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Sports

Sports are a form of recreation, a way, literally of creating ourselves. They should enable us to relax and enjoy ourselves, to find new meanings in life, to get a different perspective on our jobs, our families, and the things we think are important. They should encourage us to participate and keep our own bodies (``A temple in which resides the soul'') healthy, lean, and firm. But when winning becomes the important thing, these purposes are lost.
Gus Turbeville; On Being Good Sports

There is a story about the first time Babe Ruth faced Walter Johnson, one of the greatest pitchers in baseball. The first two pitches were fast balls that zipped across the plate for called strikes. The next pitch was another fast ball and the umpire called Babe out. As Ruth was walking away from the plate he asked the umpire, ``Did you see any of those pitches?'' ``Nope,'' said the umpire truthfully. ``Neither did I,'' confessed Ruth, ``but that last one sounded kind of high to me.''
John Ray

Sign in churchyard of the First Baptist Church at Fayetteville, Arkansas: ``Football is only a game, eternal things are spiritual. Nevertheless, BEAT TEXAS!''
Associated Press

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