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'Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.'
Muhammad Ali
98.7%
'I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot... when you think about the consequences you always think of a negative result.'
Michael Jordan
81.3%
'A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.'
Wayne Gretzky
79.3%
'I did not have anything to do with these murders. Ever.'
O. J. Simpson
77.3%
'I won't quit skating until I am physically unable.'
Tony Hawk
75.3%
'He hits from both sides of the plate. He's amphibious.'
Yogi Berra
67.3%
'What other people may find in poetry or art museums, I find in the flight of a good drive.'
Arnold Palmer
64%
'We're going to win Sunday. I guarantee it.'
Joe Namath
63.3%
'Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.'
Ted Williams
62.7%
'I love scoring goals for England and playing for England. That's one of the reasons I didn't retire -
I love playing for my country.'
David Beckham
58.7%
'Once and for all, I did not use steroids or any other illegal substance.'
Mark McGwire
58.7%
'It would have been a helluva lot more fun if I had not hit those sixty-
one home runs.'
Roger Maris
56%
'Scientists have proven that it's impossible to long-
jump 30 feet, but I don't listen to that kind of talk. Thoughts like that have a way of sinking into your feet.'
Carl Lewis
54%
'Although I wasn't invited to shake hands with Hitler, I wasn't invited to the White House to shake hands with the President either.'
Jesse Owens
54%
'Cotton Owens was leading and daddy was second. ...I moved over to let them pass. Cotton went on, but daddy bumped me in the rear and my car went right into the wall'
Richard Petty
44%
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'In this case, I realize that, unlike when I was 22 years old, I realize now that football will not go on forever [in his case it might], it is a small part of your life.'
Brett Favre
42.7%
'I'll let the racket do the talking.'
John McEnroe
42%
'I have never been a shooter.'
Shaquille O'Neal
40%
'Ever since that day when I was 11 years old, and I wasn't allowed in a photo because I wasn't wearing a tennis skirt, I knew that I wanted to change the sport.'
Billie Jean King
36.7%
'I didn't want to be known as Madonna's playboy, her boy toy.'
Dennis Rodman
35.3%
'I'd always have grease in at least two places, in case the umpires would ask me to wipe one off.'
Gaylord Perry
18.7%
'If you are caught on a golf course during a storm and are afraid of lightning, hold up a 1-
iron. Not even God can hit a 1-
iron.'
Lee Trevino
18%
'All hockey players are bilingual. They know English and profanity.'
Gordie Howe
18%
'No mas'
Roberto Duran
17.3%
'I just want the same thing Joe Montana got when he was MVP. He got respect. He got commercials. He got everything.'
Jerry Rice
16%
'If Jack Nicklaus can win the Masters at 46, I can win the Kentucky Derby at 54.'
Bill Shoemaker
11.3%
'Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you.'
Satchel Paige
10%
'The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up.'
Bob Uecker
7.3%
'Loosen your girdle and let er fly!'
Babe Didriksonson Zaharias
6%
'Nice guys finish last.'
Leo Durocher
5.3%
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