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I cannot for the life of me see why the umpires, the only two people on a cricket field who are not going to get grass stains on their knees, are the only two people allowed to wear dark trousers. – Katharine Whitehorn

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There are some circles in America where it seems to be more socially acceptable to carry a hand-gun than a packet of cigarettes. – Katharine Whitehorn

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People get a bad impression of it by continually trying to treat it as if it was a bank clerk, who ought to be on time on Tuesday next, instead of philosophically seeing it as a painter, who may do anything so long as you dont try to predict what. – Katharine Whitehorn

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When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. – Hunter S. Thompson

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Sports is like rock n roll. Both are dominant cultural forces, both speak an international language, and both are all about emotions. – Phil Knight

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Football is violence and cold weather and sex and college rye. – Roger Kahn

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The key is not the “will to win” — everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important. – Bobby Knight

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