So what's your team called?" asked Kate, twisting her legs into a pretzel-like configuration, "We're called the Winmates because we're inmates who win." Kate looked back and forth at Reynie and Constance, searching their expression for signs of delig...
When I was in high school I asked myself at one point: "Why do I care if my high school's team wins the football game? I don't know anybody on the team, they have nothing to do with me... why am I here and applaud? It does not make any sense." But th...
Sure, there is an undeniable pleasure in rooting for a winning team and in being able to look down on opposing fans with equal measures of superiority and disdain. But that's also the Ruthian drawback in rooting for the Yankees (along with high ticke...
[W]e, being who and what we are, cannot know unless we are taught by that which is other than we, and that means by the Spirit of God, albeit in diverse mediations. Though nature is relatively passive under our enquiry… it remains true that knowled...
There are moments when masses establish contact with their nation's spirit. These are the moments of providence. Masses then see their nation in its entire history, and feel its moments of glory, as well as those of defeat. Then they can clearly feel...
Turning something over to the Holy Spirit is a leap of faith that lets go of attempting to control outcomes. The core of alcoholism, anorexia, bulimia, smoking and a host of things the world calls addictions is control. The little willingness the Hol...
[Annie has just read Paul's latest novel] Annie Wilkes: YOU! YOU DIRTY BIRD, HOW COULD YOU! Paul Sheldon: What? Annie Wilkes: She can't be dead, MISERY CHASTAIN CANNOT BE DEAD! Paul Sheldon: Annie, in 1871, women often died during childbirth. But her...
And the spirit of Superman is great to have around.
If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man, he would have made me so in the first place.
Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy.
I don't let anything kill my spirit.
The athlete of today is not an athlete alone. He's the center of a team - doctors, scientists, coaches, agents and so on.
If you respect the art and you have some talent about you, I'm on your team.
View Conflict as an Adventure not a threat.
A German team could be quite good. But maybe they are a little bit too convinced that they are the best.
The team that is going to win is the one that does its homework the best by studying its opponents.
It's all about putting the best team together - not just in the front office but the players on the field.
Ultimately, the best driver will always do something special, whatever the rules and whatever the regulations. Same thing with the teams.
Team doctors' jobs those days were to keep you on the field.
'Justified' is one of the greatest teams I've ever played for. It's just awesome.
Anybody who is a fan of any team is going to recognize themselves in this.
