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My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: "Get out of the blocks, run your read more
My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: "Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you'll win... channel your energy. Focus.".
How can we hope to remain economically competitive in a world in which... 90% of Dutch high-school students take advanced read more
How can we hope to remain economically competitive in a world in which... 90% of Dutch high-school students take advanced math courses and 100% of teachers in Germany have double majors, while the best we can say about our pocket of excellence is that 75% of [American] students have learned to critique tactfully?.
The only one who can beat me is me.
The only one who can beat me is me.
Trying to sneak a fastball past Hank Aaron is like trying to sneak the sunrise past a rooster.
Trying to sneak a fastball past Hank Aaron is like trying to sneak the sunrise past a rooster.
Left hand, right hand, it doesn't matter. I'm amphibious.
Left hand, right hand, it doesn't matter. I'm amphibious.
Back then, my idol was Bugs Bunny, because I saw a cartoon of him playing ball - you know, the read more
Back then, my idol was Bugs Bunny, because I saw a cartoon of him playing ball - you know, the one where he plays every position himself with nobody else on the field but him? Now that I think of it, Bugs is still my idol. You have to love a ballplayer like that.
There are people who think that wrestling is an ignoble sport. Wrestling is not sport, it is a spectacle, and read more
There are people who think that wrestling is an ignoble sport. Wrestling is not sport, it is a spectacle, and it is no more ignoble to attend a wrestled performance of suffering than a performance of the sorrows of Arnolphe or Andromaque. rn
I want to rush for 1,000 or 1,500 yards, whichever comes first.
I want to rush for 1,000 or 1,500 yards, whichever comes first.
Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one.
Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one.
