“Though no participator in the joy of more vehement sport, I have a pleasure that I cannot reconcile to my abstract notions of the tenderness due to dumb creatures in the tranquil cruelty of angling. I can only palliate the wanton destructiveness of my amusement by trying to assure myself that my pleasure does not spring from the success of the treachery I practise toward a poor little fish, but rather from that innocent revelry in the luxuriance of summer life which only anglers enjoy to the utmost.” TryingLittlesDoeI CanJoySportsEnjoyPleasurePoorCreaturesSummerSpringNotionFishesDuesInnocentCrueltyDumbAbstractTendernessAmusementReconcileTranquilTreacheryPractiseAnglingWantonAnglersDestructivenessVehementRevelry Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“I have just realized that it is due to you, and to Mr. James Thomas and his staff of the Army Navy Country Club that the putting green here on the White House lawn is already in such excellent condition. I assure you that I get a great deal of pleasure and relaxation out of using the green in an occasional late afternoon hour . . .” CountryHouseSportsHoursWhitePleasureDealsConditionsLateArmyGreenClubsDuesExcellentWhite HouseAfternoonStaffRelaxationNavyOccasionalLawnsCountry ClubsJust RealizedArmy NavyLate Afternoon Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower
“The sports are also hard on my body, and I do have a longstanding bad back due to an injury some years ago. I don't regret any part of it though. I love what I do and my sporting career has taken me to some wonderful places and seeing the world.” WorldYearsHardBodySportsCareersTakenWonderfulSeeingRegretYears AgoDuesInjurySeeing The WorldDon't RegretWonderful Places Author:Liz Halliday