#la

Sport must be the heritage of all men and of all social classes. ↗

— Pierre de Coubertin

#heritage #men #must #social

I did not run to him, but I did wrap my arms around him, press my ear to his chest, hold on to him as if he were the last solid thing in the world. He stroked my hair and murmured to me in French. I understood enough to know he was glad to see me and that he thought I looked beautiful. But beyond that it was just pretty noise. It wasn't until I felt Zerbrowski behind me that I pulled away, but when Jean-Claude's hand found mine, I welcomed it. Zerbrowski was looking at me as if he'd never seen me before. "What?" It came out hostile. "I've never seen you be that ... soft with anyone before." It startled me. "You've seen me kiss Richard before." He nodded. "That was lust. This is ..." He shook his head, glancing up at Jean-Claude, then back to me. "He makes you feel safe. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#jean-claude #beauty

If John Kerry had a dollar for every time he bragged about serving in Vietnam - oh wait, he does. ↗

— Ann Coulter

#does #dollar #every #every time #had

When every one of your arguments is characterized an attempt to bring back slavery or resegregate lunch counters, it's a little hard to have any sort of productive debate. ↗

— Ann Coulter

#attempt #back #bring #characterized #counters

Golf is a game to me. Other players work extremely hard all year long. I work hard before Augusta. I know I get good results when I practice, but it also wears me out. It literally wore me out even when I was in my 20s. ↗

— Fred Couples

#before #even #extremely #game #get

I can say I won a Senior British Open at Turnberry. I think that's the best thing about it, the whole week, was playing this course. It's a challenging, very tough course, under extreme weather. But you know, it's nice to win any event. ↗

— Fred Couples

#any #best #british #british open #challenging

I used to break a lot of clubs. I probably was a little different than your average junior player. I did have a lot longer hair and a lot more brown hair. But my demeanor, you know, really from maybe my second, third year on Tour, has gotten a lot more even keel. ↗

— Fred Couples

#break #brown #clubs #demeanor #did

I'm pretty much a self-taught player. My swing hasn't changed a whole lot, I don't think. But I watch a lot of people. ↗

— Fred Couples

#hasn #i #lot #much #people

The dumber you are on court, the better you're going to play. ↗

— Jim Courier

#court #dumber #going #play #you

I know there's a great deal of speculation, and while I appreciate the interest, kind of, my contract ends in May and I'm trying to figure out what I'm going to do. I'm fortunate to have a couple of opportunities to think long and hard about. ↗

— Katie Couric

#appreciate #contract #couple #deal #ends