"When is a game more than a game? So often, we pay lip service to the uplifting power of sports, the teamwork, the camaraderie, the lessons in taming one's own ego for the sake of the group. But you have to wonder, how often is that still really true?"

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Source : "Lebron James: 'More Than A Game' - Part II". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. October 15, 2009.

Michel Martin

#Uplifting Quotes #Teamwork Quotes #Sports Quotes

“There is only one door, one bridge, one ladder, between earth and heaven - the crucified Son of God.”
“The President has a wonderful sense of humor, which is one of the reasons it is so much fun to work for him.”
“The Anarchists never have claimed that liberty will bring perfection; they simply say that its results are vastly preferable to those that follow authority.”

Source : Benjamin Ricketson Tucker (1972). “Instead of a Book”
“You can't direct yourself but if you're in the moment and you feel it, there's nothing more you can do but hope there was some truth captured for the screen.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com
“As a child I loved ghost stories.”
“I have come to understand that the Lord's richest blessings are spiritual, and they often have to do with family, friends, and the gospel. He often seems to give the blessing of a special sensitivity to the influence and guidance of the Holy Spirit, especially in marriage and family matters like raising children. Such spiritual sensitivity can help us enjoy the blessings of harmony and peace in the home.”

Source : Steve Saint (2010). “End of the Spear”, p.60, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
“We should all realize that no matter where or how a man dies, if he is in the state of mortal sin and does not repent, when he could have done so and did not, the Devil tears his soul from his body with such anguish and distress that only a person who has experienced it can appreciate it.”
“I had been born shoved to the margins of the world, sure, but I had volunteered for the pits.”

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