League Quotes - Page 12

• I consider the difference between a system founded on
  the legislatures only, and one founded on the people, to be the true difference between a league or treaty and a constitution.

  James Madison

  Differences, People, Constitution

  James Madison (1836). “The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution: As Recommended by the General Convention at Philadelphia, in 1787. Together with the Journal of the Federal Convention, Luther Martin's Letter, Yate's Minutes, Congressional Opinions, Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of '98-'99, and Other Illustrations of the Constitution”

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• Man, I've got a Rolls-Royce. Big house. Limo. All those things. This is why every kid's dream is to be a major-league ballplayer.

  Lou Whitaker

  Dream, Kids, Men

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• I've heard a few times, in three or four years, this league is going to be yours. I don't like that. Because I think I'm established now.

  Kevin Durant

  Thinking, Years, Three

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I feel as though I've proved myself these last five years that I can be one of the top players in the league.

  Kevin Durant

  Player, Years, Lasts

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Everybody was calling. I think everybody called every player in the league. Thats history right there.

  Dwyane Wade

  Player, Thinking, Calling

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• The way I look at it within myself, why not? Why can't I be the MVP of the League? Why can't I be the best player in the League? I don't see why-why-why can't I do that? I think I work hard, I think I dedicate myself to the game and sacrifice a lot of things at a young age and I know if I continue to do good, what I can get out of it and if that's me going out or doing whatever, I'm willing to do it because I know in the long run, it's going to help me.

  Derrick Rose

  Running, Hard Work, Sacrifice

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• The street to obscurity is paved with athletes who perform great feats before friendly crowds. Greatness in major league sports is the ability to win in a stadium filled with people who are pulling for you to lose.

  George Allen

  Sports, Athlete, Winning

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• I love this game, I love this sport, I love this league. Why don't I get my own team? (English Premiership football club)

  Roman Abramovich

  Love, Sports, Football

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• I can't remember a major league game where I could make eye contact with my dad. I kept wondering if he was going to yell at me for hanging a pitch or something.

  David Cone

  Dad, Father, Eye

  "Cone Is Sharp in Return". articles.latimes.com. September 03, 1996.

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• The player had almost as much fun as the parent and coaches. This league is well worth the time the professionals put into it. I would encourage any professional to host a team.

  Casey Barnes

  Fun, Team, Golf

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• For those fed up with the lack of mystery at the top of the Premiership, could I refer you to the commanding heights of the Conference. The wide points gap between first and second says we are about to witness the return to the football league of Accrington Stanley. So legendary have they become that everyone across the generations knows them, yet even those of the certain age required (you'd be pushing 60) can scarcely believe they were ever there. What proof do we have that this most Garcia Marquez of football teams was, is and yet may truly be?

  Peter Chapman

  Soccer, Football, Team

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• Since the Kingstonfirst BID started in January 2005, retailers have enjoyed three years of impressive sales growth, which has taken many of us to the top of our peer group. The BID period has also seen Kingston rise to 12th place according to Experian, and 13th place according to the Javelin Venuescore, in their respective retail super leagues of UK town and city centres. I am confident the platform that our BID provides will allow us to continue to maintain Kingston as the place that people love to shop and visit.

  David Barford

  Taken, Years, Cities

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• It would have been a great story if Brooks had went out there and scored 21 points, ... That would have been great theater. But the reality of that is very difficult, as we know, in this league for any QB when defense is playing good. And the Ravens played well.

  Herman Edwards

  Reality, Ravens, Defense

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• Nobody wants to be a bottom feeder and deal with the reality that you have one of the worst records, if not the worst record, in the league. Obviously, we have to turn that around and turn it around fast. I feel like if we ever show up in the same place at the same time we can make some noise in this league.

  Jalen Rose

  Reality, Records, Want

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• The Players Association has on the table a demand which doesn't recognize the reality of our league's economics today. It's a very excessive and unrealistic demand.

  Paul Tagliabue

  Player, Reality, Demand

  "CBA: Tagliabue Press Conference Transcript". 247sports.com. March 2, 2002.

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• We are confident that through discussing with Arab and Islamic states, as well as with the League of Arab States, we will be able to reach a common vision towards maintaining the constants of our people and deal with reality.

  Khaled Mashal

  Islamic, Reality, Common Vision

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• It is a great honor to be inducted into the Pacific Coast League Hall of Fame. When you honor me with this distinction, you really honor the players who put me there. All of the honors I receive became a reality only through the contributions of my players. In addition to myself, you also honor my family and the Dodger organization. I accept this recognition with pride and gratitude.

  Tommy Lasorda

  Gratitude, Pride, Player

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• Major League Baseball has created a Pete Rose purgatory, and that's where he is. And that's where he's always going to be. It's unfortunate that the commissioner's office has decided to allow that to be the reality. I don't think Pete would mind if they said 'No' to Pete. Pete wants them to go one way or the other and get him out of the void he's in.

  Mike Schmidt

  Baseball, Reality, Thinking

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• It's just the way we've chosen to deal with it. What's there to talk about The reality is that we're undermanned in a lot of areas. We're in the best league in the country. We don't have to read the paper to know that all the teams we play are quality teams.

  Andy Kennedy

  Country, Team, Reality

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• I was watching Ashlee Simpson on Jay's show last night... She was really singing, and I was saying, 'Bring back the lip synch'... And it struck me that Ashlee Simpson is a lot like George Bush - because she wouldn't even really be in the big leagues if it wasn't for family connections, and she's in way over her head. And she doesn't know what to do. And she blamed her band.

  Bill Maher

  Night, Singing, Connections

  "Real Time with Bill Maher", October 29, 2004.

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• I went to professional men's soccer games, the old North American soccer league at that time, and I used to be a ticket holder with my family and family friends. We would go every weekend and I thought it was great, but I just thought of it as recreation, as family fun.

  Brandi Chastain

  Soccer, Sports, Fun

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• I used to go to my kids' soccer games and I was the only parent who wasn't screaming, because I'd have to do a show that night. It was hard. Moms and dads get more emotional at those soccer and Little League games than at a professional game.

  Neil Diamond

  Soccer, Mom, Dad

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• There's apparently soccer leagues that they've set up with young Indian girls.

  Parminder Nagra

  Girl, Soccer, Young

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• At nineteen I was pretty sure I was going to be a professional soccer player. At that time I played for one of the Norwegian premier leagues. But I tore ligaments in both knees, so I started studying business administration and economics and became a financial analyst, and I worked at a brokerage firm as a stockbroker.

  Jo Nesbo

  Soccer, Player, Knees

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• That ‘hundreds and hundreds’ was taken totally out of context. When I was making a point to this person, I was making a point that over my 31 years in the National Football League I’ve seen a lot of changes. There were hundreds and hundreds of things over those years that I’ve seen that have gotten better. Domestic violence is one of those.

  Jerry Angelo

  Football, Taken, Years

  "Jerry Angelo claims he was taken out of context" by Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.nbcsports.com. October 10, 2014.

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