"Sports remain a great metaphor for life's more difficult lessons. It was through athletics that many of us first came to understand that fear can be tamed; that on a team the whole is more than the sum of its parts; and that the ability to be heroic lies, to a surprising degree, within."

-- Susan Casey

“The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money.”

Source : Sporting News, May 12, 1970.
“The words are all gone, the time's been too long but it's not too late to say I'm sorry to a friend”

Source : Song: Sorry to a Friend
“I don't think makeup is rocket science or a cure for cancer.”
“Don't you understand anything about commitment, about being a pro, about sticking with what you say you wanna be? You don't just say it when you feel good. You don't just say it when you're not tired. You don't do it just when it's not sunny. You do it every day of your life. You do it when it hurts to do it, when it's the last thing in the world you wanna' do, when there are a million reasons not to do it. You do it because you're a professional.”
“Im a hip-hop guy, and the first time I heard Eminem was in 96. He was on a record with Shabban Siddiq. I was like, Who is this guy? Hes dope! First album came out: awesome. Second album came out: awesome. Third album, I was like, Eh. He started to get really successful. He wasnt mine anymore.”
“A land may be said to be discovered the first time a European, presumably an Englishman, sets foot on it.”

Source : Discovery (published 1964).
“If you complain about the world moving too fast, slow down.”
“The reality is that the overwhelming majority of women are working and they're going to be part of the labor force for a long time. While they may choose to take time off, they're doing things that women in '60s weren't doing.”

Source : "Women's pages: Next time you read about 'what women want,' check the research -- it's likely to be flimsy" by Reyhan Harmanci, www.sfgate.com. January 4, 2006.

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