"I'm not sure what it was like to walk into the Coliseum, but I bet it was something like this. The best place in the world to watch a sporting event."

-- Wright Thompson

#Watches Quotes #World Quotes #Events Quotes

“All "if" statements about the past are as dubious as prophecies of the future are. It seems fairly plausible that if Alexander or Ghengis Khan had never been born, some other individual would have filled his place and executed the design of the Hellenic or Mongolic expansion; but the Alexanders of philosophy and religion, of science and art, seem less expendable; their impact seems less determined by economic challenges and social pressures; and they seem to have a much wider range of possibilities to influence the direction, shape and texture of civilizations.”
“Cogg would suddenly stand stock still. "Listen," he would say. Some feeble quack would be heard from the willow beyond the pond. "That's an easy one to tell. The frog-pippit." Then he would add, As a safety measure, "As I believe they call it in these parts."”

Source : Stephen Potter (1962). “Three-upmanship: The theory & practice of gamesmanship: Some notes on lifemanship [and] One-upmanship”
“Rogues are prone to find things before they are lost.”
“Whenever Black succeeds in assuming the initiative in maintaining it to a successful conclusion, the sporting spirit of the chess lover feels gratified, because it shows that the resources of the game are far from being exhausted.”
“There never was a man on earth who pitched as much as me. But the more I pitched, the stronger my arm would get.”
“The worst feeling in the world is giving a bad audition.”
“Sports are, and should be, a joy. And it delights me that the joy I felt through the years of broadcasting games was projected onto the audience.”
“I don't have a caustic sense of humor. What I find funny, that humor comes from a much gentler place.”

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