Is this level of athletic competition the ultimate distraction from real life? Or is it a form of prayer?

There's a big difference between tolerance and approval, and I have no right to expect or demand the latter from anyone.

I really like being a woman. ... I like it more now because I think it's more of a privilege.

There is a time in a boy’s life when the sweetness is pounded out of him; and tenderness, and the ability to show what he feels, is gone.

Is this level of athletic competition the ultimate distraction from real life? Or is it a form of prayer?

People see weakness in a woman and they want to help. They see weakness in a man and they want to stamp it out

You want to be happy? You want to be well? Then put your boots on.