"Games have been called the lab for the development of moral attributes, but they will not, of themselves, accomplish this purpose. They must be properly conducted by competent individuals."

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Source : James Naismith (1941). “Basketball: Its Origin and Development”, p.184, U of Nebraska Press

James Naismith

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“I cannot imagine how the clockwork of the universe can exist without a clockmaker.”
“Every runner has a specific motivation and inspiration for running a marathon. This year, all 36,000 of us will 'run together' to demonstrate the spirit of the marathon. We will still have our individual motivations, but we will be unified under the Boston Strong umbrella.”
“Whoever you are, or want to be, you may not be interested in politics, but politics is interested in you.”

Source : "All That Is Solid Melts into Air review - 'a moving debut of life after Chernobyl'" by John Burnside, www.theguardian.com. March 22, 2014.
“Science can destroy religion by ignoring it as well as by disproving its tenets. No one ever demonstrated, so far as I am aware, the nonexistence of Zeus or Thor, but they have few followers now.”
“If you plan to excel in big things, you have to develop the habit in the small ones.”
“Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.”
“The human condition is not served by our technical ability to transmit a televised image around the world - if that image is totally inane.”
“New fiction writers are a special breed in my estimation, and I never dreamed that so many people would be interested, but I remember being led by God”

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