
“There are no winners in real games.”
“Game II,” p. 97
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “A Game”
Samuli Paronen, quoted in: Pasi Sahlberg (2015), Finnish Lessons 2.0. p. 139
“There are no winners in real games.”
“Game II,” p. 97
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “A Game”
“He is a winner. He is the inheritance of Real Madrid.”
Fabio Capello (15/11/99)
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“You have a real life if and only if you do not compete with anyone in any of your pursuits.”
Source: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms (2010), p. 39
Bowing is a courtesy for the host who invites him as well drinking a cup.
Source: The Analects, Chapter III
Source: Empire of the Sun (1984), p. 6
Context: Real war was the thousands of Chinese refugees dying of cholera in the sealed stockades at Pootung, and the bloody heads of Communist soldiers mounted on pikes along the Bund. In a real war no one knew which side he was on, and there were no flags or commentators or winners. In a real war there were no enemies.
“winners don't do different things, they do things differently”
Variant: Winner dont do different but they do differently
Source: You Can Win: A Step by Step Tool for Top Achievers
Calling the last out of the :w:1982 World Series. Bruce Sutter struck out Gorman Thomas.
1980s
"In a Manner that Must Shame God Himself"
Wampeters, Foma & Granfalloons (1974)