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If I stayed a football player, my career would have been over 20 y

If I stayed a football player, my career would have been over 20 years ago. As it is, my knees are shot. I found I got the same good feeling in acting that I had in sports, but I found I could have a more profound impact on people. – William Petersen

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I didnt want to play a lawyer. I didnt want to play a doctor. I didnt want to play a single dad. I wanted to do something I felt I could learn from, something that would be a challenge and something that would not dry up. – William Petersen

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I was horrible at science and math. I couldnt pass a test to save my life! Im surprised that it didnt take me until I was 20 to graduate. Thats why my role is so cool – Grissom is the complete opposite of me. – William Petersen

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The more violent the body contact of the sports you watch, the lower the class. – Paul Fussell

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Sport is a wonderful metaphor for life. Of all the sports that I played – skiing, baseball, fishing – there is no greater example than golf, because youre playing against yourself and nature. – Robert Redford

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Crystallizing my feelings about the game, I find that squash is less frustrating than golf, less fickle than tennis. It is easier than badminton, cheaper than polo. It is better exercise than bowls, quicker than cricket, less boring than jogging, drier than swimming, safer than hang gliding. – John Hopkins, Squash: A Joyful Game, 1980

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I used to sports gamble a lot and I was getting killed on that but then I found poker and really enjoyed it. But it was a hobby more than anything else. I played it every day but only on pretty small stakes. – Chris Moneymaker

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If youre going to kill someone there isnt much reason to get all worked up about it and angry – you just pull the trigger. Angry discussions beforehand are a waste of time. We need to smile at Novell while we pull the trigger. – Jim Allchin

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