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The mark of a great player is in his ability to come back. The great champions have all come back from defeat.


Sam Snead

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GREG SHIPPERD It is great to come back to the district that I was originally from.
KRISTIE APPERSON It took capitalism half a century to come back from the Great Depression.
BEN SHAPIRO Everybody's hoping that Mike can come back from the knee thing and play for us. The guy's a great pl...
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MARK RECCHI The Williams sisters, they have this power. They have this ability to come back from nowhere.
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DARCY FLYNN It's great to leave in first and come back to first.
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DAVE NONIS Sam did a great job. I'm proud of the way he's come in both times and competed.
MIKE SHANAHAN Lake Forest just plain beat us tonight and we have to find a way to come back from this, ... They ha...
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MANSON HILL I love being back here in the area, ... It feels great to be able to come out here and have fun with...
HEATHER MITTS He's definitely aching to get back and I think this week is a great time for him to come back.
BRAD EKWEREKWU He's had shoulder problems and it's great that he's been able to come back from that.
CHERYL CIORRA It's a great opportunity to come back and help. I'm very happy.
DAVE MARTINEZ It's one of those things, I don't think I'd ever live it down. She's not only a former player, she's...
MARY YOUNG He's obviously a great player. He was the Player of the Week. He'll bounce back.
MATT CARERE It's great to have Dan back. He's a great player, and we're a better football team with him.
PAUL POSLUSZNY The (Lake Dallas) keeper made a great save, but Sam got the rebound and put it back in.
JASON VENABLE I have a great faith in every generation's ability to come up with its own music.
JOHN MCLAUGHLIN It's been a great trip and we'll come back with a lot of stories.
SOICHI NOGUCHI Why do you look back when you have come all this way? Don't answer by saying what a great job you've...
NANA ADJOA SAAM IRENE NYAME YE AGGREY-FYNN Sam has been phenomenal for us. She's an all-around great player.
HOLLY ISMAIL The success we've had in having repeat visitors has been great. Their inclination is to come back. S...
CHRIS WEILLER We have a great location and facilities. We have things to do here that will attract people to come ...
DAWN BALLARD I think it's the mark of a great player to be confident in tough situations.
JOHN MCENROE It's great to be getting back into action again after the mid-season break, although it couldn't hav...
PAUL DENNING And when it did come back, it wasn't in the spot she was normally accustomed to getting the ball. Sh...
TOM DAVIS He's on a great run. Blake has come back as one of the best players out there.
LLEYTON HEWITT To have an eighth-grader step up like this is awesome. She just showed great composure to come back ...
DAN JUDD I believe it's going to come back. I feel its going to come back bigger and stronger. We're here (Ok...
GEORGE SHINN Coming in on the ground floor several years ago was great. But having the opportunity to come back i...
GEORGE PUGH We have 12 from the 1997-98 CHL championship team back. It will be great to have all these guys back...
BILLY CARTER The ability to change one's views without losing one's seat is the mark of a great politician.
MORRIS K. UDALL Our goal was to come back and win at least 12 medals in Turin. All the skaters who won medals are ba...
BONNIE BLAIR Our goal was to come back and win at least 12 medals in Turin, ... All the skaters who won medals ar...
BONNIE BLAIR Mistakes are part of the game. It's how well you recover from them, that's the mark of a great playe...
ALICE COOPER The people of a state spoke: they said, 'We believe that in our state we believe we have a right to ...
MONTEL WILLIAMS We knew they were going to come back. They're a great team. We needed to establish ourselves in the ...
JOYCE NOVACEK All good things come from love; God used the cross a symbol of His love, to paralyze and defeat all ...
FELIX WANTANG Has one hostage from Lebanon come back with a photograph of his abductors? Has any hostage ever come...
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JAY BRUNZA Even with this injury, part of his goal was to come back faster, come back stronger, come back more ...
ARNIE KANDER This puts me back, ... I'm already in the top 10 in both The Ring and the IBF, but this just puts me...
JAMEEL MCCLINE The people who are excited and ready to come back, we're extremely lucky to have them. The ones who ...
BILL GUERIN The only thing I can say is, I've been through the same thing and you do come back strong, you can h...
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ALEX CAMARGO The hope is not only will they extend their stay for a vacation but they also will come back if they...
KAREN BRAND There's immense trust and confidence in our ability to come back in any game.
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BROOKS MONAGHAN He was the best defensive player when they won their two Stanley Cups. He would take the rebound fro...
DENIS POTVIN He is a player of great abilities. He has great speed, he makes great cuts and he has the ability to...
DAVID HILD Many think that the mark of a great champion is the nature and margin of their victories and the pea...
RASHEED OGUNLARU We've shown the ability to come back from slow starts. That's where our maturity comes out. We kept ...
MARCUS HALL We've come back with a great deal of resolve. You tell yourself a setback ain't nothing but a setup ...
LORENZO NEAL Just like we talk about the quarterbacks, some days you're going to have that. 'Peanut' had a great ...
LOVIE SMITH We have a great opportunity to have two great events back-to-back.
DEREK SCHILLER The big difference between this year and last year is we know we can come back and win games. Last y...
LAUREN CLARK For me to come back out there and get to him again would be great.
ERASMUS JAMES You can always come back, but you can't come back all the way.
BOB DYLAN It is going to be great to have him back because of his intensity.
HASSAN ADAMS Sam Snead did to the tee-shot what Roger Bannister did to the four-minute mile.
BYRON NELSON Everyone is good up there. Mike is good enough to defeat anyone at this level. He's good enough to c...
BRIAN KAPUSTA I'm ready. I want to play Placer Hillmen football at Le Febvre Stadium. This is one of the best week...
BRAD WRIGHT He's a clutch player and he's come back during a clutch moment.
DEMARRE CARROLL After losing last year, ... it was a great sign to come back and beat them this year.
GLENN WHITE I won't come back. That's all I can say to you right now ... It took me a while to get back to the p...
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ANTHONY J. PRINCIPI He's going to be a great player in this league for years to come, without a doubt,
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MARK MERSEL His composure on the ball and ability to connect the back to the front is excellent. He's great at f...
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DAVE POWELL It's great to come back and see everybody. It's so good to see friends, old roommates.
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MATT CRAIG He's got to come in with his curve and change-up then come back with the fastball.
BARRY RUSSELL It was a huge play. Playmakers make plays and he got a chance to come back and make one. That's the ...
DAVE VESTAL A lot of people come and sit in the back. You meet people; you make contacts and (jams) are a great ...
DAN DUNCAN We're trying to bring all of that back, ... We've had teams come in, and we're encouraging public pa...
CHIEF JOSEPH If Boston Scientific is to come back, they will have to come back north of US$75 to keep this alive....
KEAY NAKAE That's a lot of territory. Never has the damage been so great. The question is, are the people going...
GERALD GALLOWAY I am so proud of our guys, especially Dion. It is gratifying when you have a player like Dion that w...
SHAWN BLATTENBERGER As of right now, we do not have any penalties. The only way they would come into effect is if (a pla...
MARK RICHARD You have to defeat a great players aura more than his game.
PAT RILEY How he's playing, I don't even want to come back and start. I think he's been playing good and he's ...
JAMAAL TINSLEY I come from this bubble in life - I come from a great family and went to a nice school, and I have f...
WILL POULTER Our real leverage has come from the fear that DeLay will not have a post to come back to. They are d...
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SAM SNEAD The three things I fear most in golf are lightning, Ben Hogan and a downhill putt.
SAM SNEAD These greens are so fast I have to hold my putter over the ball and hit it with the shadow.
SAM SNEAD Forget your opponents; always play against par.
SAM SNEAD Of the mental hazards, being scared is the worst. When you get scared, you get tense.
SAM SNEAD Practice puts brains in your muscles.
SAM SNEAD You know those two-foot downhill putts with a break? I'd rather see a rattlesnake.
SAM SNEAD The fairways were so narrow you had to walk down them single file.
SAM SNEAD The only reason I played golf was so that I could afford to go hunting and fishing.
SAM SNEAD Thinking instead of acting is the number-one golf disease.
SAM SNEAD The greens are harder than a whore's heart.
SAM SNEAD Then I'll be back here when I'm 68.
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SAM RAYBURN If you want to get along, go along.
SAM RAYBURN When you get too big a majority, you're immediately in trouble.'
SAM RAYBURN Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations.
SAM RAYBURN Son, always tell the truth. Then you'll never have to remember what you said the last time.
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SAM PECKINPAH Why should I give you an interview? All you journalists are plagiarists.
SAM PECKINPAH Oh, I find it very easy to fall in love.
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SAM PALLADIO If you break up with a girlfriend or a boyfriend, you're in this vulnerable state where you'...
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SAM NEILL I've worked all my life to shed myself of any character.
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SAM MENDES You think about taking audiences on a journey.
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SAM MENDES One movie is only one movie. I want to have a lifetime of making films.
SAM MENDES All I know is that I operate by going out to each of them and trying to learn the territory in which...
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SAM MENDES The movies that influenced me were movies that told their stories through pictures more than words.
SAM MENDES You freeze with the number of opportunities given to you and just decide to do nothing at all.
SAM MENDES I want to try and work in different genres with different types of actors, on small movies and big m...
SAM MENDES There's good and bad in everybody. I wasn't looking for the good, or looking for the bad. Th...
SAM MENDES The characters are trapped within the lifestyle. It's about what goes on before the movie starts...
SAM MENDES You've got to work. You've got to want an audience to sit forward in their chairs sometimes,...
SAM MENDES I'm certainly getting a lot more mail... that's basically it.
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SAM MENDES I want to inspire, and be inspired.
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SAM KINISON Everything can be satirized.
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SAM HUNTINGTON My kid is a year and a half old, and I just want to roll around on the floor with him for a little b...
SAM HUNTINGTON In all seriousness, I'm flattered and humbled to have been asked to reprise my role as Luke in t...
SAM HUNTINGTON I would be hard-pressed to look back at anything that I have done in my career and not say, 'I w...
SAM HUNTINGTON I can tell you Kristen Hager is one of my all time favorite people to work with ever and one of the ...
SAM HUNTINGTON I wrote a song several years ago while I was in college called 'Muscadine Wine.' I really di...
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