“Rugby is a beastly game played by gentlemen. Soccer is a gentleman’s game played by beasts. Football is a beastly game played by beasts.”
~ Henry Blaha
Sports Trivia
The first televised sporting event was a Japanese elementary school baseball game, broadcast in September 1931.
“20” is the most common uniform number worn in all professional sports. The second most common in number “21”.
A bowler rolls exactly twelve balls when bowling a perfect 300 game.
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Vince Lombardi – select quotes
If you aren’t fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm.
It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get back up.
Leadership rests not only upon ability, not only upon capacity; having the capacity to lead is not enough. The leader must be willing to use it. His leadership is then based on truth and character. There must be truth in the purpose and willpower in the character.
The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what he must be. He must walk a tightrope between the consent he must win and the control he must exert.
Super Bowl Trivia
Super Bowl Sunday is the second-largest U.S. food consumption day, following Thanksgiving.
No Super Bowl game has ever gone into overtime play.
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Tony Dungy on Family, Fatherhood, & Football
Tony Dungy, the first African-American coach to win the Super Bowl when the Indianapolis Colts defeated the Chicago Bears in 2007, speaks with WSJ’s Bob Hughes about his latest work, the children’s book, You Can Do It !
Tony Dungy – "You Can Do It!"
I am a big fan of Tony Dungy. He is at the top of his field, is the first coach of African-American descent to win a Super Bowl, writes and speaks broadly, is outspoken about his Christian faith, and is concerned to improve the lives of others.
In the video below, Tony Dungy talks with Russ Mitchell about his new book for kids You Can Do It !
Television Sports
For twelve years I was on the wagon. I stayed clean and sober for twelve long years. Yes, for twelve (count them) years I did not watch any televised sports.
What would cause a person to engage in such a hermit’s life, you ask? [Read more…]
