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When you get an opportunity, you've got to take advantage of it no matter if you're a starter or you're second string. You just got to be ready.


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What's the idea???
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GEORGE WILL My ancestors didn't come over on the Mayflower, but they were there to meet the boat.
WILL ROGERS Never mind your happiness; do your duty.
WILL DURANT Communism to me is one-third practice and two-thirds explanation.
WILL ROGERS Communism is like prohibition, it is a good idea, but it won't work.
WILL ROGERS Today more Americans are imprisoned for drug offenses than for property crimes
GEORGE WILL Modern man's capacity for destruction is quixotic evidence of humanity's capacity for reconstruction...
GEORGE WILL I wonder if it isn't just cowardice instead of generosity that makes us give tips.
WILL ROGERS Football incorporates the two worst elements of American society: violence punctuated by committee m...
GEORGE WILL Football brings out the sociologist that lurks in some otherwise respectable citizens. They say foot...
GEORGE WILL Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence.
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