“The two sports are as different as Ping-Pong and rugby. In boxing, you don’t know what’s going to happen. In wrestling, it’s already prearranged. But the thing I didn’t know about wrestling is that you really get hurt. Because, you know, you’re wrestling in front of a live audience, and you end up doing things like jumps or slams, and 40 percent of the time you don’t land right.” KnowsTwoDifferentEndsHappensSportsHurtAudienceLandFrontsPercentBoxingWrestlingRugbySlamPingPing Pong Author:Mickey Rourke
“In the culture of America, in a free culture, you get what you celebrate. And in this culture, we have two obsessions, become a group that becomes a group that celebrates sports heroes and entertainment heroes. There's no room left for kids to see even a little bit of the opportunities to really, really get excited about becoming an inventor, an engineer, or a scientist, a problem solver.” LittlesTwoProblemKidsAmericaCultureOpportunityLeftBitsSportsRoomsGroupsBecomingHeroLittle BitScientistEntertainmentExcitedObsessionCelebrateEngineersInventorProblem SolversSports Hero Author:Dean Kamen
“To secure the safety of the navigation of the Mississippi River I would slay millions. On that point I am not only insane, but mad... I think I see one or two quick blows that will astonish the natives of the South and will convince them that, though to stand behind a big cottonwood and shoot at a passing boat is good sport and safe, it may still reach and kill their friends and families hundreds of miles off. For every bullet shot at a steamboat, I would shoot a thousand 30-pounder Parrots into even helpless towns on Red, Ouachita, Yazoo, or wherever a boat can float or soldier march.” ThinkingMayStillsTwoBigsSportsBehindsMillionsThousandSafeShotsRedRiversTownsSafetyMadSouthSoldierBlowMilesPassingPassingsInsaneBoatSecureConvinceMarchHelplessBulletsFamily And FriendsFloatsMississippiParrotsNavigationMississippi RiverGood SportsSteamboats Author:William Tecumseh Sherman
“I think I'm better than Jake (Shields), I think I should be fighting for the title, but I've been given a huge opportunity here to fight B.J. Penn and that's a big fight, belt or no belt. We're in a sport of selling fights right now, and the sport's growing, we're trying to get international, trying to get into every country, every household, and part of that is ticket sales is the idea that Jake Shields is coming over from Strikeforce with two belts. I understand that, it's a business decision.” ThinkingShouldTryingTwoIdeasCountryBigsFightingOpportunityGivenSportsDecisionGrowingHugeRight NowInternationalSellingTitlesHouseholdTicketsBeltsShieldsJakeBusiness Decisions Author:Jon Fitch