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To dope the racer is as criminal, as sacrilegious, as trying to im

To dope the racer is as criminal, as sacrilegious, as trying to imitate God; it is stealing from God the privilege of the spark. – Roland Barthes

Other quotes by Roland Barthes

There are people who think that wrestling is an ignoble sport. Wrestling is not sport, it is a spectacle, and it is no more ignoble to attend a wrestled performance of suffering than a performance of the sorrows of Arnolphe or Andromaque. – Roland Barthes

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Sports
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Roland Barthes
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Pleasure is continually disappointed, reduced, deflated, in favor of strong, noble values: Truth, Death, Progress, Struggle, Joy, etc. Its victorious rival is Desire: we are always being told about Desire, never about Pleasure. – Roland Barthes

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Whats more important than whos going to be the first black manager is whos going to be the first black sports editor of the New York Times. – Bill Russell

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The last few years I became a lot more into sports. Growing up, the sports I liked were independent sports, like skateboarding. I was really into skateboarding, and not necessarily team televised sports. – Mark Hoppus

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My main idea was to create a sports facility for the basics. This is why I established the club. – Sergei Bubka

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I played sports year around: basketball, soccer, softball and I ran track year around, from the time I was, like, six, seven. – Gabrielle Union

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