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I am going to refer frequently to Ty Cobb in this chapter because he was the greatest baseball player who ever lived.
Sports and Games (1941)
Boys everywhere are quick to recognize and respect any kind of talent in each other, and one of Will Rogers' best talents was talking.
Never change your tactics when winning. Likewise, if you are losing try something new even though it may be foreign to your usual style of play.
Sports and Games (1941)
"Let's go help 'em!" Noah proposed. Jeff didn't think much of the idea but he did not hesitate. By that time he would have followed Noah anywhere.
Rifles for Watie (1957)
Boys should not be afraid that running will give them a weak heart or shorten their lives. Statistics prove that longevity has favored the athlete.
Sports and Games (1941)
All the human characters in the story are fictitious, but most of the coyotes and hounds are not and this is no coincidence.
Susy's Scoundrel (1974)
It's hard to change a coach's mind once he makes it up a certain way.
Go, Red, Go! (1972)
Given good eyes and average physical strength, any boy can learn to bat.
An athlete is the shiniest target of all.
Go, Red, Go! (1972)
Never hurry. Do everything quietly.
Sports and Games (1941)
Jeff rode north up the military road. It was a cloudy morning in June, 1865. The war was over, and they were going home.
Rifles for Watie (1957)
The starting players are the ones the fans and sportswriters talk about. Nobody pays any attention to a sub.
Go, Red, Go! (1972)
Eighteen hundred miles just to see some flowers. Jeff stole another look at Noah. If anybody would do it, Noah Babbitt would be the man. Jeff said simply, "I believe you. Did you get to see them?" Noah nodded solemnly. "Shore did. An' they was worth every foot of the trip."
Rifles for Watie (1957)
Lee fitted the key into his pocket ring and looked around once at the pitifully small room. Well, he told himself, you walk the ice and hope she's solid all the way across.
Brief Garland (1971)
And he had to face something else, too, his own paralyzing fear of being hit in the scrimmages. The whole squad had seen it. There was no way a boy could hide cowardice in football.
The Runt of Rogers School (1971)
Crosscountry is a team sport, too, and many a meet has been won by what the English call "packing," whereby one team sticks together and the good runners encourage the poorer ones, until the final dash home.
When one of the surgeons motioned him outside, Jeff was glad to leave. "So long, kid," the sandy-haired man called after him. Then noticing Jeff's stricken face, he added apologetically, "I don't care, kid. I never could dance worth a darn anyhow."
Rifles for Watie (1957)
Track and field events get you outdoors, improve health, are not as dangerous or as expensive as other sports, require very little equipment, and can be indulged in any time of the year one wishes. Moreover, running is the basis for nearly every other sport on the calendar and therefore part of the training routine for each.
Sports and Games (1941)
Few Americans know how savagely the Civil War raged or how strange and varied were its issues in what is now Oklahoma and the neighboring states of Kansas, Missouri and Arkansas. Rifles for Watie was faithfully written against the historical backdrop of the conflict in this seldom-publicized, Far-Western theater.
Rifles for Watie (1957)
Remember this, Benjamin, and it will keep you on an even keel. In this life the world changes. The good times always give way to the bad. But the bad times move again into the good. Learn to expect change, and to ride with it. When good times come, don't get too proud because good times won't stay around forever. And when the bad times come, don't get the mullygrubs, like you've got them now, because things will soon get better. So fight hard. Don't feel sorry for yourself. Stay brave. Jesus stayed brave with danger all around him.
The Runt of Rogers School (1971)