War, moreover, had some civilized features – it was a game. The rules were strict. The word of honor, courtesy between foes, the captured
Fair play
William Thackeray
We grieve at being found out and at the idea of shame or punishment, but the mere sense of wrong makes very few people
Sally Jenkins
Maybe the reason I hate officials is that they make sports like real life with their bad calls. Real life is about caprice, chance
Sally Jenkins
According to Mike Oriard, former NFL player and now a professor of literature at Oregon State…I hate officials because they inject chance and caprice
Edgar Watson Howe
David Richards, Investment manager
People don’t mind, for instance, if someone gets rich by working harder and creating things. I don’t think people mind that Bill Gates has
Gene Upshaw, NFL VP and former player
The pressure to win in our league is enormous. The pressure on a player who earns $1 million, $2 million, $3 million also is
Henry Fielding
There are a set of religious, or rather moral, writers who teach that virtue is the certain road to happiness, and vice to misery,
Colin Welland
Rugby league provides our cultural adrenaline. Its a physical manifestation of our rules of life, comradeship, honest endeavor, and a staunch, often ponderous allegiance