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You tell me it's the institution.Well, you know, you'd better free you mind instead.But if you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao, you ain't going to make it with anyone anyhow.Don't you know it's gonna be all right?

The game (baseball)was a custom of his clan, and it gave outlet for the homicidal and sides-taking instincts which Babbitt called __atriotism_ and __ove of sport.

If you want to be the best, be the best, if you are not the best, pretend you are

No man who really is a man ever cared for the easy task. There is no enjoyment in the game that is easily won. It is that in which you have to strain every muscle and sinew to achieve victory that provides real joy.

Basketball is not just a game its a way of living if you apply it to everyday life.

If you want to know if your kid is going to be fast, the best genetic test right now is a stopwatch. Take him to the playground and have him face the other kids.' Foster's point is that, despite the avant-garde allure of genetic testing, gauging speed indirectly is foolish and inaccurate compared with testing it directly - like measuring a man's height by dropping a ball from a roof and using the time it takes to hit him in the head to determine how tall he is. Why not just use a tape measure?

Football is violence and cold weather and college rye.

This message is brought to you by the BCBS [Booty Call Broadcasting System]. If you are back in town, get your wet ass over here." (The Hook Up, 42%)

Other than sports, only war and catastrophe can create this sort of national unity.

Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended.

Middle Tennessee? Really? My bracket is more busted than Screech's face during puberty.

He only said the one word. A prayer. A supplication. A breath from his heart to mine.

Slumps are like a soft bed. They are easy to get into and hard to get out of.

The attraction of snowboarding is the freedom it gives you. With a snowboard on your feet the sky is the limit. You can do anything and go anywhere. This is not just for pro riders. It is for everyone.The other amazing thing with snowboarding is how easy it is to get away from people and enjoy the solitude of the mountains. Its almost impossible in surfing but with snowboarding it is a short hike from the top of the lift or the side of the road.

Either you were the best of the best or you were nothing, and somehow that didn't seem right.

readers are saying;__ great story about a fan's love for 'all things sport' ..._" Great read. Must buy as a stocking stuffer."__ great piece of work

He(Rahul Dravid) is the intelligent man's guide to what a sportsman ought to be - modest, dependable, well-educated, with the gift of grace under pressure and a perspective that is adult. He is the comfort for those who know they cannot be Tendulkar

He's probably the only player who doesn't play for 10 months and, if he scores a hat trick in his first game back, no one would be surprised.