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SPORTS: Sports help girls and women to perceive their bodies as instruments, not just ornaments. (Gloria Steinem, U.S. feminist, journalist, and social and political activist, Born 1934)

SPORTS: Citius, altius, forties - Swifter, higher, stronger. (Motto of the Olympic Games)

SPORTS: The game isn't over until it's over. (Yogi Berra, U.S. professional baseball catcher, who later took on the roles of manager and coach and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, 1925-2015)

SPORTS: When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport: when the tiger wants to murder him, he calls it ferocity. (George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright, critic, polemicist, and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1856-1950)

SPORTS: Slumps in life are like soft beds. They're easy to get into and hard to get out of. (Johnny Bench, U.S. former professional baseball catcher and member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, Born 1947)

SPORTS: International sport is war without shooting. (George Orwell, English novelist and essayist, journalist and critic, known for his outspoken support of democratic socialism, 1903-1950)

SPORTS: Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one. (Bill Bradley, U.S. politician and former professional basketball player, Born 1943)

SPORTS: Sport is one area where no participant is worried about another's race, religion, or wealth. (Unknown source)

SPORTS: Every great batter works on the theory that the pitcher is more afraid of him than he is of the pitcher. (Ty Cobb, U.S. Major League Baseball outfielder who in 1936 received the most votes of any player on the inaugural Baseball Hall of Fame, 1886-1961)