Like any top level sportsman, if you don't like confrontation or squeezing the last ounces of strength out of yourself, then you're not ready for a fight.

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Flintoff too, like any competitive sportsman, wants to be involved.

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Sportsman's Guide sells competitively priced gear for hunters like boots and hip-waders on the Internet and through a catalog.

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That's because, like many sensible people, he's an avid sportsman, hunter, and outspoken opponent of silly gun control laws.

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Like Waugh, he's also more reflective and complicated than your average international sportsman.

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