In the last seven days passion has come to the fore.  Robert Kraft news kicked it off as we learned of his passion for massages (cheap ones at that) and women of the Asian persuasion.  President Trump (who loves the ladies quite a bit as well) was passionate in his attempt to get North Korea to denuke.  Never be afraid to walk from a deal that doesn’t get close enough to your ask, never.  Michael Cohen was passionate in his hate for his former client Donald Trump.  Maybe he was too passionate as he likely will face additional charges for again lying to the House of Representatives.  Elijah Cummings passionately implored America to do better than this!

We heard Mr. Cummings.  After a week of too much misdirected, failed, or ill-advised passion we decided to end it on a somewhat lighter note that allows us to forget for a bit all of the above.  Sports.  Now that’s passion directed in the right direction 24/7.  Combatants on any field, arena, or track of competition bring out the love of the game in all of us.  Their actions and subsequent achievements are plenty enough to gain a sense of the love for their chosen filed of dreams.  But, sometimes their passion spills over into their words as well.  Below we offer to you in no particular order some inspirational quotes from some intense sport folks.

1.  “You can’t always control circumstances. However, you can always control your attitude, approach, and response. Your options are to complain or to look ahead and figure out how to make the situation better.” ― Tony Dungy

2.  “If you can believe it, the mind can achieve it.” – Ronnie Lott

3.“The more I practice, the luckier I get.” – Gary Player

4.  “Believe me, the reward is not so great without the struggle.” – Wilma Rudolph

5.  “Excellence is not a singular act but a habit. You are what you do repeatedly.” – Shaquille O’Neal

Perhaps Shaq should have practiced free throws repeatedly.  But we, otherwise, couldn’t agree with him more.  This weekend I am repeatedly going to try to be excellent at having fun.  The passion of the real world necessitates the escape to the fun.