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«Chicago will give you a chance. The sporting spirit is the spirit of Chicago.»
Author: Lincoln Steffens | About: Chicago | Keywords: Chicago, sporting, The Sporting
«Representing Australia as an Olympian at Barcelona in 1992 and Atlanta 1996 were the proudest moments of my sporting career.»
«And as I looked up, I was gazing on a hill, and in my spine I felt an icy, icy chill. And as I looked upon him, my heart was filled with fear. I was looking at a man sporting a funny crown, three nails, and a spear.»
Author: Nate Ramer | About: Fear, Heart | Keywords: chill, gazing, icy, nails, spear, spine, spines, sporting, The Spine
«Being an Olympian is the ultimate test of one's sporting ability.»
Author: Russell Mark (Athlete) | About: Sports | Keywords: Olympian, sporting
«No sovereign, no court, no personal loyalty, no aristocracy, no church, no clergy, no army, no diplomatic service, no country gentlemen, no palaces, no castles, nor manors, nor old country-houses, nor parsonages, nor thatched cottages nor ivied ruins; no cathedrals, nor abbeys, nor little Norman churches; no great Universities nor public schools / no Oxford, nor Eton, nor Harrow; no literature, no novels, no museums, no pictures, no political society, no sporting class / no Epsom nor Ascot! Some such list as that might be drawn up of the absent things in American life.»
«A country can truly call itself sporting when the majority of its people feel a personal need for sport.»
Author: Pierre de Coubertin (Educator) | About: Sports | Keywords: sporting
«The important thing is that all stages from adolescent to mature man, work is done to spread the sporting spirit.»
«In the Olympic Oath, I ask for only one thing: sporting loyalty.»
Author: Pierre de Coubertin (Educator) | Keywords: oath, Olympic, sporting| Occasions: Olympic
«Son, when you participate in sporting events, its not whether you win or loose, its how drunk you get.»
«To brag little - to show well - to crow gently, if in luck - to pay up, to own up, and to shut up, if beaten, are the virtues of a sporting man»