For men and women are not only themselves; they are also the region in which they are born, the city apartment or farm in which they learnt to walk, the games they played as children, the old wives tales they overheard, the food they ate, the schools they attended, the sports they followed, the poets they read, and the God they believed in. It is all these things that have made them what they are, and these are the things that you can't come to know by hearsay...
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Hitchhiking is not a sport. It is not an art. It certainly isn't work, for it requires no particular ability not does it produce anything of value. It's an adventure, I suppose, but a shallow ignoble adventure.
When a shepherd goes to kill a wolf, and takes his dog to see the sport, he should take care to avoid mistakes. The dog has certain relationships to the wolf the shepherd may have forgotten.
I believe my life has value, and I don't want to waste it thinking about clothing . . . I don't want to think about what I will wear in the morning. Truly, can you imagine anything more boring than fashion? Professional sports, perhaps. Grown men swatting little balls, while the rest of the world pays money to applaud. But, on the whole, I find fashion even more tedious than sports
Sports section and a sticky bun. Know what that means.
I stand in the center aisle of the auditorium, a wounded zebra in a National Geographic special, looking for someone, anyone to sit next to. A predator approaches: gray jock buzz cut, whistle around a neck thicker than his head. Probably a social studies teacher, hired to coach a blood sport.
I hated sports. I hated sports, and I hated people who played them, and I hated people who watched them, and I hated people who didn't hate people who watched or played them.
Chuck Parson did not participate in organized sports, because to do so would distract from his larger goal of his life: to one day be convicted of murder
She was all the things I wasn't. And i was all the things she wasn't. she could paint circles around anyone; I couldn't even draw a straight line. She was never into sports; I've always been. Her hand, it fit mine.
Then came the war, old sport. It was a great relief, and I tried very hard to die, but I seemed to bear an enchanted life.
Be a Student of the Game. Like most cliches of sport, this is profound. You can be shaped, or you can be broken. There is not much in between. Try to learn. Be coachable. Try to learn from everybody, especially those who fail. This is hard. Peers who fizzle or blow up or fall down, run away, disappear from the monthly rankings, drop off the circuit.
You are going to love the sports here. Snow skiing and water-skiing and rock climbing and all kinds of extreme sports. I give you full permission to hurl yourself off stuff.
My guess is that every state with a commission that has its act together will legalize the sport eventually. They're starting to understand this is just another combat sport.
There is going to be expectations and big-girl responsibilities that she can pass on right now because she's not officially representing a company she's not an ambassador for the sport as a professional. That becomes a different deal when it becomes a business. I think the pace is just a little too accelerated.
And we took the term 'impact player' from the sports field and moved it into the sports and military field. And it's to honor our wounded heroes and connect them with heroes from the sports world.
It's just like any sport or any skill - once you've been in the business a while, you've gone to the same range doing the same skill over and over, they grow stale.
This is more than just a stadium. It will make this region one of the hubs for this great sport.
I flew airplanes in the Navy and I learned to concentrate and focus out there. When there's bad weather, there are two places to land, on the ship or in the water. So I learned how to concentrate. I took that along with the karate and just tried to learn about the sport.
The season would be a success if we can get above .500 and see some of our kids do well in the districts. I'm thrilled with what we've been able to do. I love coaching here. If I could, I'd be a full-time wrestling coach. I love the sport. We've been able to get 30 or so kids to come out every year. We just need them to stay.
(The team and individual success) sparks interest for the sport. Seeing that other guys have had success is a big thing.
Kids are just interested in animals. But it's much more than that. They have certain responsibilities they have to meet, and many want the challenge. It teaches real-life skills. Sports works for some people, something like this works for others.
This is a tragedy. Anyone who knows this young man knows he is a very, very fine young man. The use of this stuff is common. It's used as a sleep aid by many people in sports.
They've realized that the next generation of fans wants sports delivered any time, anywhere. They're astute in remembering that in every arrival of new media, sports has always been second to porn as the most compelling content.
There are a lot of parents who want their kids to be active and involved in sports.
I would peg Brazil as the team to beat this year. They are the home team and it's a country that is very supportive of their sports.
When cerebral processes enter into sports, you start screwing up. It's like the Constitution, which says separate church and state. You have to separate mind and body.
Sports don't define us; it is not what we live for.
But they're going to be raising them at a standard the likes the world has never seen. With this class and that class, this sport and that sport, and languages and tumbling and dancing and fencing.
I'm not a real smart guy. But I've got enough brains to realize that when I'm 60 years old and play a sport, that it's downhill.
I was there. I was there as the sports information director at Drake.
substantial concerns about the impact of this matter on the integrity of the overall drug testing regime of the Olympic movement, and in particular the questions it raises over the trustworthiness of some of the sports and political authorities active in the anti-doping fight.
The pro volleyball tour has really helped to expand the sport beyond California to the larger cities and into the suburbs.
I've often said I won't rest until I rid the sport of steroids. If we can't solve our problems, then I submit to you the government should do what it has to do.
When a coach gets that opportunity to observe, he's going to look. Because he wants to create a contract that is strong and gives his family the kind of security that guys really seek in anything, whether it be the corporate world, whether it be sports.
It's the way our two countries are. (In Canada) it's the main sport. You'll see everybody play. Down here it's different. In Texas, it's all football. That's the primary thought is football or the NBA.
I'd prayed this day would never come, but it is now obvious that Cablevision, which has a history of anti-competitive behavior, hopes to run YES out of business and restore and protect its own stranglehold over local sports,
No matter what sport, even Little League (baseball), I was always the smallest player on the team, ... I don't think size matters that much in football. It's all about your heart and instincts.
It's more than strange, it's disturbing. Baseball was the sport growing up in Brooklyn. The Brooklyn Dodgers were everybody's life. Then, all of a sudden, they're leaving. They're going to a foreign place. I was angry. I never lost that anger.
Michelle has done so much for the sport and been a champion so many years, I'm guessing they will give her a spot on the Olympic team. It's important for the rest of us just to focus on our own skating.
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My favorite sports are soccer, hockey and volleyball.
Climbing is a social sport. A lot of people like to just sit around and talk. A lot of gyms have cliques that have formed, but we try to stay away from that.
I have never doped, and will never dope. I don't believe doping belongs in any sport, especially cross-country skiing.
We told the kids it's life. Things always don't happen the way you want them to whether you're in business or playing sports.
It's certainly time to do field trials and see what happens. Ten years from now mobile TV will be more common. People will be watching it at restaurants, sports bars, subways, buses, airports. But it will probably be 20 years before it's mainstream.
We are delighted to be associated with this new sporting venture. These are exciting times for Bahrain sport. It should be a good week of golf, with some real stars on show, and we look forward to playing our part in making it all happen.
The crowd was super loud. I've probably never heard anything that loud. Even in Holland where the sport is huge, it doesn't get that loud.
We have given a lot of thought to drugs. You cannot not think about drugs with what is going on in today's sports.
Chad knew the names of every NBA player when he was just a little boy. He's always had a passion for the sport. I think he's always intended to coach.
Sports art, you know, through the ages, has been something that is very accessible to the masses. So, I have been trying to have mine that are more concept driven. They are accessible just because it's a baseball player but it's very multi-leveled as far as concept.