"Three events. Three gold medals. I was news, big news, in the sports world."
― Esther Williams
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― Esther Williams
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More In Sports
- "One of my first jobs was at the Boston Globe. I worked in the sports department six months a year. When I was ready to graduate, the sports editor gave me a job as a schoolboy sports writer."― Will McDonough
- "Several professional athletes have wrongly taught many young Americans by example that the only way to succeed in sports is to take steroids."― Jim Sensenbrenner
- "Sports teaches you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you to know what it feels like to win and lose-it teaches you about life."― Billie Jean King