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When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

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Luck is a very thin wire between survival and disaster, and not many people can keep their balance on it.

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In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.

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I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.

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I learned a long time ago that reality was much weirder than anyone's imagination.

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Buy the ticket, take the ride.

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I have long understood that losing always comes with the territory when you wander into the gambling business, just as getting crippled for life is an acceptable risk in the linebacker business. They both are extremely violent sports, and pain is part of the bargain. Buy the ticket, take the ride.

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Marathon running, like golf, is a game for players, not winners. That is why Callaway sells golf clubs and Nike sells running shoes. But running is unique in that the world's best racers are on the same course, at the same time, as amateurs, who have as much chance of winning as your average weekend warrior would scoring a touchdown in the NFL.

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Some may never live, but the crazy never die.

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One of the most basic factors in sports is that winning becomes a habit, and losing is the same way. When failure starts to feel normal in your life or your work or even your darkest vices, you won't have to go looking for trouble, because trouble will find you. Count on it.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: July 18th, 1937

Died: February 20th, 2005

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