27 Quotes by Rick Reilly

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    Exactly how intricate a sport is jogging? You were two years old. You ran after the cat. You pretty much had it mastered

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    There's never been a finer man in American sports than John Wooden, or a finer coach.

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    Im afraid Wisconsin is you, Nebraska, only with much better parties and more wins.

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    I was a terrible Sugar Babies addict, so I had more cavities than the surface of the moon.

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    Maybe I'm just getting old, but I remember when your average NFL player would come to the sideline, spit out three bicuspids, Scotch-tape his humerus together and get back out there.

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    It's people stories that make good reading. I don't feel like I'm a sportswriter. I feel like I'm a guy who writes about people who happen to do sports. The best columns are the ones where you tie it somehow into the fabric of the country.

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    Never let anyone tell you sports doesn't matter. Never let them tell you it's all about the wins, the losses and the stats. Sports is so much more than that.

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