“It was bad enough to have toppled from the Olympic heights to make my living competing with animals. But the competition wasn't even fair. No man could beat a race horse, not even for 100 yards.” MenEnoughSportsAnimalRaceBeatsFairsHorseCompetitionAthleteHeightYardsCompetingRace Horses Book:Jesse, a spiritual autobiography Source: Jesse, a spiritual autobiography
“I love the pole vault because it is a professor's sport. One must not only run and jump, but one must think. Which pole to use, which height to jump, which strategy to use. I love it because the results are immediate and the strongest is the winner. Everyone knows it. In everyday life that is difficult to prove.” ThinkingKnowsUseRunningSportsDifficultResultsProveStrategyEverydayWinnerHeightStrongestProfessorsEveryday LifeVaultsPole Vault Author:Sergei Bubka
“I always think a good sports movie is emblematic in the same way that a great Greek tragedy really has a certain kind of structure, or a Shakespearean play if you're looking at a comedy or a tragedy, is that these are the heights and depths of human emotion.” IfsThinkingWayHumansKindPlayCertainSportsEmotionComedyTragedyStructureDepthGreekHeightHuman EmotionsGreek TragedyGood SportsSports Movie Author:Carla Gugino