"At the base of it was the urge, if you wanted to play football, to knock someone down, that was what the sport was all about, the will to win closely linked with contact."

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Source : George Plimpton (2016). “Paper Lion: Confessions of a last-string quarterback”, p.235, Random House

George Plimpton

#Sports Quotes #Football Quotes #Winning Quotes

“One of the things my career as an artist might say to young artists is: The things that are close to you are the things you can photograph the best. And unless you photograph what you love, you are not going to make good art.”

Source : "The Dichotomy of Sally Mann: “The Family and the Land” at the Photographers’ Gallery, London" by Marina Cashdan, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 10, 2010.
“There's always that one person, That will always have your heart. That one person for me is you.”
“Families, can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em ..”

Source : "Almost to Die For: A Vampire Princess Novel".
“My school reports always used to point out that my concentration levels were appalling. I never listened in class because I was always daydreaming about racing. I never thought for a moment about doing anything else. There was no guarantee that I'd make a career in it but I never had any plan B.”
“We call first truths those we discover after all the others.”
“An annibabtist is a thing I am not a member of.”

Source : 'Journal' p. 99
“The Dixiecrats meet again in New York. Now they're called Republicans.”
“Who I am is the best I can be.”

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