Sports are complex in that they are a way to escape our lives as well as a way to look at our lives in a clearer way. In the world of sports the line of victory and defeat is quite clear. There is no question of what team you are on or what position you play within the team. These things are not always clear in real life. Escaping to the world of sports is an opportunity to think about these questions in our own lives.
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Whats going through your mind when your running up the side, only 1 man to beat?
When he runs fast you'll run faster, can he take the heat?
Whats going through your mind when the X is open for the 40 yrd touchdown pass?
He catches the ball and you hope this moment will always last....
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As he walks you can hear the spurs on his boots
He walks on over and hops in the chute
then waits alone with the bull
until the moment when the date is pulled...
The dribble of the basketball,
The swish of the net,
The squeaking of my shoes against
The wood floor,
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Raise the door or just take off the cover,
there she sits just waiting for us to hover.
Our first glance we know she waits,...
Thinking back through all the years
How swiftly they've passed by
I close my eyes and bite my lip
Try so hard not to cry...
If you can get an equalizer with 10 men,
If you can take the shot and forget your pain,
not all you went through was in vain,
If you can use the ground to your advantage in the hard rain,...
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One day my little boy of three
With great big smiling eyes
Said, "I'm going to play some football mom
With all the bigger guys!"...
It's Friday night,
I've got a game
We play the Indians,
My best friend's team...
As I stand on that muddy grass field,
The roar of the cheering crowds
Is all I seem to hear.
No specific voices, its all just a blur...
I have built this machine with bleeding hands.
I have shaped it to slice the wind.
I have shined it with polish and sweat.
I have balanced it with feel
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