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In my 20s, it was easy. In your 40s, it's a lot more challenging. You have to look at it like you're an actor, but you're also a professional athlete. You have to train.

~Daniel Wu

Topics: Actor Also Athlete Challenging Easy Like Look Lot More Professional Professional Athlete Train You Your

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Baldwin gave expression to the longings of blacks in exalted prose. He was embraced, in the tradition of Negro Firsterism, even by those who never sat down with a book, as our preeminent literary spokesman, whether he liked it or not. Neither athlete nor entertainer, but nevertheless a star.

~Darryl Pinckney

Topics: Athlete Blacks Book Down Embraced Entertainer Even Exalted Expression Gave He Liked Literary Neither Never Nevertheless Nor Our Prose Sat Spokesman Star Those Tradition Whether Who

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I don't know whether it's the athlete in me or the passion I have for the game: I always think that I can step back on the field and play.

~David Beckham

Topics: Always Athlete Back Field Game Know Me Passion Play Step Think Whether I Can

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I like to think of the world's greatest athlete coming up to bat against me - Tiger Woods, Wayne Gretzky, I don't care who it is - and I'm looking at him thinking, you have no chance.

~David Cone

Topics: Against Athlete Bat Care Chance Coming Greatest Him Like Looking Me No Chance Think Thinking Tiger Tiger Woods Up Wayne Who Woods World You

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In high school and college, I was an athlete.

~David Duchovny

Topics: Athlete College High High School High School And College School

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We have a lot of great lesbian role models in tennis. I mean, Martina Navratilova in her heyday was probably the greatest female athlete on the planet. Martina just kept breaking every rule. That's a great role model.

~David Furnish

Topics: Athlete Breaking Every Female Great Greatest Her Just Kept Lesbian Lot Mean Model Models Planet Role Role Model Role Models Rule Tennis

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I think one has to understand that there are stages in life, and that the life of an athlete has its limits. It's short, and then it stops, and sooner or later you have to accept that.

~David Nalbandian

Topics: Accept Athlete Later Life Limits Short Sooner Sooner Or Later Stages Stops Then Think Understand You I Think

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It was difficult to step away. I've always been an athlete. And to give that up was extremely daunting. The looming factor of brain damage, to me, was too strong.

~David Robinson

Topics: Always Athlete Away Been Brain Damage Daunting Difficult Extremely Factor Give Me Step Strong Too Up

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My father's encouragement is what has brought me this far, because when I grew up I wanted to be like him, and I knew I had that ability to become an athlete. Being an Olympian is one of the greatest things, and being an Olympic gold medallist is one of the most prestigious titles in the world.

~David Rudisha

Topics: Ability Athlete Because Become Being Brought Encouragement Far Father Gold Greatest Greatest Things Grew Had Him Knew Like Me Most Olympian Olympic Olympic Gold Prestigious Things Titles Up Wanted World

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I'm continuing to prepare very well because I have my responsibility and my (pride) as a man and an athlete.

~Dayron Robles

Topics: Athlete Because Continuing Man Prepare Pride Responsibility Very Well

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