“It is fun to be outside; it's good to move your body and there is just a joy in sports and athletics.” BodyMovingJoyFunSportsHealthBuddhismYour BodyAthletics Author:Frederick Lenz
“It is a good idea to become involved with sports and athletics. It makes you strong. You need to be strong to deal with this world and the powers and forces that block enlightenment.” WorldNeedsIdeasStrongForceSportsDealsThis WorldHealthBuddhismInvolvedEnlightenmentBlockGood IdeasAthletics Author:Frederick Lenz
“Sports and athletics can be a path in Zen, in concordance with daily practice of zazen meditation. You need to move with your spirit, not just with your body.” NeedsBodyMovingSpiritSportsPracticePathMeditationHealthBuddhismYour BodyAthletics Author:Frederick Lenz
“I recommend for everyone the study of some type of sports or athletics, particularly martial arts. Always check with your doctor first, naturally.” FirstsArtSportsStudyHealthBuddhismTypeDoctorsChecksMartial ArtsAthletics Author:Frederick Lenz
“All success in sports and athletics, from the Zen point of view, comes from the mind. No matter what kind of shape your body is in, there is disharmony in the being.” MindKindMatterBodySportsViewsHealthBuddhismShapesNo Matter WhatPoint Of ViewYour BodyAthleticsDisharmony Author:Frederick Lenz
“If your intent is that athletics and sports are tools or devices to reach higher levels of mind, then your workout sessions become meditation.” IfsMindSportsLevelsMeditationHealthBuddhismHigherMindfulnessToolsDevicesWorkoutSessionAthleticsHigher Level Author:Frederick Lenz
“In the Zen of sports and athletics, we seek to bring discipline and control into our physical movements, but at the same time to eliminate the self that gets in the way of perfect play.” WaySelfPlaySportsPerfectMovementHealthBuddhismDisciplineAthletics Author:Frederick Lenz
“In the West, we think of sports and athletics as individual achievement, the thrill of victory, the agony of defeat; it all revolves around the ego. This has nothing to do with the Zen of sports and athletics.” ThinkingIndividualSportsHealthBuddhismVictoryEgoAchievementWestDefeatAgonyThrillAthleticsIndividual Achievement Author:Frederick Lenz
“If you are serious about sports and athletics then you need to begin the discipline of mind. With the power of mind, almost anything can be accomplished.” IfsNeedsMindSportsSeriousHealthBuddhismDisciplineAccomplishedAthleticsPower Of The Mind Author:Frederick Lenz
“If you have the sense of participation in sports or athletics, of being a player, then you are not really into the Zen mind. In Zen mind there is no sense of self in the play.” IfsMindSelfPlaySportsPlayerHealthBuddhismParticipationSense Of SelfAthletics Author:Frederick Lenz
“Unlock the power of the will. Learn balance and gain the knowledge and wisdom necessary to guide those powers, to succeed in sports and athletics.” SportsHealthBuddhismBalanceSucceedGainsGuidesAthleticsKnowledge And Wisdom Author:Frederick Lenz
“My childhood ambition was to be an Olympic swimmer like my aunt, but that died a quick death when I discovered other sports. I swam very competitively till I was 15, then I swam for fun until I was 18. But athletics remain a very big part of my life.” BigsFunSportsChildhoodAmbitionDiedAuntAthleticsSwimmerQuick Death Author:Teddy Sears
“There's lots of people my age (and younger) that have grown up in chaotic environments and I just happen to be one of the first ones to make it to pro sports. It's more a societal thing than an athletics thing.” PeopleFirstsHappensAgeSportsEnvironmentChaoticAthletics Author:Chris Kluwe
“A sport has its own built-in integrity, doesn't need an artificial one. Athletics carries its own set of truths, and those truths are diminished and manipulated by people with agendas.” PeopleNeedsSportsIntegrityBuiltAgendasCarrieArtificialAthletics Author:Chris Crutcher
“The whole sexiness thing-I don't know if I'm comfortable with that. But it has helped the sport grow. I think it changes how people see women's athletics.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWholeGrowsSportsComfortableAthleticsSexiness Author:Jennie Finch
“People say that it was degrading for an Olympic champion to run against a horse, but what was I supposed to do? I had four gold medals, but you can't eat four gold medals. There was no television, no big advertising, no endorsements then. Not for a black man, anyway.” PeopleMenBigsRunningSportsBlackFourTelevisionGoldHorseAdvertisingAfrican AmericanChampionBlack PeopleMedalEntertainersAthleticsGold MedalsDegradingTrack And FieldEndorsements Author:Jesse Owens
“David Epstein, the author of the best book on athletics in recent memory - "The Sports Gene" - wrote to me to say that he thinks I'm being overly generous. He points out that, for years, there used to be an "all-star challenge" on television, in which the best professional athletes from a variety of sports competed in a kind of makeshift decathlon.” ThinkingYearsKindBookUsedStarsSportsChallengesMemoriesTelevisionAthleteUsed To BeVarietyGenerousGenesAthleticsProfessional AthleteAll StarsDecathlon Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“Athletics is a great sport with many different events and athletes come in all shapes and sizes. I'm one of the smallest athletes on the track. They call me the 'pocket rocket'.” DifferentSportsEventsShapesAthleteSizeTrackPocketsCall MeSmallestRocketsAthleticsGreat Sports Author:Jenny Meadows
“We've separated from mogul and aerial skiing and we've built our own sport and our own tricks. And now we're going back to the roots. But the Olympics is a world stage for athletics and it's going to be pretty sweet to represent our sport and represent our culture and show everyone what we're all about.” WorldShowsCultureSportsStageSweetBuiltRootsTricksOlympicsAthleticsSkiingMoguls Author:Nick Goepper