
“For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors and laugh at them in our turn?”
Source: Pride and Prejudice (1813)
SF Giants CEO Larry Baer weighs in on MLB returning without fans https://abc7news.com/sf-giants-when-does-baseball-season-start-mlb-date-new-rules/6195145/, ABC 7 News (May 19, 2020)
“For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors and laugh at them in our turn?”
Source: Pride and Prejudice (1813)
We Asked Australian Diver Matthew Mitcham Why More Gay Athletes Aren't Coming Out https://www.vice.com/en_nz/article/wdapzw/we-asked-olympian-matthew-mitcham-why-more-gay-athletes-arent-coming-out, Vice.nz, October 12, 2016.
Source: Tennis Week "The Tennis Week Interview: Sania Mirza"
India became a sporting nation in the last decade: Kumble
"Capitalism is evil," says new Michael Moore film, Mike, Collett-White, Reuters, 6 September 2009 http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE5850F320090906,
2009
So if you're taking up the sport, take it up seriously. Have fun, enjoy it, otherwise you won't do well, but when you do get those opportunities, ensure that you leave a mark.
"Leadership, at times, is a lonely place: Kumar Sangakkara" http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/78506/leadership-at-times-is-a-lonely-place-kumar-sangakkara-former-sri-lanka-cricket-team-captain (Interview; March 9, 2016)
Source: Sen. Chris Coons and Caitlin Flanagan, Natural Immunity, (2021)
“What they call “play” (gym, travel, sports) looks like work.”
Source: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms (2010), p. 40