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I worked very
hard. I felt I could play the game. The only thing that
could stop me was myself.
-- Jim Abbott
American Baseball Player
You have to be
able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go...
Don't ever forget that you play with your soul as well as
your body.
-- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
1947-, American Basketball
Player
It has meant a
lot to me to challenge the best players in the world and to
beat them. And it means a lot to me to be out here and
fighting for the title and, you know, it hurts not to win
it.
-- Andre Agassi
1970-, American Tennis Player
How can we
hope to remain economically competitive in a world in
which... 90% of Dutch high-school students take advanced
math courses and 100% of teachers in Germany have double
majors, while the best we can say about our pocket of
excellence is that 75% of [American] students have learned
to critique tactfully?
-- Barbara J. Alexander
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