Eliot, Charles W.

President of Harvard

 Deaths and injuries are not the strongest argument against football. That cheating and brutality are profitable is the main evil.
[In 1905]

 The game of foot-ball grows worse and worse as regards foul and violent play, and the number and gravity of injuries which the players suffer. It has become perfectly clear that the game as now played is unfit for college use.
[In 1894]

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Elliott, Herb

Distance runner

 The only tactics I admire are do-or-die.

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Erving, Julius

ABA and NBA star

 I loved the ABA. In my mind, the NBA has just become a bigger version of the ABA. They play the style of game that we did. They sell their stars like we did. The only difference is that they have more resources.

 If you don't do what's best for your body, you're the one who comes up on the short end.

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Evers, Johnny

Hall of Fame infielder

 A ballplayer has two reputations, one with the other players and one with the fans. The first is based on ability. The second the newspapers gives him.

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Evert, Chris

Tennis star

 Being No. 1 and being a winner and a champion were always very important to me. I'm not the most versatile natural athlete in the world, so I had to make up for it mentally and put all my eggs in one basket as far as concentrating and as far as really being determined.

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Eyestone, Ed

Cross-country runner

 The start of a world cross-country event is like riding a horse in the middle of a buffalo stampede. It's a thrill if you keep up, but one slip and you're nothing but hoof prints.

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