I never felt a moment of stress in 47 years of coaching, former Buffalo bills coach Mary Levy said recently. ‘I felt adrenaline, but
Quotes
Brett Favre, After setting Green Bay record with 20 consecutive completions
I threw it. They caught it. Nothing spectacular.
Trollope on the problem with those who try to reform others.
The straight going people of the world, in dealing with the crooked, are almost always unreasonable. “Because you have been bad”, say they who
John Burroughs
A man can fail many times, but he isn’t a failure until he begins to blame someone else.
No videotapes of Super Bowls 1 and 2
Surprising piece of trivia: Despite the fact that the first Super Bowl was covered by both NBC and CBS, there are no known videotapes
Hunters keeping score
I have never shared the big-game hunter’s appreciation for horns, antlers, and trophies, which convey an elevated status upon those who keep track of
Trollope, On a stupid Marquis and inherited wealth
He was a silly, weak, ignorant man, whose own capacity would hardly have procured bread for him in any trade or profession, had bread
Netscape founder, Mark Andreessen, On technology funding and baseball
The whole structure of how the technology industry gets funded – by venture capitalists, angel investors, and Wall Street – is predicated on the
Surfer Garrett McNamara, On surfing a calving glacier in Alaska
I have a large appetite for adventure, but when we got up close, I wanted to go home.I know people are interested in doing
Gilbert Arenas, Basketball star, On being motivated by cheating girlfriend
Sometime before he was drafted, Arenas says, he learned his then girlfriend had been intimate with two other players already in the NBA. ‘So