"It's basically, we were like street dogs, looking for scraps, picking up scraps, looking for sponsors, asking for money to support the team, because we were staying in really bad places -- no support, no nothing, and we still fought, fought hard"
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The national team player Alexander Borromeoo on the origin of the team's nickname "Azkals" (stylized form for the Filipino word askals or street dogs) to ABS-CBN News, "No name change for Azkals: Borromeo" (9 March 2012)
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