“Ten thousand casks, Forever dribbling out their base contents, Touch'd by the Midas finger of the state, Bleed gold for ministers to sport away. Drink, and be mad then; 'tis your country bids!” CountryStatesSportsForeverDrinkThousandTenGoldMadFingersMinistersMidas Book:William Cowper: The Task and Selected Other Poems Source: William Cowper: The Task and Selected Other Poems
“If you think it makes a difference if I have ten thousand sports cars, ten million girlfriends and lead a very flashy life ... I don't think you should work with any teacher because you don't know what it is all about yet.” IfsThinkingKnowsShouldSportsDifferencesMillionsTeacherCarBuddhismThousandTenGirlfriendMaking A DifferenceRamaFlashySports Cars Author:Frederick Lenz
“To a sprinter, the hundred-yard dash is over in three seconds, not nine or ten. The first 'second' is when you come out of the blocks. The next is when you look up and take your first few strides to attain gain position. By that time the race is actually about half over. The final 'second' - the longest slice of time in the world for an athlete - is that last half of the race, when you really bear down and see what you're made of. It seems to take an eternity, yet is all over before you can think what's happening.” ThinkingWorldFirstsLooksMadeSeemsLastsThreeNextSportsRaceHalfPositionBearsTenHappeningsHundredGainsEternityDown AndFinalsAthleteNineBlockLook UpSecondsYardsStrideSprinters Book:I Have Changed Source: I Have Changed
“When you've played this game for ten years and gone to bat seven-thousand times and gotten two-thousand hits do you know what that really means? It means you've gone zero for five-thousand.” KnowsYearsMeanTwoGamesSportsGoneFiveThousandTenSevenZeroDo You KnowBatsReally Mean Author:Reggie Jackson