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And I'm not worried about his weight. What I told him was, don't blink. – Deontay Wilder	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I've always had to fight guys bigger than I am and that weight is only going to slow him down, the extra weight on me, I'm gon na rock with it. – Deontay Wilder	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I don't think it's something that players are interested in, honestly, and if that's the point they are negotiating on, I think these negotiations are going to go a lot longer than anticipated. – Richard Sherman	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Anyone who was in the arena for her last fight knows she probably got as much vocal support as any other fighter, and more than that, I think she's just a great ambassador for the sport and for Bellator. – Bellator Europe boss David Green	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I was sitting there in the sauna before teaching a women's MMA class when I got the news, and I just thought, 'Are you joking?' then I ran out of the sauna screaming, and I was still only half-dressed! – Leah McCourt	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
There was a gap, but now it's building again, and those young hungry fighters are doing phenomenal... they're building nicely and you're going to see that next wave coming through. – Owen Roddy	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
This is it - these are big risks that fighters take, pushed up to the main card, pushed up to the main event on such a huge card, all the lights on you, all the eyes on you, leah is capable of going in and getting the job done, and when it pays off, it's going to pay off with serious rewards. – Owen Roddy	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I'm going out there on Saturday to get the finish. I'm not the kind of fighter that goes in there looking to win on points. – Leah McCourt	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
He pretty much discovered the waves where the Olympics are going to be held at. To have that kind of spiritual connection( is special), i feel really comfortable there knowing that there's some sort of connection there with my dad. – Kanoa Igarashi	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
He wanted to give his son the best opportunity to be a professional surfer and that when I was born, he wanted to have me in America to give me the best opportunity, they put everything they had aside for me. – Kanoa Igarashi	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
There are a lot of us who don't really know what to expect yet with the Olympics and how it is all going to pan, but my main sponsors definitely see the value in the Olympics. – Kanoa Igarashi	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
It's truly fun and interesting for me but, you know, what I want to do is shape the image of surfing in Japan to be more youthful and to bring a younger crowd. – Kanoa Igarashi	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I know I'm capable of doing it, i know I have everything it takes to become a gold medalist. – Kanoa Igarashi	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Imitation is the greatest form of flattery but the Astros right now are not who we want our kids imitating, cheating has no place in sports at any level and so we decided that ... for right now the Astros are suspended from our league. – Bob Bertoni	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Yeah, I don't know what he was doing, building sand castles in the sand, you know where your club is. I took three months off and I can promise you I know if I touch sand. If you look at the video, obviously he grazes the sand twice and then he still chops down on it. – Brooks Koepka	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I've had two 62s here, and you can get it going, i felt like today was tough. I've never played this place with this kind of wind. – Justin Thomas	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Once I got out there( last week), that inch difference with the putter moves your eye line and you stop seeing your lines the way you usually do, i saw the tournament through with it. It didn't work quite the way I wanted so... happy to have old faithful back in the bag and it worked well today. – Rory McIlroy	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
For all you fans out there, who want to stay excited, just give into the moment, feel the passion in your heart and keep the Backstreet pride alive. – Howie Dorough	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Well, theres a couple of pieces of metal, right? You get a ring, too. Thats a big piece of metal, i think everybody that plays the game knows its not just a piece of metal. Its the blood, sweat and tears that go into the, whatever, 175 games or whatever it is that it takes to win a World Series. The sacrifices. I dont know if he said that to make a funny or what, but its obviously representative of something much bigger than that. – Evan Longoria	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
For him to devalue it the way he did yesterday just tells me how out of touch he is with the players in this game. At this point, the only thing devaluing that trophy is that it says commissioner on it, its pretty obvious what everyone thinks should happen. I mean, no one in this clubhouse or in this room is asking for a trophy to be handed us, by any means. ... But at the same time, we understand how difficult it is to win a World Series. Its hard. Its really hard. And its something that you have to earn. – Justin Turner	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
Its pretty obvious what everyone thinks should happen. I mean, no one in this clubhouse or in this room is asking for a trophy to be handed us, by any means. ... But at the same time, we understand how difficult it is to win a World Series. Its hard. Its really hard. And its something that you have to earn, its pretty evident to me that it wasnt earned and its not something that a banner should be hung in their stadium (or) a trophy should be put up wherever their trophies go. – Justin Turner	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
They dont just hand those out; theres a lot of work that goes into getting one of those. So I can understand why theyre upset about it, for me, personally, I think the ring is something that everyone takes with them and thats a special piece you can carry with you forever. Theres only one trophy that gets made. That might be more important to the manager than anybody. But at the end of the season, as a team, getting to hold that thing up is pretty special. I understand where their frustration comes in. – Joe Musgrove	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
You have this structure where people are always there (in the workplace) and do everything together. That strongly affects how people see work and do their work, it's very difficult to change that. – Parissa Haghirian	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
To be honest, at first I felt sorry because everyone was working in the office and only I was at home, but I was being evaluated in terms of whether I achieved results ... my performance didn't decline. – Emi Tanimura	Found on Reuters 4 years ago

And I'm not worried about his weight. What I told him was, don't blink.

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I've always had to fight guys bigger than I am and that weight is only going to slow him down, the extra weight on me, I'm gon na rock with it.

– Deontay Wilder

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I don't think it's something that players are interested in, honestly, and if that's the point they are negotiating on, I think these negotiations are going to go a lot longer than anticipated.

– Richard Sherman

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Anyone who was in the arena for her last fight knows she probably got as much vocal support as any other fighter, and more than that, I think she's just a great ambassador for the sport and for Bellator.

– Bellator Europe boss David Green

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I was sitting there in the sauna before teaching a women's MMA class when I got the news, and I just thought, 'Are you joking?' then I ran out of the sauna screaming, and I was still only half-dressed!

– Leah McCourt

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

There was a gap, but now it's building again, and those young hungry fighters are doing phenomenal... they're building nicely and you're going to see that next wave coming through.

– Owen Roddy

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

This is it - these are big risks that fighters take, pushed up to the main card, pushed up to the main event on such a huge card, all the lights on you, all the eyes on you, leah is capable of going in and getting the job done, and when it pays off, it's going to pay off with serious rewards.

– Owen Roddy

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I'm going out there on Saturday to get the finish. I'm not the kind of fighter that goes in there looking to win on points.

– Leah McCourt

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

He pretty much discovered the waves where the Olympics are going to be held at. To have that kind of spiritual connection( is special), i feel really comfortable there knowing that there's some sort of connection there with my dad.

– Kanoa Igarashi

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

He wanted to give his son the best opportunity to be a professional surfer and that when I was born, he wanted to have me in America to give me the best opportunity, they put everything they had aside for me.

– Kanoa Igarashi

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

There are a lot of us who don't really know what to expect yet with the Olympics and how it is all going to pan, but my main sponsors definitely see the value in the Olympics.

– Kanoa Igarashi

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

It's truly fun and interesting for me but, you know, what I want to do is shape the image of surfing in Japan to be more youthful and to bring a younger crowd.

– Kanoa Igarashi

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I know I'm capable of doing it, i know I have everything it takes to become a gold medalist.

– Kanoa Igarashi

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Imitation is the greatest form of flattery but the Astros right now are not who we want our kids imitating, cheating has no place in sports at any level and so we decided that ... for right now the Astros are suspended from our league.

– Bob Bertoni

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Yeah, I don't know what he was doing, building sand castles in the sand, you know where your club is. I took three months off and I can promise you I know if I touch sand. If you look at the video, obviously he grazes the sand twice and then he still chops down on it.

– Brooks Koepka

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I've had two 62s here, and you can get it going, i felt like today was tough. I've never played this place with this kind of wind.

– Justin Thomas

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Once I got out there( last week), that inch difference with the putter moves your eye line and you stop seeing your lines the way you usually do, i saw the tournament through with it. It didn't work quite the way I wanted so... happy to have old faithful back in the bag and it worked well today.

– Rory McIlroy

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

For all you fans out there, who want to stay excited, just give into the moment, feel the passion in your heart and keep the Backstreet pride alive.

– Howie Dorough

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Well, theres a couple of pieces of metal, right? You get a ring, too. Thats a big piece of metal, i think everybody that plays the game knows its not just a piece of metal. Its the blood, sweat and tears that go into the, whatever, 175 games or whatever it is that it takes to win a World Series. The sacrifices. I dont know if he said that to make a funny or what, but its obviously representative of something much bigger than that.

– Evan Longoria

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

For him to devalue it the way he did yesterday just tells me how out of touch he is with the players in this game. At this point, the only thing devaluing that trophy is that it says commissioner on it, its pretty obvious what everyone thinks should happen. I mean, no one in this clubhouse or in this room is asking for a trophy to be handed us, by any means. ... But at the same time, we understand how difficult it is to win a World Series. Its hard. Its really hard. And its something that you have to earn.

– Justin Turner

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Its pretty obvious what everyone thinks should happen. I mean, no one in this clubhouse or in this room is asking for a trophy to be handed us, by any means. ... But at the same time, we understand how difficult it is to win a World Series. Its hard. Its really hard. And its something that you have to earn, its pretty evident to me that it wasnt earned and its not something that a banner should be hung in their stadium (or) a trophy should be put up wherever their trophies go.

– Justin Turner

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

They dont just hand those out; theres a lot of work that goes into getting one of those. So I can understand why theyre upset about it, for me, personally, I think the ring is something that everyone takes with them and thats a special piece you can carry with you forever. Theres only one trophy that gets made. That might be more important to the manager than anybody. But at the end of the season, as a team, getting to hold that thing up is pretty special. I understand where their frustration comes in.

– Joe Musgrove

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

You have this structure where people are always there (in the workplace) and do everything together. That strongly affects how people see work and do their work, it's very difficult to change that.

– Parissa Haghirian

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

To be honest, at first I felt sorry because everyone was working in the office and only I was at home, but I was being evaluated in terms of whether I achieved results ... my performance didn't decline.

– Emi Tanimura

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

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