"If architecture is, as is sometimes said, music set in concrete, then football and basketball may be said to be creativity embodied in team sports."

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Source : Michael Mandelbaum (2005). “The Meaning Of Sports”, p.148, Hachette UK

Michael Mandelbaum

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“Better to trust the man who is frequently in error than the one who is never in doubt.”
“We all are men, in our own natures frail, and capable of our flesh; few are angels.”
“It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear his sheep, not to skin them.”
“Ulster will fight, and Ulster will be right”

Source : 1886 Public letter, 7 May.
“Each group and each youngster is different. As a leader or coach, you get to know what they need.”
“They have the guns, we have the poets. Therefore, we will win.”
“This is the great object held out by this association; and the means of attaining it is illumination, enlightening the understanding by the sun of reason which will dispell the clouds of superstition and of prejudice.”
“To have real knowledge, one must understand the essence of things and not only their manifestations.”

Source : Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. November 02, 2012.

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