"There are always in life countless tendencies for good and for evil, and each succeeding generation sees some of these tendencies strengthened and some weakened; nor is it by any means always, alas! that the tendencies for evil are weakened and those for good strengthened. But during the last few decades there certainly have been some notable changes for good in boy life. The great growth in the love of athletic sports, for instance, while fraught with danger if it becomes one-sided and unhealthy, has beyond all question had an excellent effect in increased manliness."
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"When money comes in at the gate, sport flies out at the window."
"I do not in the least object to a sport because it is rough."
"Skating has always been a major area of interest to me."
"My training has been going really well these past few days and my goal is to keep it up for the next few weeks and hopefully earn a spot on the U.S. Olympic team."
"I have rock climbed but not in awhile. Love all sports, reading, cooking, some carpentry, gardening."
"Sports just happen to be excellent for avoiding foreign-language stage fright and developing lasting friendships while still sounding like Tarzan."
"I had been unaware that baseball was a Republican sport."
"I've been on enough sports teams in my life to have experienced the magic of what can happen when a group of people care for and love each other."
"Make sure your daughter's goal is her goal, not your goal."
"I played football in high school, I played baseball when I was younger, things like that, but I think it was the passion I had for track where you want to do an individual sport and be the best, I think - there's nothing that can replace that."
"AR-15s, in particular, are often called America's gun. They're some of the most popular rifles in the country, especially when it comes to sports shooting."
"We're in different categories. She [Venus Williams] does sports, I do more of the fashion side."
"Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift, that's why we call it the present. If I am not for myself, who will be for me? And if I am only for myself, what am I? And If not now, when? A brick alone is nothing but a brick. It takes a collection of bricks to build a house. Instructor, what?? You mean you teach best what you most need to learn"
"In a race, sooner or later there's a moment that separates the winner from those who don't win. That instant is your chance, the moment you've been waiting for."
"Practice works because practice gives us a chance to relax enough to make smart choices."
"The way in which sports focuses more on the peccadilloes, lives and putative personalities of athletes and less on the finer points of playing games, I've become less interested in it. I don't want to write sports profiles."
"I enjoy sports in person."
"Ain't nothing better, we beat the odds together."
"If you can't handle all the injuries and scars, choose a less demanding sport."