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The fact is that sports is not this big melting pot of upward mobility and opportunity and meritocracy. That's a false dictum. It never has been.


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EARL WILSON I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything...
EARL WEAVER Wherever there is danger, there lurks opportunity; whenever there is opportunity, there lurks dange...
EARL NIGHTINGALE Everyone learns in about the same way, but some people are better at it than others.
EARL STEVICK What's going on in the inside shows on the outside.
EARL NIGHTINGALE You become what you think about.
EARL NIGHTINGALE Snow and adolescence are the only problems that disappear if you ignore them long enough.
EARL WILSON If you think nobody cares if you are alive, try missing a couple of car payments.
EARL WILSON For a person to build a rich and rewarding life for himself, there are certain qualities and bits of...
EARL NIGHTINGALE The sports page records people's accomplishments, the front page usually records nothing, but man's ...
EARL WARREN We must be the epitome - the embodiment - of success. We must radiate success before it will come to...
EARL NIGHTINGALE Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death.
EARL WILSON Money in the bank is like toothpaste in the tube. Easy to take out, hard to put back.
EARL WILSON The clog of all pleasure, the luggage of life, is the best can be said for a very good wife.
EARL ROCHESTER You (reporters) should have printed what he meant, not what he said.
EARL BUSH Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile I caught hell for it.
EARL WARREN The fantastic advances in the field of electronic communication constitute a greater danger to the p...
EARL WARREN Your world is a living expression of how you are using and have used your mind.
EARL NIGHTINGALE The mind moves in the direction of our currently dominant thoughts
EARL NIGHTINGALE Get into a line that you will find to be a deep personal interest, something you really enjoy spendi...
EARL NIGHTINGALE