When you were at school did you dread those moments of team selection for an afternoon of sport? The time when two gifted players had been singled out by the teacher, told to pick a team, and then given alternative choices to pick from the huddle in front of them. As...
Some of the conflicting and difficult to reconcile statements made in the recent Tory Party leadership contest, reminded me of a tragic incident some years ago in the USA. The pilot of a fast combat jet on a training mission at low level pulled the controls for a...
It was Lou Holtz, an American Football coach, who said that ‘It is not the load that breaks you down, it is the way that you carry it.’ Looked at from the right perspective this statement is an encouragement and not some kind of grim warning! What Holtz’s comment...
In his illustrious boxing career, the late and very great Mohamad Ali was recorded as being officially knocked down (that is taking a count) four times. Once was early in his career when he failed to take Henry Cooper seriously and was sat on his pants by Henry’s...
It was Martha Jane Cannary (better known as Calamity Jane) who remarked “If a girl wants to be a legend she should go ahead and be one.” The England woman’s football team certainly proved the truth of the statement made by a pioneering...
“Push past the Iceberg!’ That was the advice of our rafting guide as this black grit covered monster challenged our path down the Alsek River in Alaska. He didn’t need to add the words “Quickly!” We were ten days into a trip down the Alsek River from the Yukon...
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