Category: General

Being in the right place at the right time isn’t enough, you have to be the right person for the job and that is what makes greatness. Read more

We will see people standing on platforms crying as their national anthem is played.  They will be interviewed and we will get goosebumps as they thank coaches and parents.   Sports means so much more.  Welcome to my blog Enlightenment from the Stands. Read more

Gladiators no longer exist because we have decided that societally it is wrong, even if the gladiators willingly entered the ring. Read more

You didn’t create the bit of you that dragged you up. Read more

Hicham El Guerrouj is the current men’s record holder for the Imperial mile with his time of 3:43.13 Read more

Over the last 300,000 years, we have come up with thousands, maybe millions of games. We play to appease the gods. We play to push our boundaries and hone ourselves to perfection. Read more

Some live near the line, some over the line, some below the line, some push the line. Some draw lines in the sand and some speak of the redline. Lines are how we construct our lives and it is how we define our society.    Read more