"I do believe in using sport as a metaphor. I like that device. If it's going to be getting to the deeper part of it, in the metaphoric, using that sport as a metaphor for life's rhythms and life's ways, then that gets interesting to me."
Robert Redford – Actor & Director
The Natural (baseball), The Legend of Bagger Vance (golf),
A River Runs Through It (fly-fishing)
''It's like holding up a mirror to all of us,'' Ms. Daly said. ''The idea
is that sports aren't a metaphor for life, sports are life. Sports really do forge connections between people. They shape how we interact with each other.''
Lee-Ann Daly, ESPN Sr. VP, Marketing
Referencing “Without Sports” ad campaign
“ Individual commitment to a group effort – that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, and a civilization work.”
Vince Lombardi, Hall of Fame Coach
From The Coach's Conversation (Wiley 2008)
Sports is a funny business
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