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18 aphorisms about sports 2

time2009/10/20

11. Team-work is essential to a football match.
12. My victory owes to my coach’s patient instructions and the support from my family and friends.
13. The lighting and extinguishing of the Olympic Flame symbolizes the opening and closing of the Olympics.
14. The purpose of passing the Olympic torch by way of relay was to spread the Olympic spirit and make the seeds of peace and friendship root, grow, bloom and bear fruits in more countries.
15. Baron de Coubertin drafted the athlete’s vows himself.
16. The five rings represent the close unity and friendly meeting at the Olympics between athletes from five continents.
17. The most important thing is to participate.
18. The Games have many of the qualities that the ancient Greeks were trying to encourage, all those centuries ago.