Don Yaeger

Topics: Court Dominating Filling Historic Matches Monica Opponents Room Some Teenager Tennis Trophies Won

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Tony La Russa is considered among the best in his business. Yet nearly half the time he led his organizations into competition, they were defeated - 2,728 wins, 2,365 losses.

~Don Yaeger

Topics: Among Best Business Competition Considered Defeated Half Half The Time He His La Led Losses Nearly Organizations Time Tony Were Wins

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That's one of the great oddities of baseball: Success is relative. A hitter who fails 70 percent of the time at the plate is a potential member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, and many World Championship teams lose more than 70 games during their title-winning seasons.

~Don Yaeger

Topics: Baseball Championship Fails Fame Games Great Hall Hitter Lose Many Member More National Percent Plate Potential Relative Seasons Success Success Is Teams Than Time Who World World Championship

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Dungy, head coach of the Indianapolis Colts, has long believed that he, his staff and players should be as devoted to family time as they are to playing time, as focused on giving to charities as they are to taking the ball away from opponents.

~Don Yaeger

Topics: Away Ball Believed Charities Coach Devoted Family Focused Giving He Head His Long Opponents Players Playing Should Staff Taking Time

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In the 1970s, professional sports found a different breed of team owner in George Steinbrenner of the New York Yankees.

~Don Yaeger

Topics: Breed Different Found George New New York Owner Professional Sports Team Yankees York 1970S

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Charles Wang, owner of the New York Islanders, serves as something of a cautionary tale in terms of how heavy owner involvement can sink a franchise.

~Don Yaeger

Topics: Charles Franchise Heavy How Involvement New New York Owner Serve Sink Something Tale Terms York

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: Unknown

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