“Playing sport has become very important today, since it can encourage young people to develop important values such as loyalty, perseverance, friendship, sharing and solidarity.” PeopleImportantTodayYoungValuesSportsPerseveranceLoyaltySolidarityPlaying SportsImportant Values Author:Pope John Paul I
“Every member of our baseball team at West Point became a general: this proves the value of team sports.” ValuesSportsTeamProveMembersBaseballWestSports TeamBaseball TeamWest Point Author:Omar N. Bradley
“It is quite easy to debase the sport, change its values, dilute its ethics and destroy its traditional associations with quietness, relaxation and the opportunity to think. Angling is not a competitive sport. The fisherman'- s only real competition is with his quarry and his only real challenge is the challenge to himself. Nothing can add to this, but the blight of interhuman competition can certainly detract from it.” ThinkingRealValuesOpportunityEasySportsChallengesSeaEthicsRiversAddCompetitionFishesTraditionalBoatLakesFishingAssociationRelaxationFishermanQuietnessAnglingBlightQuarryCompetitive Sports Author:Roderick Haig-Brown
“Flyfishing does have its social aspects - on some of our crowded trout streams it can get too social - but esentially it's a solitary, contemplative sport. People are left alone with themselves in beautiful surroundings to try to accomplish something that seems to have genuine value.” PeopleTryingDoeSeemsBeautifulValuesLeftSocialSportsSeaAspectRiversFishesAccomplishGenuineBoatStreamsLakesFishingSolitarySurroundingsCrowdedLeft AloneContemplativeTrout Author:John Gierach
“The situation was, the team I was on when I got injured went down to the lower leagues. In America, they don't have that relegation, so when the team went down to the lower region, every player has his value, and they went off and sold any player who had value.” AmericaValuesSportsSituationPlayerTeamLeagueRegionsInjured Author:Claudio Reyna
“The most important decision I ever made in my career was to live my life in sports as honestly and ethically as possible. Never having compromised my values allows me to look back on my life with no regrets and feel satisfaction in what I was able to accomplish.” FeelsLooksMadeImportantAbleValuesSportsDecisionCareersRegretSatisfactionAccomplishHonestlyLiving My LifeNo RegretsImportant Decisions Author:Greg LeMond
“The value of the sport and the value of sports in general, with the life lessons, the ups and downs. The depth of the life experience, what athletes are actually offering to us when they come out and play, if you look at a season and go moment by moment.” IfsLooksPlayMomentsValuesSportsLessonsSeasonsDepthAthleteLife LessonLife ExperienceOfferingUps & DownsSports In General Author:Willi Smith
“I consider myself to be respectful, and I believe this is a main value for sports.” BelieveValuesI BelieveSportsRespectfulBe Respectful Author:Tommy Hilfiger
“It's not nuclear physics. You always remember that. But if you write about sports long enough, you're constantly coming back to the point that something buoys people; something makes you feel better for having been there. Something of value is at work there...Something is hallowed here. I think that something is excellence.” PeopleIfsThinkingFeelsWritingLongEnoughRememberValuesSportsExcellenceNuclearPhysicsFeel BetterComing BackBuoysNuclear Physics Author:Tom Callahan
“My life has been centered around sports. It is where I have met my closest friends and shaped the values that have made me a successful athlete, student and role model for young people.” PeopleHas BeensMadeYoungValuesSportsRolesSuccessfulStudentsMetsModelsAthleteRole ModelsClosestClosest Friends Author:Jennie Finch