Quotes of the Week: Sept. 7, 2010
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Hide caption"We played great defense. We played like a giant fist." -Russia's Andrei Vorontsevich, describing his team's appendage-like effort against New Zealand at the FIBA World Championship on Monday.
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Hide caption"I think Tyson sits at home and cusses me. He just really gets upset because every time he runs fast, I run faster than he does. At the World Championship he ran 9.71 and that's the fastest a U.S. athlete has ever run and he was still cussing. So deep down I think he probably just hates my guts." -Usain Bolt on his relationship with Tyson Gay.
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Hide caption"I don't hate Usain Bolt deep down inside." -Tyson Gay (left), responding to Bolt's comments.
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Hide caption"It's a surprise win. I vomited six times during [Stage 4] and felt really bad." -American Tyler Farrar after winning Stage 5 of the Vuelta a Espana.
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Hide caption"Not bad for throwing up nine times the night before this race." -Lolo Jones, who upstaged Farrar in the all-important vomit count before finishing second in the 100m hurdles at the Continental Cup in Croatia.
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Hide caption"Don't tweet while walking thru the Dallas airport, you'll end up in the wrong terminal." -April Ross on Twitter, passing along some important travel advice.
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Hide caption"Guy painted a very nice picture of ya boy, bad part is traveling around this airport with a waist high oil painting..." -U.S. hurdler David Oliver on Twitter, indirectly passing along some travel advice of his own (that advice being: Try to avoid carrying large oil painting around airport).
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Hide caption"In Hawaii for my birthday!! Cowabunga !!!" -Shaun White on Twitter, making an unexpected Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reference in honor of his 24th birthday.
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Hide caption"Grape it is..... Jeah!!!! Taste soo good!" -Ryan Lochte on Twitter, reveling in his decision after making one of life's more difficult choices: what to drink - apple juice or grape juice?
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Hide caption"Our goal was to come out, kick some ass, and show the other continents that they're [expletive]. And that's what we did." -Javelin thrower Andreas Thorkildsen, laughing while jokingly overstating his ambitions at the Continental Cup.
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Hide caption"sent home due to internal disciplinary reasons." -The Team Saxo Bank explanation for why Andy Schleck and teammate Stuart O'Grady were sent home from the Vuelta, with Schleck having confirmed that the violation that got him sent home was "going out for a drink after dinner."
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Hide caption"Happy to win today. The race came down to who wears a bigger bra size. Perdita beats me on 'that' so I had to lean extra hard at the finish." -Lolo Jones on Twitter, explaining her victory by 0.01 seconds over Canada's Perdita Felicien at the World Challenge in Croatia.
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