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“The banishment for life of Pete Rose from baseball is a sad end if a sorry episode. One of the game's greatest players has engaged in a variety of acts which have stained the game, and he must now live with the consequences of those acts. There is absolutely no deal for reinstatement.”
Source : A. Bartlett Giamatti's remarks at the press conference banning Pete Rose from baseball, August 24, 1989.
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“Rather an end in horror, than horror without end. He could not condemn principles he might need to invoke and apply later. The wolf cannot help having been created by God as he is, but we shoot him all the same if we have to. The great player in diplomacy, as in chess, asks the question,Does this improve me?, not look at the possible fringe benefits If you can't have what you like, you must like what you have.”
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“Entrepreneurship: 10% coach, 20% player, 30% cheerleader, 40% waterboy.”
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“I had Lana and she was the number one player on my team”
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“You always catch the wrong players.”
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“I feel like Josh, Michelle and Adam were all team players, who wanted to be a part of an ensemble.”
Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com. 
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“I'm not a good guitar player.”
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“Assistant coaches become a little bit more buddies to the players than a head coach.”
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“I want to help Manchester United win the Premier League and become the best player in the world.”
Source : "Adnan Januzaj ready to commit his future to Manchester United". www.theguardian.com. October 18, 2013.
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“I consider Mr. Morphy the finest chess player who ever existed. He is far superior to any now living, and would doubtless have beaten Labourdonnais himself. In all his games with me, he has not only played, in every instance, the exact move, but the most exact. He never makes a mistake; but, if his adversary commits the slightest error, he is lost.”
